Category: Palo Duro Canyon State Park

Texas State Parks set a national record on New Year’s Day 2026, with 12,835 participants logging over 28,000 miles to achieve record-high turnout for the fourth consecutive year.

The numbers are in, and they are MASSIVE. Texas State Parks just shattered records for First Day Hikes, with thousands hitting the trails to ring in the New Year

For the fourth straight year, Texas state Parks kicked off the new year by breaking historical participation numbers at First Day Hike events around the state.

I’m not sure I found this is the mythical set of caves mentioned on the many hiking websites I visited.

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From Big Bend and Palo Duro to the Alamo, River Walk, and the Fort Worth Stockyards, Texas offers nature, history, and adventure for every type of traveler.

Texas Parks and Wildlife offers Texans an opportunity to start 2026 off with First Day Hikes at a Texas state park.

Celebrate the New Year — and the start of America’s semi-quincentennial observance, known as America 250 — with a First Day Hike at Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway and Palo Duro Canyon State Park.