Lone Star Travelers Blog

Visit our Blanco State Park Photo Gallery

Blanco State Park located In Blanco County Texas is yet another delightful Texas State Park in Texas Hill Country.  This small clean park (104.6 acres) borders both sides of the spring-fed Blanco River.  The park, on the south side of the town of Blanco, is only 4 blocks from the charming historic town square and partially backs up to a neighborhood separated from the park by a chain link fence.

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Visit our Inks Lake State Park Photo Gallery

Inks Lake State Park is a pleasant family oriented park in Burnet County just 60 miles north of Austin, Texas.  This scenic 1201 acre park in Texas Hill Country is part of the Highland Lakes Chain (consisting of 7 lakes) on the Colorado River.  Located on pink granite outcroppings of the Llano uplift, geology hikes are offered through the billions of years old granite hills. (more…)

Note: Since we visited Rusk State Park the control of both Rusk and Palestine State Parks and the Texas State Railroad has been transferred to American Heritage Railways.  These two parks, Rusk and Palestine are home to the Official Railroad of Texas, the Texas State Railroad. (more…)

 Located in Cass County in the far North East corner of Texas,  Atlanta State Park is a large park (1475 acres) located on the large (20,300 acre) Lake Wright Patman.  The nearby town of Jefferson caters to tourists showing off it’s Antebellum homes. (more…)

 Daingerfield State Park located 35 miles East of Lake Bob Sandlin State Park is in Morris County just Southwest of Texarkana.  This small park (506 acres) hugs the shores of the small (80 acre) picturesque Lake Daingerfield. (more…)