List of former Texas state parks

This is a list of former state parks in Texas, United States, the year they were established and what they reverted to.

Central Texas museums
Park name Established Disbanded County Current name Notes/Refs
San Jacinto State Park 1907 ? Harris San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
Fannin State Park 1913 2008 Goliad Fannin Battleground State Historic Site [1]
Gonzales State Park 1913 ? Gonzales Unknown [1]
Beeville State Park 1915? ? Bee Kohler Park
King State Park 1915 ? Refugio Public Square in Refugio [2]
Washington State Park 1915 ? Washington Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site [1]
Boerne-Hallie Maude Neff State Park 1924 1933 Kendall Unknown
Van Horn State Park 1927 ? Culberson Unknown
Clifton State Park 1933 1934 Bosque Clifton City Park [3]
Grayson State Park 1933 ? Grayson Loy Park [4]
Hamilton State Park 1933 ? Hamilton Unknown [3]
Lampasas State Park 1933 1941 Lampasas Horseshoe Falls Ranch [3]
Mineral Wells State Park 1933 ? Palo Pinto Texas Frontier Trails Western Heritage Park [3]
Normangee State Park 1933 1950s Leon Normangee City Park [5]
Palisades State Park 1933 1939 Randall Starlight Canyon Bed & Breakfast [6]
Stephenville State Park 1933 1948 Erath Garner Park Ranch [3]
Texas Canyons State Park 1933 1944 Brewster Big Bend National Park [6] Renamed Big Bend State Park in 1933
Tres Palacios State Park 1933 ? Matagorda Unknown [3]
Kerrville-Schreiner State Park 1936 2004 Kerr Kerrville-Schreiner Park
Fort Stockton State Park ? ? Pecos Unknown
Mackenzie State Park ? ? Lubbock Mackenzie Park
Avalon State Park ? ? Bandera Bandera County Medina Lake Park Texas Park Road 37 still in commission even though state park is not.
Brazos Island State Park 1957 2007 Cameron Brazos Island Transferred by lease to Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Fairfield Lake State Park 1976 2023 Freestone Freestone Lease not renewed. Land acquired by private developer
Lewisville State Park 1981 1995? Denton Hidden Cove Park [7]
Boca Chica State Park 1994 2007 Cameron Boca Chica Beach Transferred by lease to Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Steely, James Wright. Parks for Texas: Enduring Landscapes of the New Deal. Austin: U of Texas, 1999. p4. Print.
  2. ^ Steely. p5.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Steely. p35.
  4. ^ Steely. p56.
  5. ^ Obert, Don D. A Pictorial Sketch of Texas Showing State Parks, 1939
  6. ^ a b Steely. p33.
  7. ^ Guides, DFW. "Hidden Cove Park Marina Lake Lewisville The Colony". www.friscotownguide.com. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
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