Starting on Wednesday night, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is hosting its annual First Day Hike at a Texas ...

Texas Parks and Wildlife offers Texans an opportunity to start 2026 off with First Day Hikes at a Texas state park.

Find a First Day Hike near you! First Day Hikes vary from short, leisurely nature walks on forested trails, boardwalk strolls ...

Texas' newest state park is set to open sometime in 2026, and the public is invited to get a sneak peek on New Year's Day.

First Day Hikes is a nationwide program to encourage hiking on New Year's Day. See a list of participating parks from Texas ...

Texas tops the nation in participation. Last year, in 2024, Texas State Parks hosted 178 First Day Hike events, drawing 9,484 ...

It's finally sweater weather (well, mostly) in Austin, which means this weekend you'll likely find everybody enjoying the outdoors. Want to join them? Remember that a burn ban is currently in effect ...

The Alvin Sun is Brazoria County’s first and oldest newspaper and was established on August 8, 1890 as the Alvin News. In 1892, it became the Alvin Sun and was published weekly for many years.

Several Central Texas state parks that closed earlier this weekend due to flash flooding have shared updates about operations and photos and videos of the impact. "Conditions remain dynamic, and not ...

Celebrate the beginning of a new year and the start of America’s semiquincentennial with a First Day Hike at a Texas State Park.