Park Roads | |
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Park Road markers | |
System information | |
Maintained byTxDOT | |
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) |
System links | |
Park Roads represent a subset of public roads designated and maintained by theTexas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). Park Roads are intended to provide access to and connection withinTexas 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 theTexas Parks and Wildlife Department. Park Roads are marked with distinctive signage distinguishing them from other state-maintained highways.
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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 nearBastrop State Park | PR 1A in Bastrop State Park | 01937-06-221937[1] | current | Loops back onto itself | |
![]() | 0.483[2] | 0.777 | PR 1A inBastrop State Park | Dead end at park cabins in Bastrop State Park | 01937-06-221937[1] | current | ||
![]() | 11.196[2] | 18.018 | PR 1A inBastrop State Park | FM 153 inBuescher State Park | 01937-06-221937[1] | current | ||
![]() | 0.106[2] | 0.171 | PR 1A inBastrop State Park | Bastrop State Park dining hall | 01937-06-221937[1] | current | ||
![]() | 0.948[2] | 1.526 | PR 1C inBuescher State Park | PR 1C at Buescher State Park Headquarters | 01940-05-091940[3] | current | ||
![]() | 1.110[4] | 1.786 | FM 2198 inCaddo Lake State Park | Numerous small in-park roads | 01937-06-221937[1] | current | ||
![]() | 1.160[5] | 1.867 | SH 118 inDavis Mountains State Park | Indian Lodge in Davis Mountains State Park | 01937-06-221937[1] | current | ||
![]() | 2.529[2] | 4.070 | PR 3 inDavis Mountains State Park | Davis Mountains State Park–Fort Davis National Historic Site boundary | 01965-01-011965[5] | current | ||
![]() | 15.500[6] | 24.945 | SH 29 nearBuchanan Dam andInks Lake State Park | US 281 south ofBurnet nearLonghorn Caverns State Park | 01937-06-221937[1] | current | Listed onNational Register of Historic Places | |
![]() | 8.0[7] | 12.9 | SH 217 atPalo Duro Canyon State Park | Palo 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 | |
![]() | 10.239[7] | 16.478 | SH 217 atPalo Duro Canyon State Park | Maintenance building inside park | 01949-07-141949[7] | current | Loops back onto itself | |
![]() | 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] | |
![]() | 1.110[8] | 1.786 | US 183 south of Goliad | Goliad State Park and Historic Site | 01958-02-151958[8] | current | ||
![]() | 3.940[10] | 6.341 | SH 22 | Meridian State Park | 01937-06-221937[1] | current | Loops back onto itself | |
![]() | 2.405[11] | 3.870 | FM 700 inBig Spring State Park | FM 700 in Big Spring State Park | 01937-06-221937[1] | current | Loops back onto itself | |
![]() | 6.5[12] | 10.5 | SH 134 in Houston | San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site | 01939-02-201939[13] | 01960-06-021960[12] | NowPR 1836 | |
![]() | 1.193[14] | 1.920 | Recreation center inLockhart State Park | FM 20 | 01939-02-201939[15] | current | Originally only the driveways in the Lockhart State Park; later extended over former SH 310 | |
![]() | 3.081[16] | 4.958 | US 183 | Palmetto State Park | 01939-08-211939[17] | current | ||
![]() | 0.275[18] | 0.443 | FM 1155 inWashington-on-the-Brazos | Park road inWashington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site | 01939-09-261939[18] | current | Former SH 229 | |
![]() | 4.170[19] | 6.711 | SH 35 | Goose Island inGoose Island State Park | 01939-08-211939[20] | current | May have been SH 319 or SH 35A for a month | |
![]() | 1.56[21] | 2.51 | SH 236 | Mother Neff State Park | 01940-05-091940[21] | current | ||
![]() | 7.227[22] | 11.631 | SH 279 | Lake Brownwood State Park | 01940-05-091940[22] | current | ||
![]() | 2.932[23] | 4.719 | FM 14 atTyler State Park | CR 313 | 01940-05-091940[23] | current | Loops back onto itself, connection to county road | |
![]() | 1.272[24] | 2.047 | SH 49 | Daingerfield State Park | 01940-05-091940[24] | current | ||
![]() | 2.4[25] | 3.9 | I-27 in Lubbock | MacKenzie State Park | 01940-05-091940[25] | 01993-11-301993[25] | Cancelled because it is no longer a state park. | |
![]() | 3.5[26] | 5.6 | Kerrville State Park | SH 173 inKerrville | 01940-05-091940[26] | 02006-02-232006[26] | Cancelled because it is no longer a state park. | |
![]() | 1.75[27] | 2.82 | US 281 | Stephenville State Park | 01940-05-091940[27] | 01946-04-161946[27] | Cancelled because it is no longer a state park | |
![]() | 4.296[27] | 6.914 | Entrance toEisenhower State Park | Marina inside park | 01960-06-011960[27] | current | Loops back onto itself | |
![]() | 9.295[28] | 14.959 | Coyote Run Day-Use Area inCleburne State Park | US 67 | 01940-05-091940[28] | current | Serves as main throughfare; outside of park, follows formerSH 174 route | |
![]() | .80[29] | 1.29 | US 281 | Mineral Wells State Park | 01940-07-011940[30] | —[31] | cancelled when no longer a state park | |
![]() | 15.59[31] | 25.09 | Padre Island National Seashore | SH 358 | 01967-01-171967[31] | current | ||
![]() | 1.1[32] | 1.8 | US 281 | Blanco State Park | 01940-07-011940[32] | current | ||
![]() | 1.62[33] | 2.61 | FM 271 | Bonham State Park | 01943-06-031943[33] | current | Loops back onto itself | |
![]() | 3.392[34] | 5.459 | SH 359 southwest ofMathis | Lake Corpus Christi State Park | 01940-07-011940[34] | current | ||
![]() | 1.2[35] | 1.9 | FM 20 at Lockhart State Park | PR 10 at Lockhart State Park | 01940-07-011940 | 01972-10-051972[35] | Now part ofPR 10 | |
![]() | 1.033[36] | 1.662 | Fannin Battleground State Historic Site | US 59/FM 2987 inFannin | 01940-07-011940[36] | current | Former SH 162 and Spur 91 | |
![]() | 2.307[37] | 3.713 | SH 14 | Fort Parker State Park | 01941-04-221941[37] | current | ||
![]() | 4.10[38] | 6.60 | US 83 | Garner State Park | 01941-04-221941[38] | current | ||
![]() | 0.277[39] | 0.446 | Balmorhea State Park | SH 17 inToyahvale | 01941-04-231941[39] | current | ||
![]() | 7.99[40] | 12.86 | Lake Sweetwater Park | US 80 east ofSweetwater | 01943-06-101943[40] | 01951-12-141951 | Now FM 1856 | |
![]() | 2.786[40] | 4.484 | SH 46 | Guadalupe River State Park | 01980-12-101980[40] | current | ||
![]() | 0.64[41] | 1.03 | FM 89 | Abilene State Park | 01943-12-161943[41] | current | ||
![]() | 17.28[42] | 27.81 | US 180 nearCaddo | Possum Kingdom State Park | 01944-09-141944[42] | current | ||
![]() | 0.457[43] | 0.735 | FM 273 | Lake Fannin State Park | 01946-01-181946[43] | current | ||
![]() | 1.65[44] | 2.66 | Fort Parker State Park | SH 14 | 01946-05-041946[44] | current | ||
![]() | 5.606[45] | 9.022 | Camp Constantin BSA/Camp Grady Spruce YMCA | SH 16 inPalo Pinto County | 01945-11-281945[45] | current | ||
![]() | 14.191[46] | 22.838 | Bandera County Park inLakehills | SH 16 nearHelotes | 01947-07-021947[46] | current | ||
![]() | 2.33[47] | 3.75 | FM 1458 inSan Felipe | Stephen F. Austin State Park | 01949-12-131949[47] | current | Loops back onto itself | |
![]() | 0.6[48] | 0.97 | Mission Parkway nearMission San José | Spur 536 | 01953-09-231953[48] | 01993-09-281993[48] | cancelled for further development of the site | |
![]() | 3.528[49] | 5.678 | Huntsville State Park | SH 75 southeast of Huntsville | 01955-11-301955[49] | current | ||
![]() | 1.673[50] | 2.692 | I-20 | Monahans Sandhills State Park | 01957-03-291957[50] | current | ||
![]() | 1.373[51] | 2.210 | FM 1154 – Beltway aroundAtlanta State Park | 01960-10-281960[51] | current | |||
![]() | 2.497[52] | 4.019 | FM 2062 – Beltway around northwestBentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park | 01961-03-221961[52] | current | |||
![]() | 0.943[53] | 1.518 | SH 21 | Mission Tejas State Park | 01962-03-291962[53] | current | ||
![]() | 0.208[54] | 0.335 | Governor Hogg Shrine State Historical Park | SH 37 | 01962-03-291962[54] | 02004-11-182004[54] | Cancelled. | |
![]() | 3.259[55] | 5.245 | FM 2098 | Falcon State Park | 01963-11-201963[55] | current | ||
![]() | 1.775[56] | 2.857 | FM 1244 – Beltway aroundLake Whitney State Park | 01964-06-041964[56] | current | |||
![]() | 4.488[57] | 7.223 | Martin Dies Jr. State Park south area | Martin Dies Jr. State Park north area | 01964-06-041964[57] | current | US 190 connects both ends of the park road | |
![]() | 0.134[58] | 0.216 | Hodges Ranch Road | Kline Road / Redstone Ranch Road toRR 1 | 01965-12-091965[58] | current | Unsigned throughout most of its length | |
![]() | 0.4[59] | 0.64 | Jim Hogg State Park | Firetower Road | 01966-06-101966[59] | current | ||
![]() | 0.376[60] | 0.605 | FM 2852 | Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site | 01967-03-021967[60] | current | ||
![]() | 0.781[61] | 1.257 | US 290 | Lyndon B. Johnson State Park | 01967-11-281967[61] | current | ||
![]() | 17.5[62] | 28.2 | PR 22 | SH 361 in Port Aransas | 01967-11-281967[62] | 01988-11-291988[62] | Now SH 361 | |
![]() | 1.047[63] | 1.685 | US 283 | Fort Griffin Campsite | 01968-07-101968[63] | current | ||
![]() | 4.156[64] | 6.688 | Wind Point Park | FM 1571 | 01968-08-011968[64] | current | ||
![]() | 2.666[65] | 4.291 | Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation | US 190 | 01970-02-231970[65] | current | Replaced FM 2865 | |
![]() | 5.8[66] | 9.3 | Boat ramp inLake Somerville State Park | FM 60 | 01970-09-011970[66] | current | ||
![]() | 0.63[67] | 1.01 | US 283 | Fort Griffin State Historic Site | 01970-10-021970[67] | current | ||
![]() | 1.409[68] | 2.268 | FM 205 | Dinosaur Valley State Park | 01971-06-301971[68] | current | Loops back onto itself | |
![]() | 1.124[69] | 1.809 | FM 224 | Trinity River Authority ofLake Livingston | 01971-08-311971[69] | current | Loops back onto itself | |
![]() | 1.785[70] | 2.873 | Fort Richardson State Park | US 281 /US 380 /SH 114 | 01971-12-011971[70] | current | ||
![]() | 1.381[71] | 2.223 | Copper Breaks State Park | SH 6 | 01972-07-311972[71] | current | ||
![]() | 1.018[72] | 1.638 | FM 1954 | Lake Arrowhead State Park | 01973-01-311973[72] | current | ||
![]() | 1.419[73] | 2.284 | FM 3285 | Fairfield Lake State Park | 01973-04-031973[73] | current | ||
![]() | 0.818[74] | 1.316 | Lake Livingston State Park | FM 3126 | 01973-04-031973[74] | current | ||
![]() | 1.365[75] | 2.197 | FM 3005 at entrance toGalveston Island State Park | Boat ramp inside park | 01973-07-311973[75] | current | ||
![]() | 0.56[76] | 0.90 | Depot inside State Railroad Park | US 84 at park entrance | 01974-02-211974[76] | 01975-02-011975[76] | Now PR 76 | |
![]() | 0.451[76] | 0.726 | Seminole Canyon State Historical Park headquarters | US 90 at park entrance | 01975-01-101975[76] | current | ||
![]() | 2.06[77] | 3.32 | RM 2775 in theHueco Tanks State Historic Site | Hueco Tanks State Historic Site | 01974-03-151974[77] | current | ||
![]() | 0.283[78] | 0.455 | SH 87 | Sea Rim State Park southeast end | 01974-12-171974[78] | current | ||
![]() | 0.82[79] | 1.32 | Texas State Railroad History Museum | US 84 | 01976-05-041976[79] | current | ||
![]() | 0.743[80] | 1.196 | US 180 | Lake Mineral Wells State Park east end | 01977-05-231977[80] | current | ||
![]() | 4.346[81] | 6.994 | FM 762 nearLong Point | Brazos Bend State Park | 01978-09-151978[81] | current | ||
![]() | 1.888[82] | 3.038 | South Llano River State Park | US 377 | 01982-01-271982[82] | current | ||
![]() | 0.918[83] | 1.477 | Alma Drive inLumberton | Village Creek State Park | 01994-07-281994[83] | current | ||
![]() | .401[84] | 0.645 | Depot inside State Railroad Park | US 84 at park entrance | 01975-01-101975[84] | current | Former PR 67 | |
![]() | 13.198[85] | 21.240 | SH 100 at theQueen Isabella Causeway | Padre Island National Seashore | 01968-02-291968[85] | current | ||
![]() | 2.25[86] | 3.62 | BusinessUS 90-U | Garrett Road | 02014-05-292014[86] | current | ||
![]() | 7.234[87] | 11.642 | Battleground Road (former SH 134) inHouston | San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site | 01960-06-021960[87] | current | ReplacedPR 9; number chosen to commemorate the date that Texas won its independence from Mexico[87] | |
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