STRAWN — On the first morning of the year, a line of cars was already wrapping around the entrance of Texas’ soon-to-be newest state park. Hundreds of visitors from Beaumont, Austin, Dallas and San Antonio got a sneak peek of Palo Pinto Mountains State Park, which will open to the general public later this year.
Park staff greeted visitors with smiles and water bottles with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department logo and took them on guided hikes through the nearly 4,871 acres of former ranch land spread across Palo Pinto and Stephens counties.
