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WILDERNESS ECOREGION SITES

Check before you visit to 1) Make sure the site is open 2) Check to see if kayaks, canoes, and other equipment are available to rent or if you need to bring your own. The Waterborne Education Center and the City Prairie Preserve (Listed in the Passport) are not currently available to the public. The sites listed here are only the beginning: there are many more wilderness areas in these Eco-Regions that you can visit.

Site Location Website Telephone Admission Things to do and Bays &

14901 FM http://www.tpwd.state.tx.u Under 12 Birding, Camping, Canoeing/Kayaking, Fishing, (409) 737- State Park 3005, Galveston, TX s/state-parks/galveston- free, adult Hiking/Guided nature walks, mountain biking, 1222 77554 island $5 swimming http://www.tpwd.state.tx.u 300 Medical Drive, Lake (979) 292- Aquariums, Coastal Marsh Walkway, Fishing Sea Center of Texas s/spdest/visitorcenters/sea Free Jackson, Texas 0100 pond, Marine hatchery, touch pools center/ http://www.lcra.org/parks/ Beachcombing, Birding, Canoeing/Kayaking, 6420 FM 2031, (979) 245- Matagorda Bay Nature Park developed_parks/matagord Free Fishing/Seining, Float trips on the Colorado, Matagorda, TX 77457 4631 a.html Nature Trails http://www.stxmaps.com/g Texas State Marine Center, 102 Marine Center Dr, (361) 972- School Marine science education, including boats and o/texas-state-marine- Palacios Palacios, TX 3774 Groups only nature trail, open only to school groups education-center.html $25 per 2415 Avenue K, (409) 770- Kayaking, Watercolor Painting, Wildlife Viewing, Artist Boat http://www.artistboat.org/ person for 2 Galveston, TX 77550 0722 Photography, Professional Development hour tour Bayou Wilderness >3 free, 4- Eco-Camp, Family star parties, Farm Nature 8500 Bay Area Blvd, (281) 474- 12 $2, 13- demonstrations and Guided trail hikes khttp://www.abnc.org/ Center Pasadena, Texas, TX 2551 59 $4, 60+ (weekends) Guided Canoe/pontoon tours, $2 Raptor, Bison, Snake Exhibits Free Discovery Boxes, Discovery Room, Hiking Trails, Houston Arboreturm and 4501 Woodway Dr, http://www.houstonarbore (713) 681- admission, Naturalist Explorer Classes, Self-Guided Nature Center Houston, TX tum.org/ 8433 program Scavenger Hunt fees extra http://www.baytown.org/c Eddie V. Gray 1724 Market St, Baytown, (281) 420- Science Experiments and Games, Live animals, ontent/eddie-v-gray- Free Center TX 7128 Taxidermy exhibits, Wetlands Exhibits wetlands-center

15315 Beaumont Hwy, http://www.tpwd.state.tx.u (281) 456 - Canoeing, Catch and Reslease Fishing, Nature State Park Free Houston, TX s/state-parks/sheldon-lake 2800 walks

Akokisa Indian Village, Guided cone/pontoon Jesse H. Jones Park & Nature 20634 Kenswick Dr, http://www.hcp4.net/jones (281) 446 - Free boat trips, Guided nature or pioneer tours, Center Humble, TX / 8588 hiking trails, live snake exhibits, Redbud Hill Homestead Bellaire Nature Discovery 7112 Newcastle St, http://www.naturediscover (713) 667 - Discovery Boxes, Fountain & Fish Pond, Herb Free Center Bellaire, TX ycenter.org/ 6550 Garden, Story Time, Trails

http://www.houstonaudub Sims Bayou Urban Nature 3997 River Drive, on.org/default.aspx/MenuIt (713) 640- Appointme Birding, Butterfly Gardens, Canoeing, Fishing, Center Houston, TX emID/484/MenuGroup/Ho 2407 nt Only Nature Discovery Hikes, Appointment only me Birding, Butterfly gardens, Boat tours, Nature Shangri La Botanical Gardens 2111 W Park Ave, http://starkculturalvenues. (409) 670- See website discovery hikes, TEKS-aligned lessons, Botanical and Nature Center Orange, TX org/shangrilagardens/ 9113 for fees gardens, Greenhouse tours

Mercer Arboretum and 22306 Aldine Westfield http://www.hcp4.net/merc (281) 209- Birding, Nature Discovery Hikes, Butterfly Free Botanic Gardens Rd, Humble, TX er/ 9767 Gardens, Habitat Studies, Canoeing/Kayaking

Parks along Shepherd http://www.buffalobayou.o (713) 752- Birding, Canoeing/Kayaking, Hiking/Biking, Boat Buffalo Bayou Drive going east to the Free rg/ 0314 Tours Turning Basin Park 401 S. Heights http://www.houstontx.gov/ (281) 456- Waugh Street Bridge Boulevard at Memorial Free Year-round bat colony Drive, walk across Buffalo parks/batpage.html 7029 Bayou to observation http://www.houstonaudub Edith L. Moore Nature 440 Wilchester Blvd, (713) 464- on.org/default.aspx/MenuIt Free Birding, Hiking Sanctuary Houston, TX 77079 emID/883/MenuGroup/San 4900 ctuaries2.htm HOUSTON WILDERNESS ECOREGION SITES

Check before you visit to 1) Make sure the site is open 2) Check to see if kayaks, canoes, and other equipment are available to rent or if you need to bring your own. The Waterborne Education Center and the Texas City Prairie Preserve (Listed in the Passport) are not currently available to the public. The sites listed here are only the beginning: there are many more wilderness areas in these Eco-Regions that you can visit.

Site Location Website Telephone Admission Things to do Prairie Systems

Attwater's Prairie Chicken FM 3013, Eagle Lake, TX, http://www.fws.gov/refuge (979) 234- Audio Tour (5 miles), Hiking (2 trails) Wildflower Free 77434 /Attwater_Prairie_Chicken/ 3021 Identification

(281) 343- Free<4, 5- Cowboy demonstations, Tours, Blacksmith shop, 10215 FM 762 Rd, http://www.georgeranch.or George Ranch Historical Park 0218 15 $5, 16- Davis House, Pioneer Toys and Games, Working Richmond, TX g/ (281) 545- 62 $10, 62+ Ranch with Animals 9212 $9 Stop #99 on the Great http://www.katyprairie.org/ Katy Prairie Conservancy (713) 523- Coastal Birding Trail (see Warren%20Ranch%20Direct Free Birding, Hiking, Kid's Group, Weekend Tours Wildlife Viewing Platform 6145 website for details, scroll ions.html#WRSE down to Matt Cook) http://www.forestcamping. Free (must Multi-use trails, Fishing & Hunting, Boating and Sam Houston National 394 FM West, New (936) 344- com/dow/southern/samhc pay to Swimming, Birding & Wildlife Viewing, Forest Waverly, TX, 77358 6205 mp.htm camp) Education & Conservation Programming 6100 Hermann Park Hermann Park Conservancy: http://www.hermannpark.o (713) 524- Drive, Houston, TX, Free Hiking, Birding, Picnicking Bayou Parkland rg/inside_park.php 5876 77030 Trinity Bottomlands

http://www.fws.gov/south National 1351 N. Main, Liberty, TX (936) 336- west/refuges/texas/trinityri Free Birding, Canoeing, Fishing, Wildlife Observation Wildlife Refuge 77575 976 ver/ http://www.swg.usace.arm USACE Wallisville Lake (409) 389- Boating, Canoeing, Fishing, Hunting, Wildlife FM 563, Wallisville, TX y.mil/Locations/WallisvilleL Free Project 2285 Viewing akeProjectOffice.aspx

Big Thicket National 6102 FM 420, Kountze, http://www.nps.gov/bith/in (409) 951- Biking, Birding, Canoeing, Discovery Room and Free Preserve Texas dex.htm 6725 Exhibits, Hiking, Horseback riding

12 and 634 Private Road 5025, http://www.tpwd.state.tx.u (409) 384- Birding, Camping, Canoeing, Fishing, Hiking (4 Martin Dies, Jr. State Park under free, Jasper, TX s/state-parks/martin-dies-jr 5231 miles of trails), Mountain Biking, Swimming Adult $3 12 and US 96, Lumberton, TX http://www.tpwd.state.tx.u (409) 755- Village Creek State Park under free, Birding, Camping, Fishing, Hiking, Swimming 77657 s/state-parks/village-creek 7322 Adult $3 HOUSTON WILDERNESS ECOREGION SITES

Check before you visit to 1) Make sure the site is open 2) Check to see if kayaks, canoes, and other equipment are available to rent or if you need to bring your own. The Waterborne Education Center and the Texas City Prairie Preserve (Listed in the Passport) are not currently available to the public. The sites listed here are only the beginning: there are many more wilderness areas in these Eco-Regions that you can visit.

Site Location Website Telephone Admission Things to do

22031 Baptist http://www.houstontx.gov/ 12 and (281) 354- Biking, Birding, Camping, Hiking, Horseback Park Encampment Road, New parks/ourparks/lakehousto under free, 6881 Riding Caney, TX 77257-7731 npark.html Adult $3 http://texasforestservice.ta W. Goodrich Jones State 1328 FM 1488 Road, (936) 273- Biking, Birding, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback mu.edu/main/article.aspx?i Free Forest Conroe, TX 77384 2261 Riding, Wildlife Viewing d=1790 http://www.tpwd.state.tx.u 12 and 300 Park Road 65, (936) 365- Boating, Camping, Fishing, Horseback Riding, State Park s/state-parks/lake- under free, Livingston, TX 77351 2201 Mountain Biking, Swimming livingston Adult $5 12 and Park Road 39, Huntsville http://www.tpwd.state.tx.u (936) 295- Biking, Canoeing, Camping, Fishing, Hiking, under free, TX 77342-0508 s/state-parks/huntsville 5644 Horseback Riding, Swimming Adult $5 http://www.thewoodlandst Montgomery County Behind 1122 Pruitt Rd, (936) 539- x.com/parks/george- Free Biking, Birding, Fishing Preserve The Woodlands, TX mitchell-nature- 7817 preserve.php http://www.forestcamping. Free (Must Multi-use trails, Fishing & Hunting, Boating and Sam Houston National 394 FM West, New (936) 344- com/dow/southern/samhc pay to Swimming, Birding & Wildlife Viewing, Forest Waverly, TX, 77358 6205 mp.htm camp) Education & Conservation Programming Columbia Bottomlands

12 and Alligator observation, Biking, Fishing, Guided 21901 FM 762, Needville, http://www.tpwd.state.tx.u (979) 553- under free, and interpretive hikes, Stargaze at George TX 77461 s/state-parks/brazos-bend 5105 Adult $7 Observatory, Nature Center http://www.fws.gov/south San Bernard National 6801 CR 306, Brazoria, TX (979) 964- Biking, Birding, Canoeing/Kayaking, Hiking (3 west/refuges/texas/texasmi Free Wildlife Refuge 77515 3639 trails), Wildlife Observation dcoast/sanbernard.htm $3 per Matagorda County Birding 1025 Texas 35, Bay City, (979) 265- http://www.mcbnc.org/ person or Birding, Nature Gardens, Kayaking Nature Center TX 77414 7661 $5 per carload Coastal Marshes

Anahuac National Wildlife FM 1985, Anahuac, TX http://www.fws.gov/refuge (409) 267- Birding, Boadwalk, Canoeing, Fishing, Wildlife Free Refuge 77514 /Anahuac/ 3337 Observation

3523 Battleground Rd. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.u Battleship Texas Tours, Marsh Boardwalk Trail, San Jacinto Battleground (281) 479- (TX Highway 134), s/state-parks/san-jacinto- Free Monument Lookout, Texas Forever! State Park 2421 LaPorte, TX 77571 battleground Presentation http://www.fws.gov/south Brazoria National Wildlife County Road 227, (979) 922- Birding, Canoeing, Fishing, Hiking, Wildlife west/refuges/texas/texasmi Free Refuge Freeport, TX 77541 1037 Observation dcoast/brazoria.htm Post Savannah

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.u 12 and Park Road 38, San Felipe, (979) 885- Camping, Fishing, Hiking on 5 miles of trails, Stephen F. Austin State Park s/state-parks/stephen-f- under free, TX 77473-0125 3613 Nature and Historical Tours austin Adult $4 http://www.tpwd.state.tx.u Free, some Barrington Living History Farm, Historical Washington-on-the-Brazos 23200 Park Road 12, (936) 878- s/state-parks/washington- features Reencatments, Independence Hall, Star of the State Park Washington, TX 77880 2214 on-the-brazos have fees Republic Museum, Washington Townsite HOUSTON WILDERNESS ECOREGION SITES

Check before you visit to 1) Make sure the site is open 2) Check to see if kayaks, canoes, and other equipment are available to rent or if you need to bring your own. The Waterborne Education Center and the Texas City Prairie Preserve (Listed in the Passport) are not currently available to the public. The sites listed here are only the beginning: there are many more wilderness areas in these Eco-Regions that you can visit.

Site Location Website Telephone Admission Things to do Other Sites to Visit

Free Houston Museum of Natural 5555 Hermann Park (713) 639- http://www.hmns.org/ Thursday 2- Cockrell Butterfuly Center, Texas Wildlife Exhibit Science Dr Houston, TX 77030 4629 5PM Free 6200 Herman Park Drive http://www.houstonzoo.or (713) 533- Houston Zoo Tuesday Natural Encounters Exhibit Houston TX 77030 g/ 6500 after 2PM

Brazos Valley Museum of 3232 Briarcrest Dr Bryan, http://www.brazosvalleymu (979) 776- Adults $5, Nature Art Exhibitions Natural History TX 77802 seum.org/ 2195 students $4

Free The Children's Museum of 1500 Binz St Houston, TX http://www.cmhouston.org (713) 522- Thursday 5- Ecostation, The Discovery Room Houston 77004 / 1138 8PM

Museum of the Gulf Coast, 700 Procter St Port http://www.museumoftheg (409) 982- 4-18 $2, School Tours, Youth Programs, Community of Port Arthur Arthur, TX 77640 ulfcoast.org/ 7000 Adults $4 culture series

See Website Center for the Arts & 400 College Blvd Clute, (979) 265- Center Stage, Planetarium, Museum, http://www.bcfas.org/ for event Sciences, Brazoria County TX 77531 7661 Symphony, Art League tickets

Kinder Lake Basin, Houston Public Library 1500 McKinney, Houston, http://www.discoverygreen (710) 400- Discovery Green Free Express, Native Butterfly Gardens, Playground, Texas 77010 .com/ 7336 Gateway Fountain Swimming, Walking Trail