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National Parks

Explore America’s national parks. Discover our most treasured places, supported by people like you, and start your travel planning here by finding your park.

  • A grassy trail to the Alibates Flint Quarries
    Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument

    Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument is protected by the National Park Service and is the only National Monument in Texas.

  • Dark-colored canoe beached on rocky outcropping with lake in background
    Amistad National Recreation Area

    Most visitors come to Amistad for world-class fishing and boating, but there are a variety of other activities both in the park and surrounding area.

  • Big Bend National Park
    Big Bend offers plenty of activities for visitors of all ages. The park boasts 150 miles of hiking trails through mountainous desert terrain and along rivers.
  • Big Thicket National Preserve

    Big Thicket National Preserve in southeast Texas offers 40 miles of hiking trails, camping, canoeing, kayaking, and plentiful bird-watching.

  • Adobe schoolhouse with two narrow windows
    Blackwell School National Historic Site

    From 1909 to 1965, Blackwell School was the sole public education institution for Mexican and Mexican American children in Marfa, Texas.

  • Chamizal National Memorial

    Chamizal National Memorial provides visitors with ample opportunity to better understand not only other cultures, but their own cultural roots as well.

  • Fort Davis National Historic Site

    Fort Davis, of the best examples of an Indian Wars frontier military post in the Southwest, protected emigrants and transportation on the Chihuahua Trail.

  • Guadalupe Mountains National Park
    Explore deserts and dunes, canyons and mountains, diverse flora and fauna, and much more at Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Campers, hikers, and thrill-seekers welcome.
  • Lake Meredith National Recreation Area

    Lake Meredith National Recreation Area supplies water for 11 cities, and opportunities for fishing, boating, waterskiing, sailing, scuba diving, and swimming.

  • A paved walkway, shaded by trees, leads up to a two story house
    Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park

    Lyndon Johnson's home in the Texas Hill Country provides an opportunity to tour the Texas White House and see a working cattle ranch.

  • Padre Island National Seashore

    Get back to nature with an unparalleled experience at the Padre Island National Seashore.

  • Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park

    Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park marks the 1846 clash of Mexican and U.S. troops, preserves the battle site, and includes history tours.

  • Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River

    Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River is a playground of rapids and three separate canyons, and includes float trips, canyon hikes, and rare wildlife species.

  • San Antonio Missions National Historical Park

    San Antonio Missions National Historical Park is a piece of a UNESCO World Heritage Site preserving four of the five Spanish frontier missions in San Antonio.

  • Waco Mammoth National Monument

    Waco Mammoth National Monument is a paleontological site protecting the only nursery herd of Columbian mammoths in the U.S.