In a sloping basin among scenic Davis Mountains, 1,869 acres host more than 155,000 visitors annually. Primary service facility is multilevel hotel called Indian Lodge, patterned in the pueblo style. A free interpretive center is open afternoons, June through Aug., featuring plant and animal material, both live and mounted; bird observation window and wildlife watering station. Camping, picnicking, dining room, trailer facilities, rest rooms, nature study, hiking.
Restored country inn, c. 1912; sturdy, turn-of-the-century oak furniture, second-story veranda and glassed-in sunporch with rattan rockers; Boarding House restaurant. Two other restored buildings, plus cottage; 20 rooms, 12 suites. Hotel Limpia Dining Rooms include the Sutter'
Fort Davis, TX Historic BuildingsAntique toys made in Texas, 300 antique dolls, bottles, and furniture. In historic 1898
Fort Davis, TX MuseumsBuilt in 1932 following bequest from William J. McDonald, amateur astronomer. On 6,791
Fort Davis, TX ObservatoriesWhen pioneers and gold seekers surged west in the mid-1800s, national concern focused on secure travel routes. In Texas, nearly 600
Fort Davis, TX Historic FortsA remote and picturesque 20,000-acre preserve at the ecological junction of the Chihuahuan Desert, the Hill Country and the T...
Barton Warnock Environmental Education Center offers an archeological, historical, and natural history profile of the Big Ben...
John V. Pliska, born in Tyne, Austria, came to Texas with his parents in 1897 and settled in Flatonia. In 1903 he started on ...