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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Maintained by TxDOT
FormedJune 22, 1937[1]
Highway names
InterstatesInterstate X (I-X)
Interstate Highway X (IH-X)
US HighwaysU.S. Highway X (US X)
StateState Highway X (SH X)
Loops:Loop X
Spurs:Spur X
Recreational:Recreational Road X (RE X)
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History

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]

  1. Bastrop State Park
  2. Caddo Lake State Park
  3. Davis Mountains State Park
  4. Longhorn Caverns State Park
  5. Palo Duro Canyon State Park
  6. Big Bend State Park, now a national park: PR 6 designation later reassigned to Goliad State Park and Historic Site
  7. Meridian State Park
  8. Big Spring State Park

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Number Length (mi) Length (km) Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Formed Removed Notes
PR 1A 3.988[2]6.418 SH 21 near Bastrop State ParkPR 1A in Bastrop State Park 01937-06-221937[1]current Loops back onto itself
PR 1B 0.483[2]0.777 PR 1A in Bastrop State ParkDead end at park cabins in Bastrop State Park 01937-06-221937[1]current
PR 1C 11.196[2]18.018 PR 1A in Bastrop State ParkFM 153 in Buescher State Park 01937-06-221937[1]current
PR 1D 0.106[2]0.171 PR 1A in Bastrop State ParkBastrop State Park dining hall 01937-06-221937[1]current
PR 1E 0.948[2]1.526 PR 1C in Buescher State ParkPR 1C at Buescher State Park Headquarters 01940-05-091940[3]current
PR 2 1.110[4]1.786 FM 2198 in Caddo Lake State ParkNumerous small in-park roads 01937-06-221937[1]current
PR 3 1.160[5]1.867 SH 118 in Davis Mountains State ParkIndian Lodge in Davis Mountains State Park 01937-06-221937[1]current
PR 3A 2.529[2]4.070 PR 3 in Davis Mountains State ParkDavis Mountains State Park–Fort Davis National Historic Site boundary 01965-01-011965[5]current
PR 4 15.500[6]24.945 SH 29 near Buchanan Dam and Inks Lake State ParkUS 281 south of Burnet near Longhorn Caverns State Park 01937-06-221937[1]current Listed on National Register of Historic Places
PR 5 8.0[7]12.9 SH 217 at Palo Duro Canyon State ParkPalo Duro Canyon State Park 01937-06-221937[1]01949-07-141949[7] Although officially assigned anew in 1949, this is essentially the same as the latter route as originally described
PR 5 10.239[7]16.478 SH 217 at Palo Duro Canyon State ParkMaintenance building inside park 01949-07-141949[7]current Loops back onto itself
PR 6 7[8]11 SH 227 (now US 385)Big Bend National Park 01937-06-221937[1]01946-02-021946[8] Taken over by the National Park Service[9]
PR 6 1.110[8]1.786 US 183 south of GoliadGoliad State Park and Historic Site 01958-02-151958[8]current
PR 7 3.940[10]6.341 SH 22Meridian State Park 01937-06-221937[1]current Loops back onto itself
PR 8 2.405[11]3.870 FM 700 in Big Spring State ParkFM 700 in Big Spring State Park 01937-06-221937[1]current Loops back onto itself
PR 9 6.5[12]10.5 SH 134 in HoustonSan Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site 01939-02-201939[13]01960-06-021960[12] Now PR 1836
PR 10 1.193[14]1.920 Recreation center in Lockhart State ParkFM 20 01939-02-201939[15]current Originally only the driveways in the Lockhart State Park; later extended over former SH 310
PR 11 3.081[16]4.958 US 183Palmetto State Park 01939-08-211939[17]current
PR 12 0.275[18]0.443 FM 1155 in Washington-on-the-BrazosPark road in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site 01939-09-261939[18]current Former SH 229
PR 13 4.170[19]6.711 SH 35Goose Island in Goose Island State Park 01939-08-211939[20]current May have been SH 319 or SH 35A for a month
PR 14 1.56[21]2.51 SH 236Mother Neff State Park 01940-05-091940[21]current
PR 15 7.227[22]11.631 SH 279Lake Brownwood State Park 01940-05-091940[22]current
PR 16 2.932[23]4.719 FM 14 at Tyler State ParkCR 313 01940-05-091940[23]current Loops back onto itself, connection to county road
PR 17 1.272[24]2.047 SH 49Daingerfield State Park 01940-05-091940[24]current
PR 18 2.4[25]3.9 I-27 in LubbockMacKenzie State Park 01940-05-091940[25]01993-11-301993[25] Cancelled because it is no longer a state park.
PR 19 3.5[26]5.6 Kerrville State ParkSH 173 in Kerrville 01940-05-091940[26]02006-02-232006[26] Cancelled because it is no longer a state park.
PR 20 1.75[27]2.82 US 281Stephenville State Park 01940-05-091940[27]01946-04-161946[27] Cancelled because it is no longer a state park
PR 20 4.296[27]6.914 Entrance to Eisenhower State ParkMarina inside park 01960-06-011960[27]current Loops back onto itself
PR 21 9.295[28]14.959 Coyote Run Day-Use Area in Cleburne State ParkUS 67 01940-05-091940[28]current Serves as main throughfare; outside of park, follows former SH 174 route
PR 22 .80[29]1.29 US 281Mineral Wells State Park 01940-07-011940[30][31] cancelled when no longer a state park
PR 22 15.59[31]25.09 Padre Island National SeashoreSH 358 01967-01-171967[31]current
PR 23 1.1[32]1.8 US 281Blanco State Park 01940-07-011940[32]current
PR 24 1.62[33]2.61 FM 271Bonham State Park 01943-06-031943[33]current Loops back onto itself
PR 25 3.392[34]5.459 SH 359 southwest of MathisLake Corpus Christi State Park 01940-07-011940[34]current
PR 26 1.2[35]1.9 FM 20 at Lockhart State ParkPR 10 at Lockhart State Park 01940-07-01194001972-10-051972[35] Now part of PR 10
PR 27 1.033[36]1.662 Fannin Battleground State Historic SiteUS 59/FM 2987 in Fannin 01940-07-011940[36]current Former SH 162 and Spur 91
PR 28 2.307[37]3.713 SH 14Fort Parker State Park 01941-04-221941[37]current
PR 29 4.10[38]6.60 US 83Garner State Park 01941-04-221941[38]current
PR 30 0.277[39]0.446 Balmorhea State ParkSH 17 in Toyahvale 01941-04-231941[39]current
PR 31 7.99[40]12.86 Lake Sweetwater ParkUS 80 east of Sweetwater 01943-06-101943[40]01951-12-141951 Now FM 1856
PR 31 2.786[40]4.484 SH 46Guadalupe River State Park 01980-12-101980[40]current
PR 32 0.64[41]1.03 FM 89Abilene State Park 01943-12-161943[41]current
PR 33 17.28[42]27.81 US 180 near CaddoPossum Kingdom State Park 01944-09-141944[42]current
PR 34 0.457[43]0.735 FM 273Lake Fannin State Park 01946-01-181946[43]current
PR 35 1.65[44]2.66 Fort Parker State ParkSH 14 01946-05-041946[44]current
PR 36 5.606[45]9.022 Camp Constantin BSA/Camp Grady Spruce YMCASH 16 in Palo Pinto County 01945-11-281945[45]current
PR 37 14.191[46]22.838 Bandera County Park in LakehillsSH 16 near Helotes 01947-07-021947[46]current
PR 38 2.33[47]3.75 FM 1458 in San FelipeStephen F. Austin State Park 01949-12-131949[47]current Loops back onto itself
PR 39 0.6[48]0.97 Mission Parkway near Mission San JoséSpur 536 01953-09-231953[48]01993-09-281993[48] cancelled for further development of the site
PR 40 3.528[49]5.678 Huntsville State ParkSH 75 southeast of Huntsville 01955-11-301955[49]current
PR 41 1.673[50]2.692 I-20Monahans Sandhills State Park 01957-03-291957[50]current
PR 42 1.373[51]2.210 FM 1154 – Beltway around Atlanta State Park 01960-10-281960[51]current
PR 43 2.497[52]4.019 FM 2062 – Beltway around northwest Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park 01961-03-221961[52]current
PR 44 0.943[53]1.518 SH 21Mission Tejas State Park 01962-03-291962[53]current
PR 45 0.208[54]0.335 Governor Hogg Shrine State Historical ParkSH 37 01962-03-291962[54]02004-11-182004[54] Cancelled.
PR 46 3.259[55]5.245 FM 2098Falcon State Park 01963-11-201963[55]current
PR 47 1.775[56]2.857 FM 1244 – Beltway around Lake Whitney State Park 01964-06-041964[56]current
PR 48 4.488[57]7.223 Martin Dies Jr. State Park south areaMartin Dies Jr. State Park north area 01964-06-041964[57]current US 190 connects both ends of the park road
PR 49 0.134[58]0.216 Hodges Ranch RoadKline Road / Redstone Ranch Road to RR 1 01965-12-091965[58]current Unsigned throughout most of its length
PR 50 0.4[59]0.64 Jim Hogg State ParkFiretower Road 01966-06-101966[59]current
PR 51 0.376[60]0.605 FM 2852Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site 01967-03-021967[60]current
PR 52 0.781[61]1.257 US 290Lyndon B. Johnson State Park 01967-11-281967[61]current
PR 53 17.5[62]28.2 PR 22SH 361 in Port Aransas 01967-11-281967[62]01988-11-291988[62] Now SH 361
PR 54 1.047[63]1.685 US 283Fort Griffin Campsite 01968-07-101968[63]current
PR 55 4.156[64]6.688 Wind Point ParkFM 1571 01968-08-011968[64]current
PR 56 2.666[65]4.291 Alabama-Coushatta Indian ReservationUS 190 01970-02-231970[65]current Replaced FM 2865
PR 57 5.8[66]9.3 Boat ramp in Lake Somerville State ParkFM 60 01970-09-011970[66]current
PR 58 0.63[67]1.01 US 283Fort Griffin State Historic Site 01970-10-021970[67]current
PR 59 1.409[68]2.268 FM 205Dinosaur Valley State Park 01971-06-301971[68]current Loops back onto itself
PR 60 1.124[69]1.809 FM 224Trinity River Authority of Lake Livingston 01971-08-311971[69]current Loops back onto itself
PR 61 1.785[70]2.873 Fort Richardson State ParkUS 281 / US 380 / SH 114 01971-12-011971[70]current
PR 62 1.381[71]2.223 Copper Breaks State ParkSH 6 01972-07-311972[71]current
PR 63 1.018[72]1.638 FM 1954Lake Arrowhead State Park 01973-01-311973[72]current
PR 64 1.419[73]2.284 FM 3285Fairfield Lake State Park 01973-04-031973[73]current
PR 65 0.818[74]1.316 Lake Livingston State ParkFM 3126 01973-04-031973[74]current
PR 66 1.365[75]2.197 FM 3005 at entrance to Galveston Island State ParkBoat ramp inside park 01973-07-311973[75]current
PR 67 0.56[76]0.90 Depot inside State Railroad ParkUS 84 at park entrance 01974-02-211974[76]01975-02-011975[76] Now PR 76
PR 67 0.451[76]0.726 Seminole Canyon State Historical Park headquartersUS 90 at park entrance 01975-01-101975[76]current
PR 68 2.06[77]3.32 RM 2775 in the Hueco Tanks State Historic SiteHueco Tanks State Historic Site 01974-03-151974[77]current
PR 69 0.283[78]0.455 SH 87Sea Rim State Park southeast end 01974-12-171974[78]current
PR 70 0.82[79]1.32 Texas State Railroad History MuseumUS 84 01976-05-041976[79]current
PR 71 0.743[80]1.196 US 180Lake Mineral Wells State Park east end 01977-05-231977[80]current
PR 72 4.346[81]6.994 FM 762 near Long PointBrazos Bend State Park 01978-09-151978[81]current
PR 73 1.888[82]3.038 South Llano River State ParkUS 377 01982-01-271982[82]current
PR 74 0.918[83]1.477 Alma Drive in LumbertonVillage Creek State Park 01994-07-281994[83]current
PR 76 .401[84]0.645 Depot inside State Railroad ParkUS 84 at park entrance 01975-01-101975[84]current Former PR 67
PR 100 13.198[85]21.240 SH 100 at the Queen Isabella CausewayPadre Island National Seashore 01968-02-291968[85]current
PR 138 2.25[86]3.62 Business US 90-UGarrett Road 02014-05-292014[86]current
PR 1836 7.234[87]11.642 Battleground Road (former SH 134) in HoustonSan Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site 01960-06-021960[87]current Replaced PR 9; number chosen to commemorate the date that Texas won its independence from Mexico[87]
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