These are the Texas State Parks on my activation radar. Each one represents a unique landscape, a unique propagation challenge, and a unique story waiting to be told. Activation reports coming soon.
Desert oasis fed by San Solomon Springs — the world's largest spring-fed swimming pool surrounded by Chihuahuan Desert wilderness.
Over 300,000 acres of raw Chihuahuan Desert wilderness along the Rio Grande — Texas's largest state park and a remote HF paradise.
The only natural lake in Texas — a hauntingly beautiful cypress swamp draped in Spanish moss unlike anywhere else in the Lone Star State.
Home of the official Texas State Bison Herd — dramatic red rock canyon country on the edge of the High Plains escarpment.
One of Texas's most iconic landmarks — a massive ancient pink granite dome rising 425 feet above the Hill Country landscape.
The Frio River canyon at its most beautiful — famous for stunning fall cypress colors reflected in the crystal clear river waters.
Ancient pictographs and dramatic desert mountain isolation — one of the most historically significant and remotely beautiful parks in Texas.
A constant-level lake surrounded by ancient granite outcrops — crystal clear water and golden hour reflections in the Texas Highland Lakes.
A stunning 1930s-era stone castle entrance leads to one of Texas's most remarkable underground cavern systems carved by an ancient river.
Texas's finest fall foliage destination — ancient Uvalde bigtooth maples paint a limestone canyon in spectacular autumn color.
The Grand Canyon of Texas — second largest canyon in America, stretching 120 miles with walls of brilliant red, orange and white rock.
Stunning limestone falls in the heart of LBJ country — turquoise pools set against sweeping Hill Country skies at their most dramatic.