Sled Down the Dunes at Monahans Sandhills State Park in West Texas
December 29, 2022 | By Melissa Gaskill
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How One Houston Family Visited All 89 Texas State Parks—And More
August 8, 2022 | By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano
Photo: Monahans Sandhills State Park
October 31, 2019 | By
West Texas winds transform an ever-changing landscape of sand dunes at the 3,840-acre Monahans Sandhills State Park. The field of dunes begins south of Monahans and stretches north into New Mexico. Opened in 1957, the state park harbors a peaceful Chihuahuan Desert playground where people can explore the rolling landscape, slide down the hills, picnic, camp, and take in extraordinary sunrises and sunsets.
Atta Girl: Lucy the ‘Bark Ranger’ Completes Quest to Visit All 95 Texas State Parks
April 24, 2019 | By Dale Blasingame
The title of “bark ranger” comes with great responsibility and even greater dedication. Lucy, my 5-year-old rescue dog, knows this better than most.
Texas Highways Top 5 Most-Read Stories of 2017
December 27, 2017 | By
As 2017 comes to a close, we’re taking a look back at the 5 most-read stories of the year.
Texas’ Top Natural Wonders: Monahans Sandhills
August 7, 2017 | By
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“This place is one of the most unassuming treasures in our fair state—a microcosm of nature smack dab in the middle of classic Texas oil country.
Secrets of the Sands
February 10, 2016 | By Rachel Monroe
The first time I saw the Monahans sandhills, I thought I had been taken in by a mirage.
Daytripper: Monahans
December 16, 2015 | By Chet Garner
There are times when the highways of West Texas seem to go on forever. Small towns and rest stops flash by with seemingly little to differentiate one from another.
Shifting Sands of Monahans
October 1, 2009 | By Mike Cox
When cartoonist friend Roger T. Moore, a West Texan with a sense of humor as big as one of the dozens of wind turbines looking down on his ranch, told me that the largest oak forest in North America covers some 40,000 acres near Monahans, it sounded like a setup.
