Shannon

Just an FYI since this was a change that didn't cross my radar until just now, as I began updating the Wild Texas Parks database --

The 80th Texas Legislature transferred operational control of the following parks from Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) to the Texas Historical Commission effective January 1, 2008.
TPWD passes & promotions are not honored at these sites:

• Acton State Historical Site:
  NEW Website | OLD Website
  
  
• Admiral Nimitz State Historic Site & National Museum of the Pacific War:
  NEW Historic Site Website | NEW Museum Website
  
  
• Caddoan Mounds State Historic Site:
  NEW Website | OLD Website
  
  
• Casa Navarro State Historic Site:
  NEW Website | OLD Website
  
  
• Confederate Reunion Grounds State Historic Site:
  NEW Website | OLD Website
  
  
• Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site:
  NEW Website | OLD Website
  
  
• Fannin Battleground State Historic Site:
  NEW Website | OLD Website
  
  
• Fort Griffin State Historic Site:
  NEW Website | OLD Website
  
  
• Fort Lancaster State Historic Site:
  NEW Website | OLD Website
  
  
• Fort McKavett State Historic Site:
  NEW Website | OLD Website
  
  
• Fulton Mansion State Historic Site:
  NEW Website | OLD Website
  
  
• Landmark Inn State Historic Site:
  NEW Website | OLD Website
  
  
• Magoffin Home State Historic Site:
  NEW Website | OLD Website
  
  
• Sabine Pass Battleground State Historic Site:
  NEW Website | OLD Website
  
  
• Sam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site:
  NEW Website | OLD Website
  
  
• San Felipe State Historic Site:
  NEW Website | OLD Website
  
  
• Starr Family Home State Historic Site:
  NEW Website | OLD Website
  
  
• Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site:
  NEW Website | OLD Website

For more information on these parks, visit: Texas Historical Commission

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Me vs. Wild

Hello Shannon,

First off, and I should have done it sooner... Thank you for putting together this website and community, it's great!

I ran into this at Fort McKavett in December '08. The park host explained the changeover but on his own accord admitted me with my state park pass. I guess I had a genuine "huh?" expression. Wound up putting my would be admission green in the donation jar and enjoyed exploring the grounds for an afternoon.

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camperone

Good news bad news? Will this free up any money for the up keep and care of the state parks??

Motorman355

Reading this I was a little ticked that my Pass is no longer was valid at these places. But looking at the list one notices that they are all historical sites. They SHOULD fall under the Texas Historical Comission and not Parks & Wildlife which they are neither.

I guess I can no longer get my TX State Park Passport stamped at these places. The state really should bring back the passport book. It was a nice gimmick to get people to visit parks that they normally might not have.

campermom

We never knew about the passport. We do purchase the patches available at most parks, and sew them onto a fleece blanket we use around the campfire. We must have 50+ on there, if you also include the ones from the national parks. Its a great conversation starter around the fire.

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Troop198

Your right campermon, my LW has started collecting since January (month sound familiar)

MonkeyMamma

What a great idea! I am new to visiting the state parks and honestly haven't even been in one of their stores only to check in. I am going to start buying patches too!

Choderus

Looks like Sabine Pass Battleground SHS will be opening up around September, for the first time since 2005.

Battered by hurricanes Ike, Rita, Civil War site in Texas looks to reopen

crawdude

This weekend I added two former State Parks to my been there done that list. Tips Park in Three rivers and Ft. Lipantitlan SHS
We took in the tiny Tips Park on Friday on the way to Harlingen.
Yesterday as we were returning home to San Marcos from a 4th weekend in the valley and we decided to take the detour to Ft. Lipantitlan.
Just finding the place was a challenge, no signage anywhere to help you locate it down at the end of CR 58 off of FM70 (head down the small road next to the historical marker). Once we arrived we found another stone marker and a small fenced orchard of large Mesquites. Were that all it might be a nice place to bird or picnic or just walk around and collect ticks. But it wasn't all. There were several gates opening out of the SHS (which apparently is just a large driveway for several "residences"). These residences were of the trailer, yard full of junk cars and pit bulls and shot up targets variety. The place is extremely remote and there was an extremely "meth lab, chainsaw massacre" vibe to the place. We drove in, saw the lay of the land, and then got out of there. TPWD should remove this one from the maps. I have sought out some Texas fort locations way down some fairly remote gravel only to find myself stopped by deadends and barbed wire and no trespassing signs, but this is by far the creepiest place I have been and definitely made me feel uncomfortable.

Not recommended. Kurt and Becky