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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department acquired the reservoir in 1952 to provide a refuge for migratory waterfowl, a public fishing lake and a fish hatchery. It opened in 1955 as the Sheldon Wildlife Management Area. The hatchery closed in 1975, and the land began to revert naturally to forest, ponds and marshes.
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.
McKinney Falls State Park welcomed just under 310,000 visitors in 2023. The park is open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Adult entrance fees are $6 per day, and children under 12 get in free.
North Texas: website, 758 acres, operated by the City Brazos Bend State Park: Needville: Fort Bend: Texas Gulf Coast: 4,897 acres, nature center operated by the state and Brazos Bend State Park Volunteer Organization [1] Canyon of the Eagles Lodge and Nature Park: Burnet: Burnet: Central Texas
Sea Rim State Park is a 4,141-acre (1,676 ha) state park in southeast Texas. [2] The park is located on the Gulf of Mexico in southern Jefferson County , south of Port Arthur and just west of Sabine Pass .
By the late 1960s, Stewart's heirs wanted a park to be established. In 1969, under the State Parks Bond Program, 1,950 acres of the private land was purchased from the heirs. A small part of the original property with the family's Stewart Mansion was not included in the sale. The state park opened to the public in 1975.
Pages in category "State parks of Texas" The following 83 pages are in this category, out of 83 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Goose Island State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Texas, located north of the city of Rockport on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The park covers 321.4 acres (130 ha). It is surrounded by both St. Charles and Aransas Bays. The park was established on land acquired from private owners between the years 1931–35.