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I’ve discovered one of the best drive-up campsites in Central Texas, and it’s set on a peninsula of land that stretches into Lake Buchanan at Cedar Point Recreation Area. Now I can’t wait to go back with my kayak and paddle from the park to the Fall Creek waterfall,...

Heads up, park lovers. Admission is free to all Texas State Parks on Nov. 2, otherwise known as Texas State Parks Day. You’ve got 89 to choose from, including Inks Lake State Park, which just opened its new headquarters building; Pedernales Falls State Park, where...

Mission Tejas State Park in East Texas will celebrate the completion of a three-year renovation project with a grand reopening celebration on Nov. 8. The 659-acre park, which bristles with tall pines, was built by the Civilian Conservation Corp in the 1930s to...

McKinney Roughs Nature Park will host a Halloween party featuring hayrides, trick-or-treating along a wooded trail and a chance to try outdoor activities like archery and zip-lining on Oct. 18. This year’s fifth annual Tricks, Treats and Trails event will also include...

If low lake levels and sizzling temperatures have kept you away from Central Texas campgrounds lately, we’ve got good news. Recent rains have boosted water levels in the Highland Lakes, returning campsites long separated from the shoreline to their former waterfront...

  Filmmaker Ben Masters’ latest documentary, which traces the Colorado River from its headwaters in the Rocky Mountains to the deserts of Mexico, premiers next week in Austin. “The American Southwest,” a full-length feature film, chronicles life and death along...

People laughed back in the 1990s, when land conservationist J. David Bamberger, one of the co-founders of Church's Fried Chicken, decided to build a bat cave on his ranch near Johnson City. The bats, they said, would never come. But Bamberger, now a spry and...

I’d rather ride my bike to Barton Springs Pool than fight the traffic and fork over $3 an hour to park my car there. Not everyone can make that work, though. That’s why I’m happy to report that the city is launching a free shuttle that will loop between the parking...

Here in Texas, we drink a lot of sweet tea and Dr Pepper. In Patagonia, the locals drink maté. While traipsing through South America this month, I saw people sipping the infused herbal drink while chatting at cafes, sitting on street benches, and even while driving...

The Banff Mountain Film Festival 2025 returns to Austin next month – as a one-day event instead of the two days it has covered in past years. But if you’re up for a day of binge-watching cool outdoor and adventure movies, you can still get your fill. The festival will...