Texas can't get enough of these state parks

Garner State Park is the most visited park in Texas with 464,733 visitors in 2024, according to TPWD. Located near Uvalde, ...

Exclusive Texas ranch opens rare access to camping and climbing

This article originally published at Exclusive Texas ranch opens rare access to camping and climbing. Enjoy major pre-holiday ...
Austin American-Statesman

At Inks Lake State Park, swim, hike, camp — and take a flying leap

I caught my first fish at Inks Lake State Park, using nothing but a hook baited with a thumbnail-size piece of bright orange American cheese. It didn’t matter that the fish tipped the scales at less ...
Austin American-Statesman

Cooking up camping traditions at Inks Lake

The best fried chicken I’ve ever eaten was prepared by my husband’s grandmother in a cast-iron skillet atop a two-burner camp stove at Inks Lake State Park. The golden-brown crispy skinned delight, ...
KVUE

Rare hissing mushroom resurfaces in Texas state park

BURNET COUNTY, Texas — A rare fungus has returned to Texas. The Texas star mushroom (Choriocctis geaster), sometimes known as the hissing mushroom, was just found at the Inks Lake State Park in Burnet ...