Located about 80 miles southwest of Fort Worth, Palo Pinto Mountains will become the first new state park to open in North ...

Starting on Wednesday night, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is hosting its annual First Day Hike at a Texas ...

While Falcon State Park is popular among anglers and overnight campers, its 2026 First Day Hike will be dedicated to hikers ...

Texas Parks and Wildlife offers Texans an opportunity to start 2026 off with First Day Hikes at a Texas state park.

Curl up next to an indoor fireplace at one of the state parks in Texas. A sparkling fire can make a room warm, inviting, and ...

Just outside Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas' newest state park offers rugged trails, rolling hills, calm lake waters, and wide-open ...

First Day Hike events drew record numbers last year with over 9,000 participants visiting a Texas state park on New Year's ...

First Day Hikes is a nationwide program to encourage hiking on New Year's Day. See a list of participating parks from Texas ...

Celebrate the New Year — and the start of America’s semi-quincentennial observance, known as America 250 — with a First Day ...

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 ...

An unusual partnership between an environmentalist and a Republican megadonor began with a fight on Twitter. It ended up in ...

When Rodney Franklin first began working for Texas state parks 32 years ago, he wrote purchase orders with a typewriter. Now it’s done by email. “I’ve seen a lot of changes,” Franklin said. As the ...