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Park Roads represent a subset of public roads designated and maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). Park Roads are intended to provide access to and connection within Texas state parks. The system of Park Roads was established in 1937 at the request of the state parks board to establish maintenance of eight roads within the state's parks. The network of Park Roads has grown incrementally over the years along with the growth of parks now under the authority of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Park Roads are marked with distinctive signage distinguishing them from other state-maintained highways.
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Park Road markers | |
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Maintained by TxDOT | |
Formed | June 22, 1937[1] |
Highway names | |
Interstates | Interstate X (I-X) Interstate Highway X (IH-X) |
US Highways | U.S. Highway X (US X) |
State | State Highway X (SH X) |
Loops: | Loop X |
Spurs: | Spur X |
Recreational: | Recreational Road X (RE X) |
Farm or Ranch to Market Roads: | Farm to Market Road X (FM X) Ranch to Market Road X (RM X) |
Park Roads: | Park Road X (PR X) |
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On September 22, 1936, the state highway commission initiated an investigation at the request of the state's parks board into the incorporation of certain park roads as part of the state highway system after which the highway commission would assume maintenance of these roads. The highway commission accepted routes in eight parks as the original Park Roads in the state system on June 22, 1937. The charter routes of the system were located in the following parks:[1]
Number | Length (mi) | Length (km) | Southern or western terminus | Northern or eastern terminus | Formed | Removed | Notes | |
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3.988[2] | 6.418 | SH 21 near Bastrop State Park | PR 1A in Bastrop State Park | [1] | 1937current | Loops back onto itself | |
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0.483[2] | 0.777 | PR 1A in Bastrop State Park | Dead end at park cabins in Bastrop State Park | [1] | 1937current | ||
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11.196[2] | 18.018 | PR 1A in Bastrop State Park | FM 153 in Buescher State Park | [1] | 1937current | ||
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0.106[2] | 0.171 | PR 1A in Bastrop State Park | Bastrop State Park dining hall | [1] | 1937current | ||
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0.948[2] | 1.526 | PR 1C in Buescher State Park | PR 1C at Buescher State Park Headquarters | [3] | 1940current | ||
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1.110[4] | 1.786 | FM 2198 in Caddo Lake State Park | Numerous small in-park roads | [1] | 1937current | ||
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1.160[5] | 1.867 | SH 118 in Davis Mountains State Park | Indian Lodge in Davis Mountains State Park | [1] | 1937current | ||
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2.529[2] | 4.070 | PR 3 in Davis Mountains State Park | Davis Mountains State Park–Fort Davis National Historic Site boundary | [5] | 1965current | ||
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15.500[6] | 24.945 | SH 29 near Buchanan Dam and Inks Lake State Park | US 281 south of Burnet near Longhorn Caverns State Park | [1] | 1937current | Listed on National Register of Historic Places | |
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8.0[7] | 12.9 | SH 217 at Palo Duro Canyon State Park | Palo Duro Canyon State Park | [1] | 1937[7] | 1949Although officially assigned anew in 1949, this is essentially the same as the latter route as originally described | |
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10.239[7] | 16.478 | SH 217 at Palo Duro Canyon State Park | Maintenance building inside park | [7] | 1949current | Loops back onto itself | |
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7[8] | 11 | SH 227 (now US 385) | Big Bend National Park | [1] | 1937[8] | 1946Taken over by the National Park Service[9] | |
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1.110[8] | 1.786 | US 183 south of Goliad | Goliad State Park and Historic Site | [8] | 1958current | ||
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3.940[10] | 6.341 | SH 22 | Meridian State Park | [1] | 1937current | Loops back onto itself | |
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2.405[11] | 3.870 | FM 700 in Big Spring State Park | FM 700 in Big Spring State Park | [1] | 1937current | Loops back onto itself | |
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6.5[12] | 10.5 | SH 134 in Houston | San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site | [13] | 1939[12] | 1960Now PR 1836 | |
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1.193[14] | 1.920 | Recreation center in Lockhart State Park | FM 20 | [15] | 1939current | Originally only the driveways in the Lockhart State Park; later extended over former SH 310 | |
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3.081[16] | 4.958 | US 183 | Palmetto State Park | [17] | 1939current | ||
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0.275[18] | 0.443 | FM 1155 in Washington-on-the-Brazos | Park road in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site | [18] | 1939current | Former SH 229 | |
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4.170[19] | 6.711 | SH 35 | Goose Island in Goose Island State Park | [20] | 1939current | May have been SH 319 or SH 35A for a month | |
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1.56[21] | 2.51 | SH 236 | Mother Neff State Park | [21] | 1940current | ||
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7.227[22] | 11.631 | SH 279 | Lake Brownwood State Park | [22] | 1940current | ||
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2.932[23] | 4.719 | FM 14 at Tyler State Park | CR 313 | [23] | 1940current | Loops back onto itself, connection to county road | |
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1.272[24] | 2.047 | SH 49 | Daingerfield State Park | [24] | 1940current | ||
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2.4[25] | 3.9 | I-27 in Lubbock | MacKenzie State Park | [25] | 1940[25] | 1993Cancelled because it is no longer a state park. | |
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3.5[26] | 5.6 | Kerrville State Park | SH 173 in Kerrville | [26] | 1940[26] | 2006Cancelled because it is no longer a state park. | |
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1.75[27] | 2.82 | US 281 | Stephenville State Park | [27] | 1940[27] | 1946Cancelled because it is no longer a state park | |
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4.296[27] | 6.914 | Entrance to Eisenhower State Park | Marina inside park | [27] | 1960current | Loops back onto itself | |
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9.295[28] | 14.959 | Entrance to Cleburne State Park | US 67 | [28] | 1940current | ||
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.80[29] | 1.29 | US 281 | Mineral Wells State Park | [30] | 1940—[31] | cancelled when no longer a state park | |
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15.59[31] | 25.09 | Padre Island National Seashore | SH 358 | [31] | 1967current | ||
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1.1[32] | 1.8 | US 281 | Blanco State Park | [32] | 1940current | ||
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1.62[33] | 2.61 | FM 271 | Bonham State Park | [33] | 1943current | Loops back onto itself | |
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3.392[34] | 5.459 | SH 359 southwest of Mathis | Lake Corpus Christi State Park | [34] | 1940current | ||
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1.2[35] | 1.9 | FM 20 at Lockhart State Park | PR 10 at Lockhart State Park | 1940 | [35] | 1972Now part of PR 10 | |
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1.033[36] | 1.662 | Fannin Battleground State Historic Site | US 59/FM 2987 in Fannin | [36] | 1940current | Former SH 162 and Spur 91 | |
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2.307[37] | 3.713 | SH 14 | Fort Parker State Park | [37] | 1941current | ||
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4.10[38] | 6.60 | US 83 | Garner State Park | [38] | 1941current | ||
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0.277[39] | 0.446 | Balmorhea State Park | SH 17 in Toyahvale | [39] | 1941current | ||
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7.99[40] | 12.86 | Lake Sweetwater Park | US 80 east of Sweetwater | [40] | 19431951 | Now FM 1856 | |
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2.786[40] | 4.484 | SH 46 | Guadalupe River State Park | [40] | 1981current | ||
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0.64[41] | 1.03 | FM 89 | Abilene State Park | [41] | 1943current | ||
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17.28[42] | 27.81 | US 180 near Caddo | Possum Kingdom State Park | [42] | 1944current | ||
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0.457[43] | 0.735 | FM 273 | Lake Fannin State Park | [43] | 1946current | ||
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1.65[44] | 2.66 | Fort Parker State Park | SH 14 | [44] | 1946current | ||
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5.606[45] | 9.022 | Camp Constantin BSA/Camp Grady Spruce YMCA | SH 16 in Palo Pinto County | [45] | 1945current | ||
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14.191[46] | 22.838 | Bandera County Park in Lakehills | SH 16 near Helotes | [46] | 1947current | ||
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2.33[47] | 3.75 | FM 1458 in San Felipe | Stephen F. Austin State Park | [47] | 1949current | Loops back onto itself | |
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0.6[48] | 0.97 | Mission Parkway near Mission San José | Spur 536 | [48] | 1953[48] | 1993cancelled for further development of the site | |
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3.528[49] | 5.678 | Huntsville State Park | SH 75 southeast of Huntsville | [49] | 1955current | ||
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1.673[50] | 2.692 | I-20 | Monahans Sandhills State Park | [50] | 1957current | ||
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1.373[51] | 2.210 | FM 1154 – Beltway around Atlanta State Park | [51] | 1960current | |||
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2.497[52] | 4.019 | FM 2062 – Beltway around northwest Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park | [52] | 1961current | |||
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0.943[53] | 1.518 | SH 21 | Mission Tejas State Park | [53] | 1962current | ||
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0.208[54] | 0.335 | Governor Hogg Shrine State Historical Park | SH 37 | [54] | 1962[54] | 2004Cancelled. | |
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3.259[55] | 5.245 | FM 2098 | Falcon State Park | [55] | 1963current | ||
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1.775[56] | 2.857 | FM 1244 – Beltway around Lake Whitney State Park | [56] | 1964current | |||
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4.488[57] | 7.223 | Martin Dies Jr. State Park south area | Martin Dies Jr. State Park north area | [57] | 1964current | US 190 connects both ends of the park road | |
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0.134[58] | 0.216 | Hodges Ranch Road | Kline Road / Redstone Ranch Road to RR 1 | [58] | 1965current | Unsigned throughout most of its length | |
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0.4[59] | 0.64 | Jim Hogg State Park | Firetower Road | [59] | 1966current | ||
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0.376[60] | 0.605 | FM 2852 | Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site | [60] | 1967current | ||
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0.781[61] | 1.257 | US 290 | Lyndon B. Johnson State Park | [61] | 1967current | ||
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17.5[62] | 28.2 | PR 22 | SH 361 in Port Aransas | [62] | 1967[62] | 1988Now SH 361 | |
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1.047[63] | 1.685 | US 283 | Fort Griffin Campsite | [63] | 1968current | ||
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4.156[64] | 6.688 | Wind Point Park | FM 1571 | [64] | 1968current | ||
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2.666[65] | 4.291 | Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation | US 190 | [65] | 1970current | Replaced FM 2865 | |
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5.8[66] | 9.3 | Boat ramp in Lake Somerville State Park | FM 60 | [66] | 1970current | ||
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0.63[67] | 1.01 | US 283 | Fort Griffin State Historic Site | [67] | 1970current | ||
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1.409[68] | 2.268 | FM 205 | Dinosaur Valley State Park | [68] | 1971current | Loops back onto itself | |
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1.124[69] | 1.809 | FM 224 | Trinity River Authority of Lake Livingston | [69] | 1971current | Loops back onto itself | |
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1.785[70] | 2.873 | Fort Richardson State Park | US 281 / US 380 / SH 114 | [70] | 1971current | ||
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1.381[71] | 2.223 | Copper Breaks State Park | SH 6 | [71] | 1972current | ||
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1.018[72] | 1.638 | FM 1954 | Lake Arrowhead State Park | [72] | 1973current | ||
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1.419[73] | 2.284 | FM 3285 | Fairfield Lake State Park | [73] | 1973current | ||
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0.818[74] | 1.316 | Lake Livingston State Park | FM 3126 | [74] | 1973current | ||
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1.365[75] | 2.197 | FM 3005 at entrance to Galveston Island State Park | Boat ramp inside park | [75] | 1973current | ||
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0.56[76] | 0.90 | Depot inside State Railroad Park | US 84 at park entrance | [76] | 1974[76] | 1975Now PR 76 | |
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0.451[76] | 0.726 | Seminole Canyon State Historical Park headquarters | US 90 at park entrance | [76] | 1975current | ||
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2.06[77] | 3.32 | RM 2775 in the Hueco Tanks State Historic Site | Hueco Tanks State Historic Site | [77] | 1974current | ||
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0.283[78] | 0.455 | SH 87 | Sea Rim State Park southeast end | [78] | 1974current | ||
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0.82[79] | 1.32 | Texas State Railroad History Museum | US 84 | [79] | 1976current | ||
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0.743[80] | 1.196 | US 180 | Lake Mineral Wells State Park east end | [80] | 1977current | ||
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4.346[81] | 6.994 | FM 762 near Long Point | Brazos Bend State Park | [81] | 1978current | ||
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1.888[82] | 3.038 | South Llano River State Park | US 377 | [82] | 1982current | ||
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0.918[83] | 1.477 | Alma Drive in Lumberton | Village Creek State Park | [83] | 1994current | ||
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.401[84] | 0.645 | Depot inside State Railroad Park | US 84 at park entrance | [84] | 1975current | Former PR 67 | |
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13.198[85] | 21.240 | SH 100 at the Queen Isabella Causeway | Padre Island National Seashore | [85] | 1968current | ||
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2.25[86] | 3.62 | Business US 90-U | Garrett Road | [86] | 2014current | ||
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7.234[87] | 11.642 | Battleground Road (former SH 134) in Houston | San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site | [87] | 1960current | Replaced PR 9; number chosen to commemorate the date that Texas won its independence from Mexico[87] | |
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