Texas National Parks and State Photo Gallery

Texas National Parks

Above: Big Bend is one of two Texas National Parks. The other is Guadalupe Mountains National Park, shown below.

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facts about texas

1. The official state flower of Texas is the Bluebonnet.

2. The official state tree of Texas is the Pecan.

3. The official state bird of Texas is the Mockingbird.

4. Texas is home to 55 State Parks and two Texas National Parks.

5. The state of Texas is divided into seven geographical regions: Big Bend, Panhandle Plains, Hill Country, South Plains, Gulf Coast, Piney Woods, and Prairie-Lake.

7. The ten largest cities in Texas (by population size) are Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, Ft. Worth, El Paso, Arlington, Corpus Christi, Plano and Laredo, in that order.

8. Texas is home to 48 universities.

9. Native American Indian Tribes from Texas include Alabama-Coushatta, Kickapoo, Ysleta, and Del Sur Pueblo.

10. Everything really IS big in Texas!

Above: Enchanted Rock State Park in Fredericksburg.

texas universities

Abilene Christian University

Ambassador University (closed spring 1997)

Amberton UniversityAOMA Graduate School of

Integrative Medicine

Baylor University

Concordia University–Texas

Dallas Baptist University

DeVry University–Irving (Dallas)

East Texas Baptist University

Hardin-Simmons University

Houston Baptist University

Howard Payne University

Huston-Tillotson University

LeTourneau University

Lubbock Christian University

McMurry University

Midwestern State University

Northwood University

Our Lady of the Lake University

Parker University

Rice University

Saint Edward's University

Saint Mary's University

Schreiner University

Southern Methodist University

South Texas College of Law

Southwestern Adventist University

Southwestern Assemblies of God University

Southwestern University

Stephen F. Austin State University

Texas A&M University System

Texas Christian University

Texas Lutheran University

Texas Southern University

Texas State University System

Texas Wesleyan University

Texas Woman's University

Trinity University

University of Dallas

University of Houston System main campus Clear Lake

Downtown Victoria

University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

University of North Texas Health Science Center

University of Saint Thomas

University of Texas System

University of the Incarnate Word

Wayland Baptist University

Western Governors University

Below: Bear Creek Park in Keller.

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Below: Caddo Lake State Park near Marshall.

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Above: University of North Texas in Denton.

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Above: Galveston.

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Above: Houses on the water's edge in Ft. Worth.

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Above: San Antonio River Walk.

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Above: Downtown Dallas.

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Above: Sunset over Dallas.

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Texas National Parks and State Photo Gallery