Nature + Outdoors

When the Sun Sets in Marshall

When the Sun Sets in Marshall

Marshall’s landscape has included religious institutions since 1841, when ... Read More »

Plan Your Rocksprings Road Trip Now to See the Bats at Devil’s Sinkhole

Plan Your Rocksprings Road Trip Now to See the Bats at Devil’s Sinkhole

The Texas State Parks system marks its 100th anniversary this year. With ... Read More »

Shark Week Swims Into Texas Early

Shark Week Swims Into Texas Early

Discovery’s annual Shark Week gets underway July 23, with actor Jason ... Read More »

Capturing the Untamable Canadian River

Capturing the Untamable Canadian River

Don’t misjudge the Canadian River—it’ll make a fool of you, or worse. This ... Read More »

The Fate of Jacob’s Well Remains Uncertain

The Fate of Jacob’s Well Remains Uncertain

I look down upon the blue-and-green-tinted waters of Jacob’s Well, the ... Read More »

Go With the Flow on the Comal River

Go With the Flow on the Comal River

It’s high noon on a scorching Saturday in August, and I’m standing on the banks of Hinman Island Read More »

The Volunteers Keeping Texas’ Waterways Clean

The Volunteers Keeping Texas’ Waterways Clean

Waterway Wellness Volunteers are fundamental to keeping Texas’ bodies of ... Read More »

Braving the Narrows, One of Texas’ Most Mythic and Wild Oases

Braving the Narrows, One of Texas’ Most Mythic and Wild Oases

In a field of brickellbush, hundreds of monarch butterflies move with the Read More »

Brazos Bend State Park Provides Family-Friendly Adventure

Brazos Bend State Park Provides Family-Friendly Adventure

On a rainy afternoon in December, our family set up camp in a soggy spot ... Read More »

Meet the Grasshoppers Newly Named After Willie Nelson and Jerry Jeff Walker

Meet the Grasshoppers Newly Named After Willie Nelson and Jerry Jeff Walker

What’s from Central Texas, makes music, and has a fondness for grass? If ... Read More »

Nature and Tranquility Await at Three Parks on the Edge of East Texas

Nature and Tranquility Await at Three Parks on the Edge of East Texas

A sandy trail leads me through the forest to a bog spanned by a ... Read More »

8 Overnight Adventures to Do with Kids this Summer

8 Overnight Adventures to Do with Kids this Summer

Most Texas schools have been out for a few weeks, which means kids are ... Read More »

Cool Off This Summer at Upgraded Community Pools Around the Lone Star State

Cool Off This Summer at Upgraded Community Pools Around the Lone Star State

The residents of Cedar Hill, a town of 49,000 on the southern tip of the ... Read More »

Pucker Up for a ‘Longhorn Kiss’ at Copper Breaks State Park in Quanah

Pucker Up for a ‘Longhorn Kiss’ at Copper Breaks State Park in Quanah

The Texas State Parks system marks its 100th anniversary this year. With ... Read More »

Where to Picnic This Summer in the Hill Country

Where to Picnic This Summer in the Hill Country

I recently introduced the term "sack lunch” to my young grandchildren for ... Read More »

How Three Men in Wheelchairs Summited Guadalupe Peak in the Early 1980s

How Three Men in Wheelchairs Summited Guadalupe Peak in the Early 1980s

A mile above the West Texas badlands, a desert thunderstorm is unleashing ... Read More »

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