Texas Highways Magazine

Texas Highways, the official travel magazine of Texas, encourages recreational travel within Texas and tells the Texas story to readers around the world. Renowned for its photography, statewide events coverage, top weekend excursions, off-the-beaten path discoveries, and scenic destinations, Texas Highways helps readers discover the treasures of the Lone Star State.

Texas Highways Magazine

High-Water Mark

MERGE • Texas skies and wildflowers never disappoint. This is stunning.

ROADMAP

USS Lexington

Penny Pinchers • This Coppell company turns currency into collectibles

Splash Pads • Take swimming to the next level at a floating pool and other refreshing hotel retreats

PANORAMA

Hold Steady • Even after two devastating hurricanes, Rockport remains one of the state’s top beach destinations

Texs Highways

POSTCARDS

GRAIN BY GRAIN • THE SALT DUNES AND FLATS OF THE CHIHUAHUAN DESERT TEACH LESSONS IN ALCHEMY

MR. OPTIMISTIC • ACTOR AND NEW MEMOIRIST JEFF HILLER IS PRO HOPE AND COMPASSION

HIDDEN TREASURES • A GEOHERITAGE PROJECT IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AIMS TO PRESERVE MILLIONS OF YEARS OF HISTORY

TURTLE POWER • BIOLOGIST THERESA MORRIS OVERSEES THE SEA TURTLE HOSPITAL IN GALVESTON

TIED TO A STRING • A SON OF CIVIL UNREST FINDS EQUILIBRIUM IN THE POOL HALLS OF AUSTIN

The REEL DEALS • Whether you’re making a pilgrimage all the way from Nederland to Port Isabel or thinking about a quick hop over to Rockport for a long weekend, mark your map (and save your appetite) for these 20 TIMELESS COASTAL DIVES

Live and Let Dive • USE THIS QUICK-AND-EASY CHECKLIST TO MAKE SURE YOUR HALLOWED COASTAL HAUNT IS LEGIT

Stay Current • READY FOR YOUR OWN SEAFOOD PILGRIMAGE? CONSIDER SETTING UP BASE CAMP AT ONE OF THESE BEACH BEAUTIES.

Buckle Up • THE GAFF BAR HAS TURNED A WOODWORKING STAPLE INTO AN ECCENTRIC NEW SPORT

Scale Up • BOBBY CHAMPION JR. FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE RECOMMENDS THESE LESSER-KNOWN GULF CLASSICS THAT ALSO DESERVE A SPOT ON YOUR PLATE

A Dose of Vitamin Sea

GUAD ahhh LUPE • A GUIDE TO THE STATE’S MOST RELIABLE RECREATIONAL RIVER

Healing Waters • A SEARCH FOR WELLNESS AT TEXAS’ STORIED MINERAL SPAS

FUEL

Seas the Day • Fung’s Kitchen has been schooling Houston on Cantonese cuisine for decades

Liquid Assets • Pearl is making a splash with a new canned water

Shell Shock • For a wave of new Gulf Coast farmers, the world is their oyster

CALENDAR • THIS MONTH IN TEXAS: EVENTS, FESTIVALS, ARTS, AND CULTURE

Let Freedom Ring • THE NATIONAL JUNETEENTH MUSEUM HOSTS ITS INAUGURAL FESTIVAL IN FORT WORTH

Chasing Waterfalls