Garner State Park

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Garner State Park


Location	Uvalde County, Texas
Coordinates	29°35′00″N 99°44′20″W / 29.58333°N 99.73889°W / 29.58333; -99.73889Coordinates: 29°35′00″N 99°44′20″W / 29.58333°N 99.73889°W / 29.58333; -99.73889
Area	1,420 acres (570 ha)
Established	1941
Governing body	Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Garner State Park is a state park in Uvalde County, Texas in the United States. Garner State Park, in the Texas Hill Country, is the most popular state park in Texas for overnight camping. It often fills by noon in peak parts of the season. The park is popular with campers and local residents for the dances held nightly during the summer and spring.

History

The land for Garner State Park was acquired in 1934 through 1936. In 1934, the Texas State Parks Board approved the location for a future state park, and the Texas Legislature provided funding for state parks. The Civilian Conservation Corps made the park’s original improvements, which included a large pavilion and a concessions building. The property was conveyed to the State Parks Board in 1936, and it opened as Garner State Park in 1941. The park was named for John Nance Garner, former Vice-President of the United States who lived and practiced law in the Concan area. The park's size more than doubled when 790 acres (320 ha) were added in 1976.

Recreation

Garner State Park is the most popular state park in Texas for overnight camping,^[1] with more than 200,000 campers per year.^[2] Some WPA-era cabins are available, and reservations are recommended during summer weekends and spring break.

Other activities at the park include hiking, nature study, picnicking, canoeing, fishing, miniature golf (seasonal), paddle boat and kayak rentals (spring and summer), and bicycle riding.

Gallery

The Frio River flowing through the Garner State Park.
The view of the Texas Hill Country from Garner State Park.
The Frio River winds southward on east edge of Garner State Park (on the left)
Dancing under the stars at the park's pavilion
Bald Cypress trees along the Frio River in Garner State Park

Miscellaneous

Frio County, Texas is named for the river.
Some cypress trees, Bald Cypress Taxodium distichum, along the Frio River and including individuals within Garner State Park TX, exceed 22 ft (6.7m) circumference and about 86 ft (about 26m) height, and may be over 300 years old. A flood-damaged Bald Cypress, on the Frio bank opposite Garner State Park and a short distance above the small dam that forms the park's swimming area, was removed in the early 1990s. Its stump, about one foot (0.3m) above ground level and about 10 ft (3.1m) circumference, exhibits at least 160 yearly growth rings.
In the community of Rio Frio about 10 mi (16 km) ENE of Garner State Park is the largest Live oak (Quercus virginiana) tree yet identified in Texas.

References

↑ "TPWD: News Release: Jan. 23, 2006: Frio River Bank Work Begins To Save Garner’s Dance Floor". Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. January 23, 2006. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
↑ Wilson, Janet (April 19, 2003). "Austin news, sports, weather, Longhorns, and business". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2010-11-04.

External links

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Texas Parks and Wildlife - Garner State Park
Garner State Park from the Handbook of Texas Online

Protected areas of Texas

Federal

National Parks	Big Bend Guadalupe Mountains

National Monuments and Memorials	Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument Chamizal National Memorial

National Historical Parks and Historic Sites	Fort Davis NHS Lyndon B. Johnson NHP Palo Alto Battlefield NHP San Antonio Missions NHP

National Historic Trails	El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail

National Recreation Areas	Amistad Lake Meredith

National Wildlife Refuges	Anahuac Aransas Attwater Prairie Chicken Balcones Canyonlands Big Boggy Brazoria Buffalo Lake Grulla Hagerman Laguna Atascosa Lower Rio Grande Valley McFaddin Muleshoe San Bernard Santa Ana Texas Point Trinity River

National Forests	Angelina Davy Crockett Sabine Sam Houston

National Grasslands	Caddo Lyndon B. Johnson McClellan Creek Rita Blanca

Other Protected Areas	Big Thicket National Preserve Padre Island National Seashore Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River

State

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State Forests and Arboretums	E.O. Siecke I.D. Fairchild John Henry Kirby Masterson W. Goodrich Jones Ruth Bowling Nichols Arboretum Olive Scott Petty Arboretum

State Wildlife Trails	Great Texas Coastal Heart of Texas Panhandle Plains Prairies and Pineywoods

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