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Name
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Image
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Date
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Location
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County
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Ownership
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Description
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1
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Attwater Prairie Chicken Preserve
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1968
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29°40′08″N 96°16′00″W / 29.668827°N 96.266751°W / 29.668827; -96.266751 (Attwater Prairie Chicken Preserve)
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Colorado
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federal/US Fish & Wildlife Service
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Contains the——only significant segment of gulf coastal prairie.
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2
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Bayside Resaca Area
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1980
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26°13′45″N 97°20′50″W / 26.229081°N 97.347231°W / 26.229081; -97.347231 (Bayside Resaca Area)
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Cameron
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federal/US Fish & Wildlife Service
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Located in Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, contains an excellent example of a resaca.
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3
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Catfish Creek
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1983
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31°54′27″N 95°54′09″W / 31.90750°N 95.90250°W / 31.90750; -95.90250 (Catfish Creek)
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Anderson
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state/Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife
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One of the few remaining undisturbed riparian habitats in the western Gulf Coastal Plain
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4
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Caverns of Sonora
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1965
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30°33′18″N 100°48′44″W / 30.55500°N 100.81222°W / 30.55500; -100.81222 (Caverns of Sonora)
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Sutton
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private
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Contains unusual formations, such as bladed helictites and coralloid growths
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5
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Devil's Sinkhole
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1972
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30°00′57″N 100°12′31″W / 30.015773°N 100.208552°W / 30.015773; -100.208552 (Devil's Sinkhole)
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Edwards
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state/Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife
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A deep, bell-shaped, collapsed limestone sink.
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6
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Dinosaur Valley State Park
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1968
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32°14′46″N 97°48′48″W / 32.246194°N 97.813375°W / 32.246194; -97.813375 (Dinosaur Valley State Park)
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Somervell
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state/Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife
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The only known source of distinct and full-grown sauropod footprints.
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7
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Ezell's Cave
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1971
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Hays
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private
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Houses at least 36 species of cave fauna.
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8
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Enchanted Rock
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1971
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30°29′46″N 98°49′12″W / 30.496033°N 98.819952°W / 30.496033; -98.819952 (Enchanted Rock)
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Gillespie, Llano
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state/Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife
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A classic illustration of a batholith and of the "exfoliation process."
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9
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Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge
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1980
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32°50′36″N 97°28′38″W / 32.843450°N 97.477225°W / 32.843450; -97.477225 (Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge)
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Tarrant
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municipal/City of Fort Worth
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Contains outstanding examples of the unique oak-hickory forest associations called cross timbers.
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10
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Greenwood Canyon
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1975
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Montague
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private
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A rich source of early Cretaceous mammalian fossils.
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11
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High Plains Natural Area
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1980
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34°55′10″N 102°06′40″W / 34.919517°N 102.111118°W / 34.919517; -102.111118 (High Plains Natural Area)
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Randall
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federal/US Fish & Wildlife Service
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One of the best developed, least disturbed natural shortgrass climax communities remaining in the Great Plains. Part of Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
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12
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Little Blanco River Bluff
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1982
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Blanco
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private
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An unspoiled example of the limestone bluff communities of the Edwards Plateau.
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13
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Longhorn Cavern
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1971
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30°41′04″N 98°21′03″W / 30.684441°N 98.350970°W / 30.684441; -98.350970 (Longhorn Cavern)
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Burnet
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state/Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife
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State park contains an outstanding example of cave features formed during the phreatic phase of development.
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14
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Lost Maples State Natural Area
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1980
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29°48′28″N 99°34′15″W / 29.807719°N 99.570697°W / 29.807719; -99.570697 (Lost Maples State Natural Area)
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Bandera, Real
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state/Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife
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An excellent illustration of Edwards Plateau flora and "fauna."
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15
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Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge
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1980
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33°57′19″N 102°46′37″W / 33.955295°N 102.776973°W / 33.955295; -102.776973 (Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge)
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Bailey
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federal/US Fish & Wildlife Service
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Saline lake beds, and shortgrass grama grasslands characteristic of the high plains.
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16
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Odessa Meteor Crater
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1965
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31°45′25″N 102°28′45″W / 31.756998°N 102.479125°W / 31.756998; -102.479125 (Odessa Meteor Crater)
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Ector
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county
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Contains two meteorite impact craters. The largest is 550 feet (170 m) in diameter.
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17
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Palo Duro Canyon State Park
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1976
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34°59′05″N 101°42′07″W / 34.984709°N 101.701867°W / 34.984709; -101.701867 (Palo Duro Canyon State Park)
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Armstrong, Randall
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state/Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife
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Spectacular canyon that is an excellent example of a landform created by, running water.
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18
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Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge
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1966
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26°05′07″N 98°08′04″W / 26.08522°N 98.13448°W / 26.08522; -98.13448 (Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge)
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Hidalgo
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federal/US Fish & Wildlife Service
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A living museum of the lowland forested area of the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
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19
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Natural Bridge Caverns
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1971
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29°41′32″N 98°20′34″W / 29.692351°N 98.342760°W / 29.692351; -98.342760 (Natural Bridge Caverns)
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Comal
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private
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A multilevel cavern system containing unusual speleothems and intricate helictites.
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20
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Cave Without a Name
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2009
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29°52′45″N 98°38′31″W / 29.8791769°N 98.6419260°W / 29.8791769; -98.6419260 (Cave Without a Name)
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Kendall
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private
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Contains rare and nationally outstanding examples of speleothems.
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