Lake Brownwood State Park - Texas Parks and Wildlife

Lake Brownwood State Park - Texas Parks and Wildlife Check out our historic cabins, lodges, and campsites in a wooded environment on Lake Brownwood.
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09/15/2026

Trail-Cam Tuesday!

In this week's installment of Trail-Cam Tuesday, our trail cam captured an up-close video of one of our park's resident birds at one of our CCC constructed culverts, a Mourning dove! Mourning doves, get their name for their unique call, and are a very common species here in Texas and across North America. They are very prolific birds, being able to reproduce up to 6 times per year and have a wide range from Canada to Panama and across the entirety of all lower 48 states and the Caribbean. They are one of the most commonly hunted birds in the United States, with between 40-70 million being harvested every year! As of 2024, their total population numbered at an estimated 337 million. Despite being hunted heavily, these birds can be quite the challenge to hunt, as they are very fast and can fly up to 55 miles per hour! Stay tuned for more Trail-Cam Tuesday content!

We want to give a heartfelt thank you to the few brave souls who came out in the heat to ruck with us today! Our partic...
09/12/2026

We want to give a heartfelt thank you to the few brave souls who came out in the heat to ruck with us today! Our participants rucked 31.7 miles today and we collected a few large boxes on non-perishable food items for Good Samaritan Ministries today! Thank you for helping us let our military community know that they don't have to suffer in silence. And thank you to our partners at Center for Life Resources, Central Texas VA Health Care System, Hill Country Veterans Alliance, Friends of Lake Brownwood State Park, and Hendrick Medical Center Brownwood! Stay tuned for more pictures of our event!

📸Photo of the Week!The park just feels a little different during the calm of sunrise. Ranger Nikki was out and about at...
09/11/2026

📸Photo of the Week!
The park just feels a little different during the calm of sunrise. Ranger Nikki was out and about at sunrise and was fortunate enough to catch the sunrise over the lake! This time of year, the deer are out feeding, birds are singing, and the park has a wonderful sense of peace as the day begins. Thanks for sharing with us, Nikki!
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🛠 We've got tile!As our cabin project moves in to the finish work phase, we're excited to see that we have tile in some...
09/10/2026

🛠 We've got tile!
As our cabin project moves in to the finish work phase, we're excited to see that we have tile in some of the showers now! While historically the CCC did not build these showers with tiled walls (they would have been bare concrete, and later tiled in the 1950s), we wanted to choose tile size and colors that were historically appropriate to the 1930s. There will be several different color combinations throughout the buildings and we can't wait to see them all!

Join us next Saturday, September 12 for our Veteran Mental Health Awareness Ruck! Take a self-led ruck hike to honor ou...
09/05/2026

Join us next Saturday, September 12 for our Veteran Mental Health Awareness Ruck! Take a self-led ruck hike to honor our military community and the mental health struggles they face during and after their service. Pack your ruck with non-perishable food items to donate to Good Samaritan Ministries. Afterwards, stop by the Group Dining Hall to talk to our partner organizations about the resources they have available to support our veterans! Hill Country Veterans Alliance Central Texas VA Health Care System

📸Photo of the Week!Dreaming about the sunset over the new section of our park! On a recent visit for some trail plannin...
09/04/2026

📸Photo of the Week!
Dreaming about the sunset over the new section of our park! On a recent visit for some trail planning, Jason Lominac snapped this photo of the sunset from our shoreline. This might be a new day use area some day, and we're dreaming of watching that beautiful sun going down over the water from the beach! Thanks for sharing with us, Jason!
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🛠 Rangers at work!There's nothing like a day on the lake in a boat...especially if you're a ranger! Our maintenance tea...
09/03/2026

🛠 Rangers at work!
There's nothing like a day on the lake in a boat...especially if you're a ranger! Our maintenance team got our boat out to work on bumper replacement on our courtesy docks this week. You never know what each day will hold when you're a park ranger!

09/02/2026

September Park Updates
Events
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Reminders

Ranger Tyler is back to show off another one of the "Big Four" prairie grasses that grows here in the park, and one who'...
09/02/2026

Ranger Tyler is back to show off another one of the "Big Four" prairie grasses that grows here in the park, and one who's size puts Little Bluestem to shame: Switchgrass
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) is a native, warm-season bunchgrass that once dominated the American plains, and is still prevalent in many places. This grass is hard to miss, growing up to 10 feet tall and just as wide, thanks to its arching stems (unlike Little Bluestem's preffered upright posture). Like Little Bluestem, though, it calls many places home and is native from Canada all the way down to Central America.
Switchgrass is also a grass of many uses. Firstly, it's popular in landscaping due to its low maintenance and ornemental value. It's popular in prairie restoration due to its erosion controlling capabilities (roots up to 6 feet deep!) and wildlife value, as it provides food for birds and cover for animals. It has even been used on ranches for grazing and hay, and on farms as a cover crop. This grass can really do it all!
(The Ranger Tyler Grass Measuring Systemâ„¢ used for size reference)

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200 State Highway Park Rd 15
Brownwood, TX
76801

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