It’s likely that if Jim Barborak had his way, you could start at the Town Lake Hike and Bike Trail and keep on walking on shady footpaths all the way from Texas to Panama. Barborak is a specialist in ...

Bluebonnets grow in the wild all over Texas, but the state seeds bluebonnets along highways, which helps reduce maintenance costs because native wildflower species need less mowing and care. David ...

Spring is finally here! What better way to welcome the cheery season than frolicking by blooming wildflowers on the best spring hikes in Texas? I've curated several picture-perfect trails ranging from ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved more than $6.8 million in grants Thursday for trail construction and maintenance projects, and a few Central Texas counties received ...

Admit it: You've screamed this invective (silently) in the general direction of some ultra-fit runner during Austin's six months of extreme heat. For most of us, if we have not already retreated ...

The Lone Star State has 76 state parks that span a total of 580,000 acres, giving hikers and campers plenty of terrain to ...