Outdoor adventurers are now able to hike, fish, camp, and explore a brand-new state park — the first new Texas state park in 25 years. Palo Pinto Mountains State Park opened Sunday, March 1.

The park is home to the official Texas State Bison Herd. These massive animals roam freely across the grasslands. Seeing a bison up close is like meeting a celebrity, except this celebrity weighs ...

It has been 18 years since Texas debuted a new state park —Resaca de la Palma in Brownsville in 2008—and more than two decades since North Texas saw one open, when Lake Tawakoni State Park welcomed ...

TPWD officials will open the gates of Palo Pinto Mountains State Park on March 1 ahead of a formal grand opening later this spring.

Virginia State Parks is reopening its campgrounds on March 6 for the season with burn restrictions in effect. The 4 PM Burning Law is in effect from Feb. 15 through April 30, which bans open fires, ...

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Florida State Parks announced free admission will be offered this month as part of the United State's 250th anniversary celebrations. Free admission will be offered over the Presidents Day weekend.

Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) is blaming his party’s loss in Saturday’s special election for a Texas state Senate seat on a winter storm in the Lone Star State. Democratic candidate Taylor Rehmet ...