List of Texas state parks

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates 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 Name	Image	County or Counties	Size	Year Established
Abilene State Park	File:Buffalo Wallow Abilene State Park Texas 2023.jpg	Taylor	529.4-acre (214.2 ha)	1933
Atlanta State Park	File:Bobo Ferry Trail Atlanta State Park Texas 2023.jpg	Cass	1,475 acres (597 ha)	1954
Balmorhea State Park	File:Balmorhea pool 2009.jpg	Reeves	751 acres (304 ha)	1968
Barton Warnock Visitor Center		Brewster	99.9 acres	1990
Bastrop State Park	File:Bastrop state park lake.jpg	Bastrop		1937
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park	File:Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA (15 April 2016).jpg	Hidalgo	764 acres (309 ha)	1944
Big Bend Ranch State Park	File:Solitario Peak.jpg	Presidio, Brewster	311,000 acres (125,857 ha)	1988
Big Spring State Park	File:Big spring sp concession building.jpg	Howard	381.99 acres (154.59 ha)	1936
Blanco State Park	File:Blanco State Park 12.jpg	Blanco	104.6 acres (42.3 ha)	1934
Bonham State Park	File:Bonham state park headquarters.jpg	Fannin	261 acres (106 ha)	1933
Brazos Bend State Park	File:Horseshoe Lake with Reflection of Clouds.jpg	Fort Bend		1984
Buescher State Park	File:Buescher state park 2007.jpg	Bastrop	1,016.7 acres (411 ha)	1940
Caddo Lake State Park	File:Caddo lake trees.jpg	Harrison	468 acres (189 ha)	1933
Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway	File:Caprock Canyons 2014 6.JPG	Briscoe	15,314 acres (6,197 ha)	1982
Cedar Hill State Park - includes Penn Farm Agricultural History Center	File:Cedar hill state park swimming area.jpg	Dallas	1,826 acres (739 ha)	1982
Choke Canyon State Park - includes Calliham Unit and South Shore Unit	File:Alligator At Choke Canyon.jpg	Live Oak, McMullen	25,670 acres (10,390 ha)	1987
Cleburne State Park	File:Cleburne State Park October 2020 06 (Cedar Lake).jpg	Johnson	528 acres (214 ha)	1938
Colorado Bend State Park	File:Base of Gorman Fall like Raining.jpg	Lampasas, San Saba	5,328.3 acres (2,156 ha)	1987
Cooper Lake State Park - includes Doctors Creek Unit and South Sulphur Unit	File:Cooper Lake State Park July 2015 1.jpg	Cooper	3,026 acres (1,225 ha)	1992
Copper Breaks State Park	File:Copper Breaks State Park Rock Outcropping.jpg	Hardeman	1,898.8 acres (768 ha)	1974
Daingerfield State Park	File:Daingerfield sp reflection.jpg	Morris	507 acres (205 ha)	1938
Davis Mountains State Park	File:Davis Mountains State Park View.JPG	Davis	2,709 acres (1,096 ha)	1938
Devils River State Natural Area - includes Dan Allen Hughes Unit and Del Norte Unit	File:Devils River - Dolan Falls (174119624).jpg	Val Verde		1988
Devil's Sinkhole State Natural Area		Edwards	1,859.7 acres (752.6 ha)	1985
Dinosaur Valley State Park	File:Dinosaur Valley State Park - Track2.jpg	Somervell		1972
Eisenhower State Park	File:Red Oak Eisenhower State Park Texas 2024.jpg	Grayson		1954
Enchanted Rock State Natural Area	File:Enchanted rock 2006.jpg	Llano		1978
Estero Llano Grande State Park	File:A resaca in Estero Llano Grande State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA (13 April 2016).jpg	Hidalgo		2006
Falcon State Park
Fort Boggy State Park	File:Fort Boggy State Park Cabin.jpg	Leon	1,847 acres (747 ha)	1985
Fort Leaton State Historic Site	File: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.jpg	Presidio	23.4 acres (9.5 ha)	1973
Fort Parker State Park	File:Fort parker state park.jpg	Limestone	1,458.8 acres (590.4 ha)	1941
Fort Richardson State Park, Historic Site, and Lost Creek Reservoir State Trailway	File:Fort Richardson.JPG	Jack		1968
Franklin Mountains State Park	File:Franklin mts entrance.jpg	El Paso		1987
Galveston Island State Park	File:Gfp-texas-galveston-peaceful-ocean-at-sunset.jpg	Galveston		1975
Garner State Park	File:Garner state park.jpg	Uvalde		1941
Goliad State Park and Historic Site - includes Mission Rosario State Historic Site and Zaragoza Birthplace State Historic Site	File:Spanish Colonial Era Mission of Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zuñiga in Goliad, Texas.jpg	Goliad	188.3 acres (76 ha)	1936
Goose Island State Park	File:Big tree.jpg	Aransas	321.4 acres (130 ha)	1935
Government Canyon State Natural Area	File:Government Canyon State Natural Area.jpg	Bexar	12,085 acres (4,891 ha)	1993
Guadalupe River State Park	File:Guadalupe river state park.jpg	Comal, Kendall	1,938.7 acres (785 ha)	1983
Hill Country State Natural Area	File:HCSNApano2wiki.jpg	Bandera, Medina	5,369 acres (2,173 ha)	1984
Honey Creek State Natural Area	File:Honey Creek State Natural Area (5872468219).jpg	Comal		1985
Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site	File:Rock drawings, or pictographs, in a restricted area of Hueco Tanks State Historic Site near El Paso in El Paso County, Texas LCCN2014631144.tif	El Paso		1970
Huntsville State Park	File:Huntsville sp swimming.jpg	Walker	2,083.2-acre (843 ha)	1956
Inks Lake State Park	File:Devil's Waterhole.jpg	Burnet	1,201 acres (486 ha)	1950
Kickapoo Cavern State Park	File:Kickapoo Cavern State Park, landscape.jpg	Kinney, Edwards		1991
Lake Arrowhead State Park	File:Lake Arrowhead State Park (45190340834).jpg	Clay		1970
Lake Bob Sandlin State Park		Titus, Camp, Franklin		1987
Lake Brownwood State Park	File:Lake Brownwood 2.jpg	Brown	537.5 acres (218 ha)	1938
Lake Casa Blanca International State Park		Webb		1991
Lake Colorado City State Park	File:View Lake Colorado City State Park 2023.jpg	Mitchell		1972
Lake Corpus Christi State Park	File:Lake corpus christi sp refectory.jpg	San Patricio	356 acres (144 ha)	1934
Lake Livingston State Park	File:Lake Livingston SP Observation Tower.jpg	Polk		1977
Lake Mineral Wells State Park & Trailway	File:Lake Mineral Wells State Park View.jpg	Parker		1981
Lake Somerville State Park and Trailway - includes Birch Creek Unit and Nails Creek Unit	File:Lake Summerville State Park. Lee County, Texas, USA (11 May 2017).jpg	Burleson, Lee	5,520 acres (2,233.9 ha)	1970
Lake Tawakoni State Park	File:Lake Tawakoni September 2015 1.jpg	Hunt	376 acres (14,900 ha)	1984
Lake Whitney State Park	File:Two Bridges Trail Lake Whitney SP Texas 2024.jpg	Hill		1965
Lockhart State Park	File:Lockhart state park combination building.jpg	Caldwell	263.7 acres (107 ha)	1948
Longhorn Cavern State Park	File:Longhorn cavern entrance.jpg	Burnet	645.62 acres (261 ha)	1976
Lost Maples State Natural Area	File:Aerial View of Autumn Forest Colors.jpg	Bandera, Real		1979
Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site - includes Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm	File: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.tif	Gillespie	732.75 acres (297 ha)	1965
Martin Creek Lake State Park	File:Docks at Martin Creek Lake State Park 2019.jpg	Rusk		1976
Martin Dies, Jr. State Park	File:Martin-Dies-Jr-State-Park.jpg	Jasper, Tyler		1965
McKinney Falls State Park	File:Mckinney lower falls.jpg	Travis	744.4 acres (301 ha)	1976
Meridian State Park	File:Meridian state park concession building.jpg	Bosque		1935
Mission Tejas State Park	File:Mission tejas 2014.jpg	Houston	660 acres (270 ha)	1957
Monahans Sandhills State Park	File:Monahans Sandhills 2009.jpg	Ward, Winkler	3,840 acres (1,550 ha)	1957
Mother Neff State Park	File:Mother neff state park lookout tower.jpg	Coryell	259 acres (105 ha)	1937
Mustang Island State Park	File:Mustang Island.JPG	Nueces	3,954 acres (1,600 ha)	1979
Old Tunnel State Park	File:Old tunnel state park tunnel 2013.jpg	Kendall	16.1 acres (6.5 ha)	1991
Palmetto State Park	File:Palmetto state park.jpg	Gonzales	270.3 acres (109 ha)	1936
Palo Duro Canyon State Park	File:Palo Duro Lighthouse.jpg	Randall	28,000 acres (11,331 ha)	1934
Palo Pinto Mountains State Park (under development)		Palo Pinto, Stephens	4,871 acres (1,971 ha)	2011
Pedernales Falls State Park	File:Pedernales1.jpg	Blanco	5,211.7 acres (2,109 ha)	1971
Possum Kingdom State Park	File:Possum Kingdom State Park View.jpg	Palo Pinto		1940
Purtis Creek State Park	File:Purtis Creek State Park - panoramio (2).jpg	Henderson, Van Zandt		1988
Ray Roberts Lake State Park - includes Isle du Bois Unit, Johnson Branch Unit, Jordan Park Unit, Ray Roberts Greenbelt Corridor, and Sanger Marina Unit		Denton, Cooke, Grayson		1993
Resaca de la Palma State Park		Cameron		2008
San Angelo State Park	File:Fisher Lake from San Angelo State Park 2019.jpg	Tom Green	7,677 acres (3,107 ha)	1995
Sea Rim State Park	File:Sea Rim State Park.jpg	Jefferson	4,141 acres (1,676 ha)	1977
Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site	File:Seminole Canyon Park7.JPG	Val Verde	2,172.5 acres (879.2 ha)	1980
Sheldon Lake State Park and Environmental Learning Center	File:Tower Sheldon Lake SP Harris Co Texas 2024.jpg	Harris	1,200 acres (1133 ha)	1984
South Llano River State Park	File:South Llano River State Park.jpg	Kimble	2,600 acres (1052 ha)	1990
Stephen F. Austin State Park	File:Austin state park deer.jpg	Austin	663.3 acres (268 ha)	1940
Tyler State Park	File:Tyler state park tx.jpg	Smith	985.5 acres (399 ha)	1939
Village Creek State Park	File:Cane Slough Village Creek State Park Texas 2023.jpg	Hardin	1,090 acres (441 ha)	1994

See also

• Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
• List of Texas state historic sites
• List of U.S. national parks
• List of former Texas state parks

External links

• Texas Parks & Wildlife Department - Texas State Park List and Map
• List of All Parks & Recreation Areas in Texas
• Parks Under the Lone Star, an online exhibit by the Texas Archive of the Moving Image, includes archival film and video footage of more than 50 Texas parks.