Recreation Areas

Recreation Areas in Texas

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Facility Name Description Activities Origins Museum The Board of Directors of ORIGINS is completing plans for a museum and regional cultural and educational center to be located just southwest of the Ballpark in Arlington, Texas. ORIGINS' exhibitions  more... Museum/Visitor Center Padre Island National Seashore Padre Island National Seashore, encompassing 130,454 acres, is the longest remaining undeveloped stretch of barrier island in the world, and offers a wide variety of flora and fauna as well as  more... Autotouring , Biking , Camping , Fishing , Groceries and Supplies , Hiking , Horseback Riding , Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic , Water Sports , Wildlife Viewing Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site On May 8, 1846 troops of the United States and Mexico clashed on the prairie of Palo Alto in the first battle of a two-year war. Signed into law in June 1992, Palo Alto Battlefield National  more... Museum/Visitor Center Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River The Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River, or El Rio Bravo del Norte, provides protection and maintenance of the pristine character of the Rio Grande from the Coahuila/Chihuahua, Mexico, state border  more... Fishing , Water Sports , Wildlife Viewing San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Four Spanish frontier missions, part of a colonization system that stretched across the Spanish Southwest in the 17th, 18th, 19th centuries, are preserved here. They include Missions San Jose, San  more... Biking , Hiking , Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge Gaze across the rippling marshes and ponds of San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge and it's easy to imagine Texas as it was before settlement. Clouds of snow geese in winter or a warbler "fallout" in  more... Autotouring , Fishing , Hiking , Hunting , Wildlife Viewing San Marcos National Fish Hatchery and Technology Center San Marcos National Fish Hatchery and Technology Center began as the first warmwater hatchery west of the Mississippi River. The original San Marcos hatchery, built in 1897, is now operated by  more... Fishing Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge Step into a rare tropical world at Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge. Spanish moss drips from trees. Noisy chachalacas welcome the morning dawn. A malachite butterfly flits from the shadows. The  more... Autotouring , Hiking , Museum/Visitor Center , Wildlife Viewing Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge Bayous weave through a seemingly endless expanse of cordgrass, reptilian eyes at the water*s surface witness the ever-changing variety of waterfowl, and the call of the clapper rail reverberates  more... Fishing , Hiking , Hunting The Alameda The Alameda is a museum and theater complex becoming a national center for Latino arts and culture. The Alameda has been pivotal in developing a relationship with the University of Texas to create a  more... Museum/Visitor Center

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