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Covered Wagon in an open field.
November 2025 Issue

The Butterfield Overland Mail Route Crossed the Frontier and Connected the Country

The dangerous route passed through Texas in the 1850s.

Story by Shannon King
Great Outdoor Scavenger Hunt participants Cyndi and Jimmy Morris pose outside a log building
November 2024 Issue

A Look Back at the 2024 Great Outdoor Scavenger Hunt

GOSH, it was a fun summer!

Two large bronze sculptures of mammoths stand outside the Mayborn Museum in Waco, Texas.
October 2024 Issue

Waco Offers Glimpses into the Ancient World of Mammoths

Experience the wonder and majesty of these Pleistocene behemoths at two Waco locations.

Story by Dale Weisman
Texas state park team gathered around a table looking an armadillo replica
May 2023 Issue

State Park Team Taps Creative Forces to Make Interpretive Displays

Go behind the scenes with the Texas State Parks exhibit team.

Story by Russell Roe
A river cutting through the brushy landscape of Palo Pinto State Park
May 2023 Issue

Palo Pinto State Park Promises a Nature-Filled Getaway

Texas' newest state park a jewel for the ‘hill country of the north.'

Story by Lydia Saldaña
a crowd of people taking pictures during the illumination of Goliad State Park’s Mission Espíritu Santo alter
April 2023 Issue

On The Same Day Each Year, A Religious Statue at Goliad is Illuminated — And We Still Don't Know Exactly Why

People travel to Mission Espíritu Santo every year to see the "Goliad Illumination."

Story by Eva Frederick
Hueco Tanks river canyon
March 2016 Issue

10 Texas State Parks That Bring History to Life

Discover battlegrounds, frontier forts and the town where Texas declared independence.

Story by Dale Blasingame
Hiker on the rim of Palo Duro Canyon
September 2010 Issue

Hiking Texas' Palo Duro Canyon

Our own ‘Grand Canyon,' Palo Duro Canyon State Park paints a vivid surprise in the Panhandle.

Story by Cynthia Walker Pickens
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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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