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Welcome to the amazing state parks and natural areas of Texas! These special places are managed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. They are perfect for exploring nature, learning about history, and having outdoor adventures. Some historic sites that used to be parks are now looked after by the Texas Historical Commission.



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Park Name County or Counties Size (acres) Year Opened Image
Abilene State Park Taylor 529.4 1933
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Abilene State Park
Atlanta State Park Cass 1,475 1954
Balmorhea State Park Reeves 751 1968
Balmorhea pool 2009
Balmorhea State Park Pool
Barton Warnock Visitor Center Brewster 99.9 1990
Bastrop State Park Bastrop 6,600 1937
Bastrop state park lake
Bastrop State Park
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park Hidalgo 764 1944
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA (15 April 2016)
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
Big Bend Ranch State Park Presidio, Brewster 311,000 1988
Solitario Peak
Big Bend Ranch State Park
Big Spring State Park Howard 381.99 1936
Big spring sp concession building
Big Spring State Park
Blanco State Park Blanco 104.6 1934
Blanco State Park 12
The Blanco River in Blanco State Park
Bonham State Park Fannin 261 1933
Bonham state park headquarters
Bonham State Park headquarters
Brazos Bend State Park Fort Bend 4,897 1984
Horseshoe Lake with Reflection of Clouds
Brazos Bend State Park
Buescher State Park Bastrop 1,016.7 1940
Buescher state park 2007
Buescher State Park
Caddo Lake State Park Harrison 468 1933
Caddo lake trees
Caddo Lake State Park
Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway Briscoe 15,314 1982
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Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway
Cedar Hill State Park Dallas 1,826 1982
Cedar hill state park perch pond
Cedar Hill State Park
Choke Canyon State Park Live Oak, McMullen 25,670 1987
Alligator At Choke Canyon
Alligator At Choke Canyon State Park
Cleburne State Park Johnson 528 1938
Cleburne State Park October 2020 06 (Cedar Lake)
Cedar Lake at Cleburne State Park
Colorado Bend State Park Lampasas, San Saba 5,328.3 1987
Base of Gorman Fall like Raining
Colorado Bend State Park
Cooper Lake State Park Cooper 3,026 1992
Cooper Lake State Park July 2015 1
Cooper Lake State Park
Copper Breaks State Park Hardeman 1,898.8 1974
Copper Breaks State Park Rock Outcropping
Copper Breaks State Park
Daingerfield State Park Morris 507 1938
Daingerfield sp reflection
Daingerfield State Park
Davis Mountains State Park Davis 2,709 1938
Davis Mountains State Park View
Davis Mountains State Park
Devils River State Natural Area Val Verde 37,000 1988
Devils River - Dolan Falls (174119624)
Devils River State Natural Area
Devil's Sinkhole State Natural Area Edwards 1,859.7 1985
Dinosaur Valley State Park Somervell 1,524.72 1972
Dinosaur Valley State Park - Track2
Dinosaur Valley State Park
Eisenhower State Park Grayson 463.1 1954
Enchanted Rock State Natural Area Llano 1,640.5 1978
Enchanted rock 2006
Enchanted Rock State Natural Area
Estero Llano Grande State Park Hidalgo 230 2006
A resaca in Estero Llano Grande State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA (13 April 2016)
Estero Llano Grande State Park
Fairfield Lake State Park Freestone 1,460 1976
Fairfield Lake State Park
Fairfield Lake State Park
Falcon State Park Zapata, Starr 83,654 1965
Fort Boggy State Park Leon 1,847 1985
Fort Boggy State Park Cabin
Fort Boggy State Park
Fort Leaton State Historic Site Presidio 23.4 1973
A portion of Fort Leaton, a Texas State Historic Site, on the edge of Presidio, along the Rio Grande River in Brewster County, Texas LCCN2014630294
Fort Leaton State Historic Site
Fort Parker State Park Limestone 1,458.8 1941
Fort parker state park
Fort Parker State Park
Fort Richardson State Park, Historic Site, and Lost Creek Reservoir State Trailway Jack 454.16 1968
Fort Richardson
Fort Richardson State Park, Historic Site, and Lost Creek Reservoir State Trailway
Franklin Mountains State Park El Paso 24,247 1987
Franklin mts entrance
Franklin Mountains State Park
Galveston Island State Park Galveston 2,013.1 1975
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Galveston Island State Park
Garner State Park Uvalde 1,420 1941
Garner state park
The Frio River in Garner State Park
Goliad State Park and Historic Site Goliad 188.3 1936
Spanish Colonial Era Mission of Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zuñiga in Goliad, Texas
Goliad State Park and Historic Site
Goose Island State Park Aransas 321.4 1935
Big tree
Goose Island State Park
Government Canyon State Natural Area Bexar 12,085 1993
Government Canyon State Natural Area
Government Canyon State Natural Area
Guadalupe River State Park Comal, Kendall 1,938.7 1983
Guadalupe river state park
Guadalupe River State Park
Hill Country State Natural Area Bandera, Medina 5,369 1984
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Hill Country State Natural Area
Honey Creek State Natural Area Comal 2,293.7 1985
Honey Creek State Natural Area (5872468219)
Honey Creek State Natural Area
Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site El Paso 860 1970
Rock drawings, or pictographs, in a restricted area of Hueco Tanks State Historic Site near El Paso in El Paso County, Texas LCCN2014631144
Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site
Huntsville State Park Walker 2,083.2 1956
Huntsville sp swimming
Huntsville State Park swimming area
Inks Lake State Park Burnet 1,201 1950
Devil's Waterhole
Inks Lake State Park
Kickapoo Cavern State Park Kinney, Edwards 6,368.4 1991
Kickapoo Cavern State Park, landscape
Kickapoo Cavern State Park
Lake Arrowhead State Park Clay 524 1970
Lake Arrowhead State Park (45190340834)
Lake Arrowhead State Park
Lake Bob Sandlin State Park Titus, Camp, Franklin 641 1987
Lake Brownwood State Park Brown 537.5 1938
Lake Brownwood 2
Lake Brownwood State Park
Lake Casa Blanca International State Park Webb 525 1991
Lake Colorado City State Park Mitchell 500 1972
Lake Corpus Christi State Park San Patricio 356 1934
Lake corpus christi sp refectory
Lake Corpus Christi State Park
Lake Livingston State Park Polk 635 1977
Lake Livingston SP Observation Tower
Lake Livingston State Park
Lake Mineral Wells State Park & Trailway Parker 3,282.5 1981
Lake Mineral Wells State Park View
Lake Mineral Wells State Park
Lake Somerville State Park and Trailway Burleson, Lee 5,520 1970
Lake Summerville State Park. Lee County, Texas, USA (11 May 2017)
Lake Summerville State Park
Lake Tawakoni State Park Hunt 376 1984
Lake Tawakoni September 2015 1
Lake Tawakoni State Park
Lake Whitney State Park Hill 1280.7 1965
Lockhart State Park Caldwell 263.7 1948
Lockhart state park combination building
Lockhart State Park
Longhorn Cavern State Park Burnet 645.62 1976
Longhorn cavern entrance
Longhorn Cavern State Park
Lost Maples State Natural Area Bandera, Real 2,906 1979
Aerial View of Autumn Forest Colors
Lost Maples State Natural Area
Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site Gillespie 732.75 1965
A statue of President Lyndon B. Johnson on the Texas State Parks' portion of the LBJ Ranch near Stonewall in the Texas Hill Country LCCN2014633794
Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site
Martin Creek Lake State Park Rusk 286.9 1976
Docks at Martin Creek Lake State Park 2019
Martin Creek Lake State Park
Martin Dies, Jr. State Park Jasper, Tyler 730 1965
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Martin Dies, Jr. State Park
McKinney Falls State Park Travis 744.4 1976
Mckinney lower falls
McKinney Falls State Park
Meridian State Park Bosque 505.4 1935
Meridian state park concession building
Meridian State Park
Mission Tejas State Park Houston 660 1957
Mission tejas 2014
Mission Tejas State Park
Monahans Sandhills State Park Ward, Winkler 3,840 1957
Monahans Sandhills 2009
Monahans Sandhills State Park
Mother Neff State Park Coryell 259 1937
Mother neff state park lookout tower
Mother Neff State Park
Mustang Island State Park Nueces 3,954 1979
Mustang Island
Mustang Island State Park
Old Tunnel State Park Kendall 16.1 2012
Old tunnel state park tunnel 2013
Old Tunnel State Park
Palmetto State Park Gonzales 270.3 1936
Palmetto state park
Palmetto State Park
Palo Duro Canyon State Park Randall 28,000 1934
Palo Duro Lighthouse
Palo Duro Canyon State Park
Palo Pinto Mountains State Park (under development) Palo Pinto, Stephens 4,000 2011
Pedernales Falls State Park Blanco 5,211.7 1971
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Pedernales Falls State Park
Possum Kingdom State Park Palo Pinto 1,528.7 1940
Possum Kingdom State Park View
Possum Kingdom State Park
Purtis Creek State Park Henderson, Van Zandt 1,582.4 1988
Purtis Creek State Park - panoramio (2)
Purtis Creek State Park
Ray Roberts Lake State Park Denton, Cooke, Grayson 29,350 1993
Resaca de la Palma State Park Cameron 1,200 2008
San Angelo State Park Tom Green 7,677 1995
Fisher Lake from San Angelo State Park 2019
Fisher Lake and San Angelo State Park
Sea Rim State Park Jefferson 4,141 1977
Sea Rim State Park
Sea Rim State Park
Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site Val Verde 2,172.5 1980
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Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site
Sheldon Lake State Park and Environmental Learning Center Harris 1,200 1984
South Llano River State Park Kimble 2,600 1990
South Llano River State Park
South Llano River State Park
Stephen F. Austin State Park Austin 663.3 1940
Austin state park deer
White-tailed deer in Stephen F. Austin State Park
Tyler State Park Smith 985.5 1939
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Tyler State Park
Village Creek State Park Hardin 1,090 1994
Wyler Aerial Tramway (closed) El Paso 196 2001
Wyler Aerial Tramway
Wyler Aerial Tramway

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