Texas

Waco Mammoth National Monument is a paleontological site protecting the only nursery herd of Columbian mammoths in the U.S. Visitors enjoy tours and fossils.

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park is a piece of a UNESCO World Heritage Site preserving four of the five Spanish frontier missions in San Antonio.

Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River is a playground of rapids and three separate canyons, and includes float trips, canyon hikes, and rare wildlife species.

Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park marks the 1846 clash of Mexican and U.S. troops, preserves the battle site, and includes history tours.

Padre Island National Seashore separates the Gulf of Mexico from the Laguna Madre, and protects coastline, dunes, prairies, and wind tidal flats.

Lyndon Johnson's home in the Texas Hill Country provides an opportunity to tour the Texas White House and see a working cattle ranch.

Lake Meredith National Recreation Area supplies water for 11 cities, and opportunities for fishing, boating, waterskiing, sailing, scuba diving, and swimming.

Guadalupe Mountains National Park includes the world's finest fossilized reef, unique flora and fauna, and West Texas' only legally designated wilderness.

Fort Davis, of the best examples of an Indian Wars frontier military post in the Southwest, protected emigrants and transportation on the Chihuahua Trail.

Chamizal National Memorial provides visitors with ample opportunity to better understand not only other cultures, but their own cultural roots as well.