Category: state parks

Lake Livingston State Park is located one mile southwest of Livingston. The park is composed of 635.5 acres along the shores of Lake Livingston, an 84,800 acre reservoir. The park property was acquired in 1971 and was opened to the public in 1977. The park is near the ghost town of Swartwout, a steamboat landing […]

Purtis Creek State Park is composed of 1,582.4 acres in Henderson and Van Zandt counties. The property was acquired in 1977 from private owners and opened to the public in 1988. The area was once roamed by the Wichita and Caddo Indians. To the east of the park is a cliff over hang that was […]

Sheldon Lake State Park and Environmental Learning Center is a 2,800 acre outdoor education and recreation facility located in northeast Harris County. The park is split into two units and provides access to the 1,200 acre Sheldon Lake. Eight hundred acres of Sheldon Lake are permanently inundated, while 400 acres are marsh and swamp land. […]

Lake Tawakoni State Park is composed of 376.3 acres in Hunt County. The property was acquired in 1984 and authorized through a 50 year lease agreement with the Sabine River Authority, which operates the 36,700 surface-acre reservoir and Iron Bridge Dam, on the headwaters of the Sabine River. The area was originally home to the […]

Galveston Island State Park is a paradise located on the west end of Galveston Island. The park is within the Galveston city limits and in Galveston County. The park is composed of 2,013.1 beautiful acres overlooking both beach and bayside terrain. According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), the site was acquired in […]

Dangerfield State Park, in Morris County southwest of Texarkana, is a 506.913-acre recreational area, including an 80-surface-acre lake. The area was the center of the iron industry in Texas, and original improvements were made by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Springtime in the park brings amazing sights throughout the park’s rolling hills as the dogwoods, […]

Martin Dies, Jr. State Park was known as Dam B State Park until 1965. The park is a 705 acre area in Jasper and Tyler counties, located between Woodville and Jasper on the 15,000 acre B.A. Steinhagen Reservoir. The property was acquired under a 50-year lease from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1964 […]

Caddo Lake State Park Caddo Lake State Park is located on the only natural lake in the Lone Star State. The lake was eventually dammed in the early 1900s when oil was struck and for flood control. Caddo Indian legends tell of a giant flood that gave way to the formation of the lake. Some […]

Huntsville State Park is a 2,083.2 acre recreational area, located six miles southwest of Huntsville, in Walker County. During the early 1930s, the Huntsville-Walker County Chamber of Commerce proposed the creation of a large public recreation place to the Texas State Parks Board. The board in turn informed the land would have to be donated […]

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Fort Boggy State Park is composed of 1,847 acres located in Leon County among the wooded terrain, rolling hills, bottom land meadows, and wetlands. Wildlife viewing opportunities includes white-tailed deer, raccoons, squirrels, foxes, and beavers. A large portion of Fort Boggy State Park is subject to flooding during wet periods, which in turn provides an […]

Martin Creek Lake State Park is composed of 286.9 acres, located in Rusk County, southeast of Longview. The property was acquired in 1976, and opened to the public that same year. The park is located on the 5,000 acre Martin Creek Lake, which was constructed to provide cooling water for a lignite-fired, electric power generation […]

Lake Bob Sandlin State Park is composed of 639.8 acres, located on the heavily-wooded shoreline of the 9,400 acre Lake Bob Sandlin. The park is southeast of Mount Pleasant, in Titus County. Park property was acquired in 1979 and the park was opened in 1987. There is evidence that the Caddo Indians once thrived in […]