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Old 07-05-2007, 07:22 PM   #2
BigBendHiker
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Re: Question about land, and state parks...help please

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Originally Posted by GooseCovered View Post
I would like to know if there is anywhere in Texas that the land is not privately owned, nor is it a state park. I guess what I am trying to say is, is there woods or forest somewhere that doesn't belong to anybody that I can go on a massive hiking/backpacking/camping expedition? You hear people refer to the "wild" and when I hear that, I think of land that isn't owned or charted, out in the middle of nowhere, where I wont get in trouble for trespassing, and I wont find tons of families with loud kids in the swimming hole.
Pretty much any land, anywhere, is going to be owned by someone - private or state. However, if you head to the Trans-Pecos region of Texas, you can find yourself in the middle of nowhere. Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park are areas that are quite isolated. Big Bend National Park is crowded in the fall and spring, but empty in the summer. BBRSP and Black Gap are pretty much empty year round. Visit those and you will see no one at all.

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