Lake Livingston State Park covers 635 acres along the southeastern shore of the vast 83,000-acre Lake Livingston reservoir on the Trinity River in Polk County, Texas, near Livingston and about an hour north of Houston.
Garner State Park spans 1,420 acres along the Frio River in Uvalde County, Texas, near Concan, about 90 miles west of San Antonio in the scenic Frio Canyon, opened in 1941 and named for Vice President John Nance Garner with development by Civilian Conservation Corps Company 879.
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, commonly known as The Modern, is one of the oldest art museums in Texas, with origins dating back to 1892 when it was first chartered as the Fort Worth Public Library and Art Gallery.
Museum of the Weird in Austin, Texas is a quirky downtown attraction inspired by classic dime museums, created to showcase a collection of bizarre oddities and sideshow curiosities in the heart of the city’s famous 6th Street entertainment district.
The Kemah Boardwalk is a popular 60-acre amusement park located along the shores of Galveston Bay and Clear Lake in Kemah, Texas, about 30 miles southeast of downtown Houston.
Guadalupe Mountains National Park in western Texas, near the New Mexico border, protects a rugged mountain range rising more than 3,000 feet above the surrounding Chihuahuan Desert.
Sea Rim State Park spans 4,141 acres in southeast Texas near Sabine Pass and Port Arthur along the Gulf of Mexico, featuring 5 miles of pristine beaches, low sand dunes, and over 4,000 acres of brackish marshlands divided by State Highway 87 into Beach and Marsh Units.
Galveston Beach in Texas is a popular coastal destination located on Galveston Island along the Gulf of Mexico, featuring over 32 miles of soft sandy shores and a vibrant beachfront atmosphere.
Old Tunnel State Park is Texas's smallest state park at 16.1 acres, located halfway between Fredericksburg and Comfort on Old San Antonio Road in Kendall County, about 11 miles south of Fredericksburg.
Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site spans about 733 acres along the Pedernales River in Gillespie County, Texas, west of Johnson City and east of Fredericksburg, created in 1965 with donated land by Johnson's friends to honor the 36th president, opening to the public in 1970.
Eisenhower State Park is a 423‑acre Texas state park on the southeast shore of Lake Texoma, about an hour north of Dallas near Denison in Grayson County, named for President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was born nearby.
Lake Whitney State Park covers 775 acres in Hill County, Texas, near the town of Whitney along the shores of the massive Lake Whitney reservoir on the Brazos River, about 1.5 hours south of Dallas-Fort Worth and accessible via FM 1244.
Colorado Bend State Park is a 5,328‑acre Texas state park located in the Hill Country along the Colorado River, mostly in San Saba County west of the town of Bend and near the reservoir Lake Buchanan.
Lake Colorado City State Park is a 500-acre park southwest of Colorado City in Mitchell County, Texas, leased by Texas Parks and Wildlife for 99 years starting in 1971 and opened in 1972 on the shores of the 1,618-acre Lake Colorado City reservoir, built in 1949 on Morgan Creek for power plant cooling.
Big Bend Ranch State Park is a massive, remote Texas state park in far West Texas, stretching along the Rio Grande in Brewster and Presidio counties on the U.S.–Mexico border and covering roughly 310,000–355,000 acres, making it the largest state park in Texas.
The Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, Texas, is a world-class science museum located in Victory Park that opened in 2012, though its roots trace back to the Dallas Museum of Natural History founded in 1936.
