| Rating | Park | Link (site) | Notes |
| Big Bend National Park | National Park Service | Sometimes considered "three parks in one," Big Bend includes mountain, desert, and river environments. An hour's drive can take you from the banks of the Rio Grande to a mountain basin nearly a mile high. Here, you can explore one of the last remaining wild corners of the United States, and experience unmatched sights, sounds, and solitude. | |
| Big Thicket National Preserve | National Park Service | Strands of sun, soil, and air are woven into a beautifully connected patchwork of plants and animals. The last Ice Age pushed plants from other parts of the country into a close neighborhood. An amazing diversity of plants and animals from many parts of North America live in the Big Thicket region of southeastern Texas. | |
| Fort Davis National Historic Site | National Park Service | Fort Davis is one of the best surviving examples of an Indian Wars' frontier military post in the Southwest. From 1854 to 1891, Fort Davis was strategically located to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the Trans-Pecos portion of the San Antonio-El Paso Road and on the Chihuahua Trail. | |
| Guadalupe Mountains National Park | National Park Service | Guadalupe Mountains National Park safeguards the world's finest example of a fossilized reef, a surprisingly complex and unique assemblage of flora and fauna, and West Texas' only legally designated wilderness. Here, one can experience solitude, tranquility, and the joy of finding plants and animals whose mastery of survival renews our sense of wonder. | |
| Padre Island National Seashore | Located along the south Texas coast, Padre Island National Seashore protects the longest undeveloped stretch of barrier island in the world. Here, you can enjoy 70 miles of sandy beaches, wind-carved dunes, vast grasslands, fragile tidal flats, and warm, nearshore waters. Due to drought conditions, a burn ban is in effect. Only small charcoal cooking fires contained in a grill are allowed. |
| Rating | Attraction | Link (site) | Notes |
| Ranches, Hill Country | Here are some game ranches that welcome photographers. | ||
| Annandale Ranch, (830) 988-2202 | |||
| Block Creek Natural Area | Block Creek Natural Area, (830) 995-4174 | ||
| Los Madrones | Los Madrones, (512) 264-1741 | ||
| The Peterson Ranch | The Peterson Ranch, (830) 833-0958 | ||
| Red Creek Nature Ranch | Red Creek Nature Ranch, (325) 475-2901 | ||
| Stowers Ranch | Stowers Ranch, (830) 2384346 | ||
| Ranches, Rio Grande Valley | |||
| Ranches, Rio Grande Valley | Cozad Ranch | Cozad Ranch, (877) 417-5053 | |
| Lens and Land | Lens & Land Ranches |
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