So declares Texas Parks and Wildlife’s enticing web page for Lake Somerville State Park & Trailway. Encircling an almost 12,000-acre man-made lake, the park sits smack-dab between Austin and ...

Lake Somerville State Park Complex is a 9,000-acre parcel of public land managed by Texas Parks & Wildlife Department to conserve natural and cultural resources, provide recreational and ...

Camping at Lake Somerville State Park typically costs around $20 a night ... further away in the town of College Station (the home of Texas A&M and a 40 to 55-minute drive from the park), you ...

Lake Somerville State Park Birch Creek is home to several species ... While other native wild cat species struggle to survive in Texas, the bobcat's secretive nature, highly developed physical ...

The Nails Creek & Birch Creek branches of Lake Somerville State Park now offer a self-service option to rent and use kayaks.

Lake Somerville State Park, Sheldon Lake State Park, Stephen F. Austin State Park, and Village Creek State Park. Entrance fees at these parks range anywhere between $4-$7 per visitor. Texas State ...

It's not the first time bobcats have been caught on camera at a Texas state park this year. In January, a park ranger at Lake Somerville State Park snapped some exciting photos of a bobcat pair at ...

A 27-year-old man drowned at Lake Somerville ... at Welch Park with his family when he was seen going underwater and did not resurface. The Burleson County Sheriff’s Office, Texas Parks ...

Luckily, the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department will host ... winter day than walking with friends and family at a Texas State Park,” parks Director Rodney Franklin said in the news release.

A "rare raptor" was spotted at Lake Somerville State Park near Brenham, according to a tweet from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The snail kite bird is a “very rare sighting in Texas ...