Camping

Couple viewing nature through binoculars
January/February 2024 Issue

Try These Phone Apps to Enhance Your Knowledge of Nature

Turn your phone into a botany expert, star chart, bird identifier or nature trail guide.

Story by Ariel Slick
Two people Kayaking on Lake Bastrop with woods at the lake shore
January/February 2024 Issue

Check Out These Parks That Aren't State Parks

These national and local green spaces provide spots to recreate and enjoy nature.

Story by Landry Young
Sunrise at a peninsula at Ray Roberts Lake.
April 2023 Issue

Ray Roberts Lake: A Day in the Life of a State Park

Sunrise and sunset bookend a day of hiking, riding, fishing and camping.

Story by Whitney Bishop
Roberto Family running down a green hill in matching orange shirts with their campsite in the background.
June 2020 Issue

This Family Was Saved by Camping

Couple builds special family relationships by visiting all Texas state parks.

Story by Whitney Bishop
field of small yellow flowers with a tent pitched next to a picnic table with a couple in the background near the tree line
April 2017 Issue

Best Campsites in Texas State Parks

Catch an ocean breeze or a canyon sunset in one of Texas’ best places to pitch a tent.

Story by Russell Roe and Luke Roe
A grey blue cabin in the woods at Bob Sandlin State Park.
August 2007 Issue

The Best Cabins in Texas State Parks

These shelters will help you take the rough out of “roughing it."

Story by Melissa Gaskill
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The October 2024 cover of Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine, featuring a surfer riding a wave along the Texas Gulf Coast

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