Welcome – Day Trippin' Texas

Welcome to Day Trippin' Texas

Texas covers 267,339 square miles, or 7.4% of the nation’s total area. That means that we have a LOT of places to see. We have beaches and deserts, mountains and plains, historic forts and really old churches, and lots of whimsical roadside attractions.

So if you're looking for somewhere to go, something to do or some place new to see, we can help you find it.

Central Texas

Fayetteville

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Fayetteville’s first immigrant settlers were the families headed by John Crier, James Cummins, and James J. Ross three of the Old Three Hundred...

Central Texas • Hill Country

Old Barn in Weimar

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The barn was old when I was young – as far as I know it was built before the war. Its really showing its age these days, but I dare say it is...

Central Texas

Lake Belton Sunset

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Belton Lake is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Leon River in the Brazos River basin, 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Belton, United...

Central Texas

Wimberly

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Wimberley is the geographic center and the aesthetic heart of the Wimberley Valley and is located at the confluence of Cypress Creek and the Blanco...

Central Texas

Driftwood

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Driftwood, seventeen miles northwest of San Marcos in central Hays County, grew up in the 1880s as a supply center for neighboring ranches and farms...

Central Texas

Salado

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The Village of Salado is the best small town in Texas! With several bed and breakfasts and only a short drive up I35, between Waco and Austin.

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East Texas

Aransas camping at sunrise by Eduardo Muriedas

Central Texas • East Texas • Gulf Coast • North Texas • Panhandle • South Texas

15 Texas Best Sunrises

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The BEST Texas sunrises? Well, that's not exactly true because there are just so many more than 15 of them.

East Texas • Videos

Passage into the Primeval: Caddo Lake

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Caddo Lake is the largest Cypress Forest in the world.

East Texas • Videos

Caddo Lake

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Dallas Camera Club field trip sideshow from Caddo Lake. Awesome images!

East Texas • Videos

Azalea Trail History in Tyler

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A quick look at how the beautiful Azalea Trail event got started in Tyler.

East Texas • Trips • Videos

East Texas Road Trip with Mary and Mac

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I had to get out of the city, and discover a bit of East Texas...

East Texas

Jefferson

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Welcome to the City of Jefferson… "Riverport to the Southwest". Settle in for a journey through time when the living was easy and the era was golden.

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Gulf Coast

Berclair School

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I’ve come across a couple dozen abandoned schoolhouses across central Texas, mostly by happenstance — for some reason, it seems that...

Gulf Coast

Port Isabel

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As one of the oldest cities in extreme south Texas, Port Isabel has a long and interesting history dating back to 1519 when it was charted by Spanish...

Bob Hall Pier on Padre Island by onpadreisland

Gulf Coast

Bob Hall Pier, Padre Island

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Bob Hall Pier, Padre Island Photo onpadreisland

Gulf Coast

Surfside

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Looks like a painting, doesn’t it? It’s a time exposure of the sun rising over the Gulf of Mexico from Surfside. Photo Mabry Campbell

Gulf Coast

Texas Wetlands

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Texas is a large and ecologically diverse state containing many different types of wetlands, most of which can be placed in the below categories:...

Gulf Coast

Brazos Bend State Park

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Wonderful view of the wetlands at Brazos Bend State Park in Needville. Photo Bill Jacomet

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North Texas

North Texas

Abandoned St. John’s Catholic Church in Bomarton

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This is the Milky Way over the abandoned St. John’s Catholic Church in Bomarton. Bomarton, on U.S. Highway 277 near the Knox county line in...

North Texas • Videos

Woodmen’s Circle Home in Sherman

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Woodmen Circle Home was an orphanage and a dormitory for widowed women.

Central Texas • East Texas • Gulf Coast • North Texas • Panhandle • South Texas

15 Texas Best Sunrises

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The BEST Texas sunrises? Well, that's not exactly true because there are just so many more than 15 of them.

North Texas

Near Fort Griffin in Albany

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From an old Western town near Fort Griffin. Photo Keith Kapple

North Texas

Old Train Depot in Wichita Falls

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Photo by Melany Sarafis

Eisenhower State Park in Denison by Ian Aberle

North Texas

Eisenhower State Park, Denison

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Eisenhower State Park, with 423.1 acres, is located in Grayson County, northwest of Denison on the shores of Lake Texoma. It was acquired in 1954 by...

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Panhandle

Panhandle

The Giant Legs of Amarillo

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Just off the highway heading south on I-27 out of Amarillo are two gigantic legs in athletic socks. You wouldn't know it, but they are the shattered...

Panhandle

Amarillo Sunset

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Outside Amarillo in the middle of a field sits this abandoned homestead. Once someone's dream.

Central Texas • East Texas • Gulf Coast • North Texas • Panhandle • South Texas

15 Texas Best Sunrises

4 min read

The BEST Texas sunrises? Well, that's not exactly true because there are just so many more than 15 of them.

Panhandle

Yellow Rose Inn

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Enjoy an old country breakfast in a Victorian style inn. Relax at your own pace and dream of a simpler life. Visit with local people and the...

Panhandle • Videos

Scooting in The Grand Canyon of Texas

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One family's weekend adventure scooting and hiking the canyon.

Panhandle

Caprock Canyons in Quitaque

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Caprock Canyons State Park in Quitaque is home to the Official Bison Herd of the State of Texas! “Imagine a place where marbled redrock canyons...

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South Texas

Langtry

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The community is notable as the place where "Judge" Roy Bean, the "Law West of the Pecos", had his saloon and practiced a kind of law.

Central Texas • East Texas • Gulf Coast • North Texas • Panhandle • South Texas

15 Texas Best Sunrises

4 min read

The BEST Texas sunrises? Well, that's not exactly true because there are just so many more than 15 of them.

South Texas

Spinach Capital of the World

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Crystal City is in Zavala County. It was originally settled by American farmers and ranchers producing cattle and various crops. Crystal City was a...

South Texas • Trips

The Friendliest Little Border Town in Texas

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It's a wonderful time to visit Del Rio and its sister city in Mexico, where holiday bargains and natural beauty abound.

South Texas

Judge Roy Bean Holds Court

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The community is notable as the place where "Judge" Roy Bean, the "Law West of the Pecos", had his saloon and practiced a kind of law.

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West Texas

West Texas Red Clay

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Red clay derives its color from iron oxide, and is usually created through the breakdown of rocks in lower substrates. Red clay is technically a...

Chihuahuan Desert Nature Center in Fort Davis by Aleyna

West Texas

Chihuahuan Desert Nature Center, Fort Davis

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In 1978, the board and supporters of the Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute purchased 507 acres of rolling grassland, oak-studded hills, and shady...