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Abilene SP
State Park
TPWD
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/abilene/
325 572-3204
150 Park
Road 32
Tuscola
TX
79562
Last
Update
6 /25/2004
Acton SHS
State
Historic Site
TPWD
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/acton/
817 645-4215
c/o Cleburne
SP, 5800 Park Rd 21
Cleburne TX
76031
Last
Update
5 /25/2004
Addicks Dam US Army Corps of Engineers
USACE
281-497-0740
PO BOX 218747
HOUSTON
TX
77218-8747
These normally dry reservoirs are on the west
side of Houston on
both sides of I-10 at TX6. They contain the
largest municipal park
in the Nation and provide a unique recreational
experience for the
metropolitan area.
Recreation.gov
Admiral Nimitz SHS
State
Historic Site
TPWD
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/nimitz/
e-mail
mailto:Nimitz@tpwd.state.tx.us
830 997-4379
PO Box 777
Fredericksburg
TX
78624
Last
Update
5 /25/2004
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument National Park Service
NPS
http://www.nps.gov/alfl
e-mail
lamr_interpretation@nps.gov
P.O. Box 1460
Fritch
TX
79036
For thousands of years, people came to the red
bluffs above the
Canadian River for flint, vital to their
existence. Demand for the high quality, rainbow-hued flint is reflected in the
distribution of Alibates
Flint through the Great Plains and beyond.
Recreation.gov
Allen Park
County Park
Travis County Parks
http://www.co.travis.tx.us/tnr/parks/allen.asp
Westside
Drive
MoPac
TX
10
acres Last Update
9 /19/2006
Amistad National Recreation Area
National Park Service
NPS
http://www.nps.gov/amis
e-mail
amis_interpretation@nps.gov
830 775-7491
HCR 3, Box 5J
Hwy 90 West
Del Rio
TX
78840-9350
A splash of blue stands out against limestone
cliffs. The honking of
a great blue heron, interspersed with the
descending trill of a
canyon wren, can be heard off in the distance.
Recreation.gov
Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge
Fish
and Wildlife Service
FWS
http://southwest.fws.gov/refuges/texas/anahuac.html
361-286-3559
509 Washington Street
Anahuac
TX
77514
The chorus of thousands of waterfowl, the splash
of an alligator
going for a swim, the rustle of wind moving
through coastal prairie,
the high-pitched call of a fulvous whistling duck
are just some of
the sound you may hear when visiting
Recreation.gov
Aquilla Dam & Lake
US
Army Corps of Engineers
USACE
254-694-3189
PO BOX 5038 LPS
Clifton
TX
76634-5038
This 3,280-acre lake is located on Aquilla and
Hackberry Creeks.
Recreation.gov
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Fish
and Wildlife Service
FWS
http://southwest.fws.gov/refuges/texas/aransas.html
361-286-3559
P.O. Box 100
Austewell
TX
77950
The bugle of an endangered whooping crane echoes
across the far
reaches of the marsh. Only at Aransas National
Wildlife Refuge
do North America's tallest birds find an enduring
winter stronghold.
Here, too, pelicans, herons, egrets, roseate
spoonbills
Recreation.gov
Atlanta SP
State Park
TPWD
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/atlanta/
903 796-6476
927 Park
Road 32
Atlanta
TX
Last
Update
3 /23/2004
Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge
Fish and Wildlife Service
FWS
http://southwest.fws.gov/refuges/texas/attwater/
979-234-3278
P.O. Box 519
Eagle Lake
TX
77434
Over a century ago, one million Attwater's
prairie-chickens graced
the Texas and Louisiana gulf coastal prairie.
Each spring, males
gathered to perform an elaborate courtship
ritual. They inflated
their yellow air sacs and emitted a strange,
booming sound
Recreation.gov
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