🥾 Hiking on public land in Texas

190 public places in Texas are listed for hiking (100 open-access private land, 42 wildlife management areas, 26 state & public land, 10 state parks, 8 national parks, 2 parks, 1 national forests, 1 state forests). 0 have no entry fee. Open any place for its map, directions, fees and the land around it.

Rules, seasons and closures vary by unit. Confirm with the managing agency before you go.

The places

🤝 APH Hunt Lease — 94 Trust$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Abernathy North$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Askew CRP$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Beevill Branch$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Ben Arnold$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Betty$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Big Timber$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Bindweed$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Black Branch$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Blue Ridge Cemetery$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Bluestem$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Bordages Road$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Brillhart$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Bruceville-Eddy$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Burns East$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Burns West$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — CR 229$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Carmine East$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Carmine West$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Catclaw Creek$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Circle Tree$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Cobb Farms$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Correll$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Crossroads Farm$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — De Campo$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Della Plains$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — East FM 1570$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — FM 1530$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — FM 1771$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — FM 413$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — FM 485$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — FM 759 HQ$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — FM 902 Farm$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Farm Road 1138$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Farm Road 1445 North$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Farm Road 2755$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Finnell$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Francis-Dunlap$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Gerland$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Germany$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Goat Barn$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Gum Slough$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Holland Cemetery$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Holland Road$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Home Place$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Hornsby East and West$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Horse Creek$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Huddleston$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Idalou$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Immenhauser$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Ivy$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — La Lanza$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — La Playa$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Lakeside$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Latta Road$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Little Pond Creek$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Lone Star Pass$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Los Rincones$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Margolies$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Margoso$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Marlin Lake Park$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Mertens$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Miller Farm$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Millhollon Trust$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Morris$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Mount Moriah$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Noble Playa$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — North Royse City$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Pat's Place$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Porter$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Pride Cemetery$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Ramsey Place$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Rater/Crump$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Rattan Community$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Red Bluff Reservoir$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Rio Farms$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Rocky Creek$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Sandy Half$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Shotgun$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Slover$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Somerset Road$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — South Alice$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — South China Road$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — South Muddig$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — South Place$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Stafford CRP$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — State Highway 85$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Stovall$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Temprano$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Texas Roberts$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Thompson$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Three B's$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Trailer Park Road$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Vara$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Warrick$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Weets Farm North$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — West Farm Road 1777$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — West of Town$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Wild Wood Ranch$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🤝 APH Hunt Lease — Wolf Creek$48/yr Annual Public Hunting (APH) permit
🏞️ Big Bend National Park$30/vehicle (7 days)
🗺️ Bowles RanchUnknown — check official site
🌳 Enchanted Rock State Natural Area$8/person/day
🌳 Palo Duro Canyon State Park$8/person/day
🦆 Alabama Creek Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Alibates Flint Quarries National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Amistad National Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🌲 Angelina National ForestUnknown — check official site
🦆 Aransas National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Atkinson Island Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Bannister Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Barton Creek Wilderness ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Baytown Nature CenterUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Big Bend National ParkUnknown — check official site
🌳 Big Bend Ranch State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Big Thicket National PreserveUnknown — check official site
🦆 Black Gap Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Black Kettle National GrasslandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Blair Woods SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🦆 Brazoria National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Brazoria National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Brodie and Oakdale PropertiesUnknown — check official site
🦆 Caddo Lake National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Caddo Lake Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Candy Abshier Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Caprock Canyons State Park & TrailwayFee charged — check official site
🗺️ Chinati Mountains State Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Devils River State Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Gene Howe Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Goose Island State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Government Canyon State Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Guadalupe Mountains National ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Guadalupe Mountains WildernessUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Heart of the Hills Fisheries Science CenterUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Herman Brown Park Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌲 I.D. Fairchild State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Indian Grass Prarie PreserveUnknown — check official site
🦆 J.D. Murphree Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge South UnitUnknown — check official site
🦆 Justin Hurst Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kiowa National GrasslandUnknown — check official site
🦆 Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🌿 Lake Meredith National Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lost Dog Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lower Neches Wildlife Area Old River UnitUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (La Sal del Rey)Unknown — check official site
🏞️ Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical ParkUnknown — check official site
🦆 M. O. Neasloney Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🦆 Matagorda Island National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 McFaddin National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🌳 Meridian State ParkFee charged — check official site
🦆 Moore Plantation Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🌳 Mustang Island State ParkUnknown — check official site
🦆 North Toledo Bend Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Nueces Delta PreserveUnknown — check official site
🦆 Old Sabine Bottom Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical ParkUnknown — check official site
🌳 Palo Duro Canyon State ParkFee charged — check official site
🦆 Playa Lakes Wildlife Management Area - Taylor UnitUnknown — check official site
🦆 Prairie Chicken Wildlife Management AreasUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rita Blanca National GrasslandUnknown — check official site
🌿 San Antonio Missions National Historical ParkUnknown — check official site
🦆 San Bernard National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 San Bernard National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 San Bernard National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Sierra Diablo Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ South Laredo Nature and Birding CenterUnknown — check official site
🌳 South Llano River State ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ South Texas Ecotourism CenterUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Southern Walnut Creek GreenbeltUnknown — check official site
🦆 Tony Houseman/Blue Elbow Swamp Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Trinity River - Mountain Creek PreserveUnknown — check official site
🦆 Trinity River National Wildlife RefugeUnknown — check official site
🦆 Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge Page UnitUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Turkey Hill WildernessUnknown — check official site
🏞️ Waco Mammoth National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Westgate and Sunset PropertiesUnknown — check official site
🌳 World Birding Center - Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State ParkFee charged — check official site
🦆 Yoakum Dunes Wildlife Management AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Cañón de Santa ElenaUnknown — check official site

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