List of Texas state parks


This is a list of state parks and state natural areas in Texas, United States, managed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Several state historic sites that used to be managed by Texas Parks and Wildlife are now managed by the Texas Historical Commission.

State parks

Park NameImageCounty or CountiesSizeYear Established
Abilene State ParkTaylor529.4-acre 1933
Atlanta State ParkCass1,475 acres 1954
Balmorhea State ParkReeves751 acres 1968
Barton Warnock Visitor CenterBrewster99.9 acres1990
Bastrop State ParkBastrop1937
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State ParkHidalgo764 acres 1944
Big Bend Ranch State ParkPresidio, Brewster311,000 acres 1988
Big Spring State ParkHoward381.99 acres 1936
Blanco State ParkBlanco104.6 acres 1934
Bonham State ParkFannin261 acres 1933
Brazos Bend State ParkFort Bend1984
Buescher State ParkBastrop1,016.7 acres 1940
Caddo Lake State ParkHarrison468 acres 1933
Caprock Canyons State Park and TrailwayBriscoe15,314 acres 1982
Cedar Hill State Park - includes Penn Farm Agricultural History CenterDallas1,826 acres 1982
Choke Canyon State Park - includes Calliham Unit and South Shore UnitLive Oak, McMullen25,670 acres 1987
Cleburne State ParkJohnson528 acres 1938
Colorado Bend State ParkLampasas, San Saba5,328.3 acres 1987
Cooper Lake State Park - includes Doctors Creek Unit and South Sulphur UnitCooper3,026 acres 1992
Copper Breaks State ParkHardeman1,898.8 acres 1974
Daingerfield State ParkMorris507 acres 1938
Davis Mountains State ParkDavis2,709 acres 1938
Devils River State Natural Area - includes Dan Allen Hughes Unit and Del Norte UnitVal Verde1988
Devil's Sinkhole State Natural AreaEdwards1,859.7 acres 1985
Dinosaur Valley State ParkSomervell1972
Eisenhower State ParkGrayson1954
Enchanted Rock State Natural AreaLlano1978
Estero Llano Grande State ParkHidalgo2006
Falcon State Park----
Fort Boggy State ParkLeon1,847 acres 1985
Fort Leaton State Historic SitePresidio23.4 acres 1973
Fort Parker State ParkLimestone1,458.8 acres 1941
Fort Richardson State Park, Historic Site, and Lost Creek Reservoir State TrailwayJack1968
Franklin Mountains State ParkEl Paso1987
Galveston Island State ParkGalveston1975
Garner State ParkUvalde1941
Goliad State Park and Historic Site - includes Mission Rosario State Historic Site and Zaragoza Birthplace State Historic SiteGoliad188.3 acres 1936
Goose Island State ParkAransas321.4 acres 1935
Government Canyon State Natural AreaBexar12,085 acres 1993
Guadalupe River State ParkComal, Kendall1,938.7 acres 1983
Hill Country State Natural AreaBandera, Medina5,369 acres 1984
Honey Creek State Natural AreaComal1985
Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic SiteEl Paso1970
Huntsville State ParkWalker2,083.2-acre 1956
Inks Lake State ParkBurnet1,201 acres 1950
Kickapoo Cavern State ParkKinney, Edwards1991
Lake Arrowhead State ParkClay1970
Lake Bob Sandlin State ParkTitus, Camp, Franklin1987
Lake Brownwood State ParkBrown537.5 acres 1938
Lake Casa Blanca International State ParkWebb1991
Lake Colorado City State ParkMitchell1972
Lake Corpus Christi State ParkSan Patricio356 acres 1934
Lake Livingston State ParkPolk1977
Lake [Mineral Wells State Park & Trailway]Parker1981
Lake Somerville State Park and Trailway - includes Birch Creek Unit and Nails Creek UnitBurleson, Lee5,520 acres 1970
Lake Tawakoni State ParkHunt376 acres 1984
Lake Whitney State ParkHill1965
Lockhart State ParkCaldwell263.7 acres 1948
Longhorn Cavern State ParkBurnet645.62 acres 1976
Lost Maples State Natural AreaBandera, Real1979
Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site - includes Sauer-Beckmann Living History FarmGillespie732.75 acres 1965
Martin Creek Lake State ParkRusk1976
Martin Dies, Jr. State ParkJasper, Tyler1965
McKinney Falls State ParkTravis744.4 acres 1976
Meridian State ParkBosque1935
Mission Tejas State ParkHouston660 acres 1957
Monahans Sandhills State ParkWard, Winkler3,840 acres 1957
Mother Neff State ParkCoryell259 acres 1937
Mustang Island State ParkNueces3,954 acres 1979
Old Tunnel State ParkKendall16.1 acres 1991
Palmetto State ParkGonzales270.3 acres 1936
Palo Duro Canyon State ParkRandall28,000 acres 1934
Palo Pinto Mountains State Park Palo Pinto, Stephens4,871 acres 2011
Pedernales Falls State ParkBlanco5,211.7 acres 1971
Possum Kingdom State ParkPalo Pinto1940
Purtis Creek State ParkHenderson, Van Zandt1988
Ray Roberts Lake State Park - includes Isle du Bois Unit, Johnson Branch Unit, Jordan Park Unit, Ray Roberts Greenbelt Corridor, and Sanger Marina UnitDenton, Cooke, Grayson1993
Resaca de la Palma State ParkCameron2008
San Angelo State ParkTom Green7,677 acres 1995
Sea Rim State ParkJefferson4,141 acres 1977
Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic SiteVal Verde2,172.5 acres 1980
Sheldon Lake State Park and Environmental Learning CenterHarris1,200 acres 1984
South Llano River State ParkKimble2,600 acres 1990
Stephen F. Austin State ParkAustin663.3 acres 1940
Tyler State ParkSmith985.5 acres 1939
Village Creek State ParkHardin1,090 acres 1994