Across the Lone Star State, there are 85 state parks, natural areas and historic sites currently operated by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. But which gets the most visitors each spring?

The official Texas State Bison Herd calls this park home. These magnificent creatures roam the grasslands just like they did centuries ago. Watching a bison is like seeing a living piece of history.

National parks are breathtaking, but they can overshadow other parks across the country. Here are 50 scenic parks to add to ...

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 ...

Corpus Christi has been grappling with significant drought in recent years. Last June, Lake Corpus Christi held about 46,000 acre-feet of water, or 18 percent of its full capacity. Today, the combined ...

South Texas — along with much of the state — has been hard-pressed to see any meaningful rainfall since the start of 2026. The predominant weather pattern, consisting of high atmospheric pressure, low ...

If you're searching for the most popular parks to visit in the state of Texas, the parks department has released their numbers for total visitors in 2025.

As a fishing guide, Wendell Ramsey Sr. has spent years perfecting his methods. He’s both caught and put his clients on a lot of big Texas bass. Yet when Ramsey and a couple buddies launched on Hords ...

Damming the Guadalupe River in the Hill Country west of New Braunfels began in the 1960s. A new lake would be called Canyon Lake. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department inland fisheries biologists ...

Michigan's 2026 Black Lake sturgeon fishing season in Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties ended in 48 minutes. The fishing season — known as the state's shortest — began at 8 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 7 and ...

NAMPA, Idaho — The Canyon County Sheriff's Office and the Caldwell Fire Department are urging people to use extreme caution around Lake Lowell and nearby ponds after recent temperature swings created ...

The notion that "everything's bigger in Texas" definitely applies to the state's collection of sun-kissed lakes. From the unique Gothic beauty of its largest freshwater lake to the biggest artificial ...