National Parks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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