National Park System units in Texas
Texas has 15 National Park System units. The list below also includes 3 places the Park Service does not count as units of their own. Each one has its own page here with hours, current alerts, campgrounds and what there is to do.
Texas in figures
- National Park System units
- 15
- Free to enter
- 10
- Recreation visits in 2025
- 5,230,385
- Busiest unit, 1,552,510 visits
- San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
- Campgrounds
- 36
A unit that reaches into another state counts in full here and in each other state it touches.
Blackwell School National Historic Site reports no 2025 count, so the visit total leaves it out.
Free to enter Charges an entrance feePoints are the Park Service reference point for each unit, not a boundary.
Parks near a city
Visits by year
San Antonio Missions National Historical ParkLake Meredith National Recreation AreaAmistad National Recreation AreaPadre Island National SeashoreBig Bend National ParkBig Thicket National PreserveGuadalupe Mountains National ParkPalo Alto Battlefield National Historical ParkWaco Mammoth National MonumentLyndon B Johnson National Historical ParkFort Davis National Historic SiteAlibates Flint Quarries National MonumentChamizal National MemorialRio Grande Wild & Scenic River
Fees, hours, alerts, campgrounds and activities are from the NPS API. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.