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
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

• List of Texas state parks

References

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