Recreation Areas

Recreation Areas in Texas

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Facility Name Description Activities African American Museum The African American Museum was founded in 1974 and since 1979, it has been a private nonprofit institution. On November 13, 1993 it opened a permanent facility at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas. The  more... Museum/Visitor Center Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument For thousands of years, people came to the red bluffs above the Canadian River for flint, vital to their existence. Demand for the high quality, rainbow-hued flint is reflected in the distribution of  more... Museum/Visitor Center Amistad National Recreation Area A splash of blue stands out against limestone cliffs. The honking of a great blue heron, interspersed with the descending trill of a canyon wren, can be heard off in the distance. This landscape,  more... Biking , Camping , Fishing , Groceries and Supplies , Hiking , Horseback Riding , Hunting , Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic , Restaurants and SnackBar , Water Sports , Wildlife Viewing Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge The chorus of thousands of waterfowl, the splash of an alligator going for a swim, the rustle of wind moving through coastal prairie, the high-pitched call of a fulvous whistling duck are just some  more... Autotouring , Fishing , Hiking , Hunting , Wildlife Viewing Aransas National Wildlife Refuge The bugle of an endangered whooping crane echoes across the far reaches of the marsh. Only at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge do North America's tallest birds find an enduring winter stronghold.   more... Hunting Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge Over a century ago, one million Attwater's prairie-chickens graced the Texas and Louisiana gulf coastal prairie. Each spring, males gathered to perform an elaborate courtship ritual. They inflated  more... Autotouring , Hiking , Museum/Visitor Center Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge "I hear him over there!" Birdwatchers exclaim in hushed whispers as a black-capped vireo pops up from the shin oak thicket. Hidden within the observation deck, the visitors gaze through binoculars at  more... Hiking , Hunting , Wildlife Viewing Big Bend National Park Big Bend National Park is a land of borders. Situated on the boundary with Mexico along the Rio Grande, it is a place where countries and cultures meet. It is also a place that merges natural  more... Autotouring , Biking , Camping , Climbing , Fishing , Groceries and Supplies , Hiking , Horseback Riding , Lodging , Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic , Restaurants and SnackBar , Water Sports , Wildlife Viewing Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge consists of flat coastal prairies, salt marshes, and two large saltwater lakes. Established to provide habitat for migratroy waterfowl and other bird species, Big  more... Fishing , Hunting Big Thicket National Preserve The Preserve consists of nine land units and six water corridors encompassing more than 97,000 acres. Big Thicket was the first Preserve in the National Park System established October 11, 1974, and  more... Autotouring , Biking , Camping , Fishing , Hiking , Horseback Riding , Hunting , Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic , Water Sports , Wildlife Viewing

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