Expert Travel Advice to Texas

• Five Great National Parks to Visit During the Holiday Season

  The summertime is notorious for outdoor getaways, but you’d be missing out if you overlooked some of the most-popular national parks during the holiday season. Sprinkled snow, morning fog, and a wide-open sky make national parks ideal for hitting up during the holidays. Gorp Top Ten

• Five Places to Hide from the Holidays

  Parties, presents, and parents… the holiday season can be quite stressful. If you want to truly get away from it all, here are five places where blazing your own trail is not only encouraged, but at times essential. Away Top Ten

• Six Great Destinations to Visit Over the Holidays

  Looking for a little escape this winter? Here are six destinations in the United States that are ideal for pumping up the holiday cheer. Away Top Ten

• VIDEO: Hidden Gem Wine Regions of the U.S.

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• The Best Park-to-Park Scenic Drives

  You don't get out there very often, so make the most of your time on the open road. Bag two national parks in one trip with these five scenic drives that start and end in some of the best spots in the West. Gorp Top Ten

• America's Five Best Football Towns

  Are you ready for some football? It's that time of year again, and we've picked our five favorite towns that exude football. Away Top Ten

• Five of the Most Expensive Campsites in the U.S.

  You won’t build up any backcountry cred at these posh spots, but even the most hardcore need a little time off. Here are our favorite places to camp in style. Gorp Top Ten

• Top Ten Spring Break Destinations for Families

  What's your pleasure? Our Family Travel Expert Christine Loomis compiles ten excellent (and easy) spring break destinations for your family. Away Top Ten

• The Best BBQ Towns for Memorial Day

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• Top Five Burger Towns for Memorial Day

  Sink your teeth into our favorite hamburgers this Memorial Day weekend. Away Top Ten

• Top Ten Backpacking Loops

  There’s a reason serious hikers love taking on a loop—you never see the same thing twice, and you end where you started. Here are our top ten backpacking loops in the United States, from wildflower fields of the Maroon Bells to the Appalachian Trail in Maine. Gorp Top Ten

• Top Ten National Park Bird-Watching Sites

  Where to go to make your life list grow. Gorp Top Ten

• The Top Ten Parks for Wind Sports

  Parks where wind and water collide. Gorp Top Ten

• Top Ten Parks for Fossils and Dinosaurs

  Where Ancient times preserved in the natural archives of our planet. Gorp Top Ten

• Top Ten Warm-Weather Winter Wildlife Refuges

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• The Top Ten Potential Future National Monuments

  The shortlist of public lands angling for national monument status has leaked—and here's our top picks. Gorp Top Ten

• Top Ten Dude Ranches

  Our ten favorite dude ranches that offer a week of all-inclusive horseback riding (and other fun outdoors activities), gourmet dining, and a genuine Western experience for the whole crew. Away Top Ten

• Top Ten U.S. Art Cities

  For a culture-minded vacation—whether you want to admire breathtakingly beautiful art, stimulate your creativity, or get provoked by the edgy and offbeat— here's our list of ten don't-miss cities. Away Top Ten

• Top Ten Memorial Day Destinations

  Let's take our hats off to our country and those who have served for it. Head to any of our top ten Memorial Day getaways and enjoy what the long weekend is all about—good food, good friends, and celebrating freedom. Here is our guide of where to go, where to stay, and, perhaps most importantly, where to eat. Away Top Ten

• Top Ten National Parks for Biking

  Big Bend National Park. Gorp Top Ten

• Top Ten Destinations for Christmas Vacation

  Whatever your fancy for a Christmas getaway, we offer ten equally diverse destinations to celebrate the holiday season in style. Away Top Ten

• April Parks and the Outdoors Travel Guide

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• September Parks and the Outdoors Travel Guide

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• Top Ten Family-Friendly Summit Hikes

  Hiking is a great family pastime, to be sure, but the concept of "peak bagging" adds an exciting twist to these family strolls. Away Top Ten

• Top Ten Summer Music Festivals

  Austin City Limits, Austin, Texas. Away Top Ten

• Top Ten National Parks for Fall Foliage

  Great destinations for traveling leaf-peepers. Gorp Top Ten

• Top Ten Wildflower-Viewing Spots

  You've been patient all winter, and now finally you'll be rewarded. Get outside and take in spring's greatest gift: sweet, vibrant wildflowers from coast to coast. Here, our ten favorite spots. Gorp Top Ten

• Deep in the Heart of Austin

  The Texas capital is undeniably the most creative of the state's cities—and easily one of the best places to mountain bike, hike, swim, climb, fish, and channel your inner Lance Armstrong. Here we break down the top ten adventures awaiting you. Gorp Top Ten

• Get Your Cold One Here: Top Ten NFL Football Stadiums

  This football season, turn off NFL Sunday Ticket, and venture out to these ten football stadiums, the cream of the crop. If scoring tickets to a game proves too elusive, bring some brews and don your best paraphernalia to tailgate outside with all the die-hard fans. Away Top Ten

• Get Outta Town: Houston

  Go big in the state where big is a way of life, including a whirl along the Gulf of Mexico and through Galveston. Away Travel

• December Family Travel Guide

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• November Romantic Travel Guide

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• September Family Travel Guide

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• June Culture Travel Guide

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• April Family Travel Guide

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• March Active/Adventure Travel Guide

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• Best Family-Friendly Hotel Chains: Embassy Suites Hotels

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• Wild Times

  Tired of seeing Shamu performing the same old tricks? Ready to ditch the tameness of the zoo for the real deal? We give you three close-to-home options for getting up close and personal with Mother Nature's biggest stars. Prepare for an experience ev. Away Trip Idea

• The Road to Nowhere

  Explore the empty expanse from North Dakota to Matamoros, Mexico. Gorp Travel

• Tex-Mex Americana

  Drive through Texas, New Mexico, and the iconic lands of the American Southwest. Away Travel

• West Texas Multisport

  On most atlases, this expansive Lone Star landscape appears as featureless as a pancake-flat mesa. But head into this region of Texas, and you'll find a brave new world of rugged family adventures. Gorp Travel

• Backyard Playgrounds

  Dallas/Ft. Worth. Gorp Top Ten

• Rio Grande Canoe Running in Texas

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• Adventure Racing: Top Destinations

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• Top Ten Most-Endangered Public Lands

  Big Bend National Park. Gorp Top Ten

• Austin On My Mind

  The capital of the Lone Star State has one of the country's best stretches of urban singletrack. Away Trip Idea

• San Antonio & Austin Area Hikes

  Introduction. Gorp Travel

• Top Ten Romantic Hideaways

  Exotic Zanzibar & New England escape. Away Top Ten

• Off-the-Rails Adventure

  Horseback Riding in Texas. Gorp Travel

• Top Ten Off-the-Rails Adventure

  Horseback riding in Texas. Gorp Top Ten

• Paddling Nunavut's Coppermine River

  To Point Lake. Gorp Travel

• Top Ten Canoeing and Flatwater Rafting Trips

  Rio Grande/Big Bend National Park, Texas. Gorp Top Ten

• Urban Rivers: Southwest and Far West

  Introduction. Gorp Travel

• Top Ten Hidden Trout Fisheries

  Mountain Fork River, Oklahoma. Gorp Top Ten

• Top Ten Parks for High-Summer Wildflowers

  East & Central: When the Monsoon Comes (Big Bend National Park, Texas). Gorp Top Ten

• No-Snow Zones

  Big Bend National Park. Gorp Travel

• Weekend Angler: Dallas/Fort Worth

  Introduction. Gorp Travel

• Top Ten Houston Getaways

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• Fly Fishing the Texas Coast

  Middle Coast Flats: East Matagorda Bay to the Upper Laguna Madre. Gorp Travel

• Top Ten U.S. National Parks

  2. Big Bend, Texas. Gorp Top Ten

• Weekend Angler: Austin

  Angler Meets Wrangler in the Texas Hill Country. Gorp Travel

• Fly Fishing the Texas Coast

  Deceivers in the Rocks: Introduction. Gorp Travel

• Fly Fishing the Texas Coast

  Sabine Lake Area. Gorp Travel

• Fly Fishing the Texas Coast

  Fly Fishing by Night: Introduction. Gorp Travel

• Hail to the Trail!

  The Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail. Gorp Travel

• Fly Fishing the Texas Coast

  Offshore Fly Fishing: Introduction. Gorp Travel

• Mountain Biking The Big Bend

  "The Land of Razors and Easy Death". Gorp Travel

• Top Ten Active Spring Vacations

  South Padre Island, Texas. Gorp Top Ten

• Texas Primavera

  Springtime Bluebonnets, Birds and Fishing. Gorp Travel

• Austin Outdoors

  The Capital of Texas Adventure. Gorp Travel

• Fly Fishing the Texas Coast

  Lower Coast Flats: Baffin Bay to Brownsville. Gorp Travel

• Fly Fishing the Texas Coast

  The Basics. Gorp Travel

• Dogs in Spurs

  Camping with Canines in the Lonestar State. Gorp Travel

• Fly Fishing the Texas Coast

  Fly Fishing the Surf: Introduction. Gorp Travel

• Fly Fishing the Texas Coast

  Overview: A Region Rich in History. Gorp Travel

• Fly Fishing the Texas Coast

  The Texas Gulf Coast: A Fly-Fishing Frontier. Gorp Travel

• Top Ten Beaches in the United States

  Best Solitutude: Matagorda Island National Wildlife Refuge and State Natural Area (Texas). Gorp Top Ten

• Lone Star Memories

  Rediscovering the Texas Outdoors at State Natural Areas. Gorp Travel

• Mountain Biking the Austin Area

  Town Lake Hike and Bike Trail. Gorp Travel

• Padre Island National Seashore

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• Autumn Escapes

  Southwest. Gorp Travel

• Fly Fishing the Texas Flats

  Introduction. Gorp Practical Advice

• Chained Lightning

  Fishing for Lone Star Pickerel. Gorp Travel

• Fly Fishing the Texas Coast: Backcountry Flats to Bluewater

  Introduction. Gorp Travel

• Jump into Spring

  Raft Big Bend. Gorp Travel

• Texas and Arkansas Ranches

  Introduction. Gorp Practical Advice

• San Diego Sand

  Four laidback beaches: Black's Beach, Torrey Pines, Del Mar and San Onofre. Gorp Travel

• Lonesome Lone Star Coast

  Adventure Along the Wild Shore of Texas. Gorp Travel

• Texas Whitewater Wilderness

  Canoeing the Canyons of Big Bend. Gorp Travel

• Padre Island National Seashore

  Texas. Gorp Travel

• Top Ten National Parks for Wildlife Viewing

  Big Bend National Park, Texas. Gorp Top Ten

• The Texas Gulf Coast

  Early Spring Seaside Splendor. Gorp Travel

• The World of the Coast

  Wildlife and More along the Seashore. Gorp Travel

• Warblers Are Back!

  Getting to Know These Colorful but Elusive Birds. Gorp Travel

• Escaping Winter's Chill

  Paddling at Big Bend National Park. Gorp Travel

• GORP Family Feedback

  Fall Around the Country. Gorp Travel

• Burning Issues

  Experiments in Restoration. Gorp Travel

• Family Weekender: Dallas

  Family Fun Minutes from the Metroplex. Gorp Travel

• Observing the Fall Bird Migration

  Gulf Coast. Gorp Travel

• The Best Places to View Bats in the United States and Canada

  The Vacationer's Guide To Bat Watching, Part II. Gorp Travel

• Winter Wandering

  The South. Gorp Travel

• Top Ten Kid-Tested Rivers

  Neches River, Texas. Gorp Top Ten

• Top Ten Parks for Spring

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• Paddling and Pedaling

  Big Bend of the Rio Grande. Gorp Travel

• Top Ten Spots for Spring Birding

  Central: It's Raining Birds: The Upper Texas Coast. Gorp Top Ten

• Paddling Our Wild Shores

  Padre Island National Seashore, Texas. Gorp Travel

• Top Ten U.S. Caves

  Don't Mess with Texas: Caverns of Sonora, Texas. Gorp Top Ten

• Articles by John Grassy

  Natural Communities. Gorp Travel

• Wild & Scenic Rivers - Southwest

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• Attack of the Single Track

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• Presidential Treats and Retreats

  Traveling in the footsteps of the POTUS. Away Travel
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