Texas

National Parks - Monuments | State Parks | Recreation - Wilderness
Cities and Towns | Points of Interest

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National Parks and Monuments

Big Bend National Park
Chamizal National Memorial
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Lake Amistad - Amistad National Recreation Area

 

 

Texas Facts
Capital: Austin
Land Area: 261,797 sq. miles
Population: 22,118,509
Counties: 254
Highest Point: Guadalupe Peak at 8,749 feet,
Lowest Point: Gulf of Mexico at Sea Level

 

State And Regional Parks

Balmorhea State Park
Big Bend Ranch State Park
Hiking in Big Bend
Fort Lancaster State Park
Fort Leaton State Park
Franklin Mountains State Park

Hueco Tanks State
Historical Park

Hueco Tanks - Another Look
Monahans Sand Hills State Park
Wyler Aerial Tramway State Park

 

Recreation & Wilderness Areas

Lake Amistad National Recreation Area
Black Gap Wilderness Area
Lake Amistad

Rough Canyon Recreation Area
Río Grande Wild and
Scenic River

Sierra Diablo Wildlife
Management Area

Cities & Towns

 

Hotels/Motels - location maps and nearby attractions

 

 

Amarillo, Texas
Arlington, Texas
Austin, Texas
Balmorhea, Texas
Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas
Del Rio, Texas (Motels)
El Paso, Texas
Fort Stockton, Texas
Lajitas

Marathon, Texas
Marfa, Texas
Monahans, Texas
Pecos, Texas
Presidio, Texas
Sanderson, Texas
Sierra Blanca, Texas
Sonora, Texas
Terlingua
Van Horn,Texas


Historic Locations & Points of Interest

Anne Riggs Memorial Museum (Ft. Stockton)
Caverns of Sonora (Sonora)
Concordia - A Desert Graveyard

Cadillac Ranch Rt 66

Fort Davis and Mountains
Desert Museums

Museum of History (El Paso)
Fort Bliss Museum (El Paso)
Fort Davis National Historic Site

 

 

 

Seminole Canyon State
Historic Park
Tigua Indian Reservation
& Pueblo (El Paso)

Interstate 10

Marfa Pillars
West of the Pecos Museum
(Pecos)
West Texas' Northern Chihuahuan Desert
Wilderness Park Museum
(El Paso)
W.J. McDonald Observatory (Ft. Davis)


Mexico

 

 

 

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