What are the best parks to go /out/ in Texas?
My buddies and I want to do a graduation camping trip but were not sure where to go.
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where in tx are you? how far are you willng to drive?
if you can make it to nm i suggest you go there.
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>>773224
we live in central Texas, and while we are willing to drive we wanted to keep like a Texas kind of vibe going. but thanks anyways man
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>>773226
>Texas kind of vibe
heh, when i lived there that meant loading up in my buddies k5 blazer with some metallica and a shitload of miller and jack and going mudding where they clear cut the swamps around houston for building tracts.
good times, good times...
but for proper /out/ you're probably screwed. sorry.
Garner State Park
Krause Springs
Enchanted Rock State Natural Area
Colorado Bend State Park
Lost Maples State Natural Area
Padre Island National Seashore
Big Bend National Park
Coloardo bend is probably my favorite. You can canoe up and down the river and see a bunch of waterfalls and there's an awesome spring/swimming hole there too. Gorman Falls is amazing too.
My suggestion is to do a graduation road trip and hit a bunch of places.
>>773420
Also, at E Rock, on the western side of the rock near the campsites, there are a bunch of places to go bouldering and it's a lot of fun scrambling up between the boulders and jumping from rock to rock like a mountain goat.
Mineral wells state park is pretty cool. The town of mineral wells is a shit hole but the park is beautiful
>>773420
didnt another kid die out at big bend this last month ?
>>773221
>graduation camping trip
ie last time the frat boys get to butt blast each other until our reunion.
Not from Texas, but Guadalupe Mountains is a great park to spend a few days in. It's close to a lot of neat stuff in New Mexico and a shortish drive from Big Bend too.
>>773420
Colorado Bend is a good one. Nice spring, good fishing, good hiking. Only thing I don't like is that there's usually quite a few people camping there and some of them are fucking wierd but, I guess that's how it goes.
>>773221
Monahans Sandhills near Odessa is dope af. Camped there for 3 days last year. Rather surreal. Like being on Tatooine and shit. It's fun to sled down the dunes
>>774588
Would also recommend Caddo Lake near the Louisiana border. When I went it had been raining hard for a few weeks and the swamp was super high.
>>774588
Monahans is awesome. We spent a night staring up at the stars and just slept right on the sand.
Caddo Lake and Enchanted Rock are both fun state parks that I can attest to seriously enjoying.
>>dat awesome boulder
>>dat creepy, amazing swamp