Palo Duro Canyon and Big Bend Ranch state parks ranked among the nation's 10 best in USA Today's 2026 Readers' Choice Awards.

Time to lace up your hiking boots, y'all!

As temperatures and heat indexes soar past 100 degrees this holiday weekend, Texas Parks and Wildlife is urging state park visitors to protect themselves and their pets with these essential heat ...

Texas plans to open half a dozen new state parks in coming years amid a statewide push to expand public land and provide more access to outdoor recreation. Addition of parkland comes at a critical ...

A dramatic golden sunset over Big Bend National Park - Jaclyne Ortiz/Getty Images Texas is famous for doing things bigger, and its sprawling landscapes are no exception. As the largest continental ...

Sometimes, it’s best to experience the wonder of nature in nature. And you can do that on April 8 when 31 Texas state parks will be in the line of totality during the solar eclipse, but you will need ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Natural Resources Coordinator Andy Sipocz, center, stands as Nick Boysen, left, and Kaitlyn ...

More opportunities to head outdoors are coming soon – but it will take some time. Over the past few years, Texas Parks and Wildlife has been purchasing thousands of acres to open new state parks, with ...

Like one wildly popular Texas tune goes, the stars at night are big and bright and the prairie sky is wide and high, deep in the heart of Texas. But in Houston and the state’s other big cities? Not so ...

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Texas state park visitors increased 37% from 2020 to 2021, a new study states, and advocates say more land should be secured for recreation. Texas’ state parks are not adequately meeting public demand ...