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5 Amazing Texas NATIONAL PARKS to Visit this SUmmer

National Parks

Waco Mammoth National Monument

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As the site where the fossils of 24 Columbian Mammoths were discovered, Waco Mammoth National Monument is one of the most significant paleontological sites in the United States.

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park 

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In the early 1700s, many Native people of South Texas forswore their traditional life to become Spanish, accepting a new religion and agrarian lifestyle in hopes of survival.

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

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Impressive high country desert landscapes, a diversity of wildlife (even the rare Mexican black bear), and no crowds to speak of.

bIG bEND nATIONAL pARK

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The greater of the two Texas parks both in size and scenery, Big Bend is an epic, albeit remote, Texas National Park located on the Mexican border.

Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument

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Alibates Flint Quarry National Monument preserves an ancient quarry where native peoples have been gathering flint for thousands of years.

Texas National Parks

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