Although the original site of the 1690 mission has not been found, Mission Tejas State Park offers hikers a chance to walk an original segment of El Camino Real de los Tejas.

Fort Boggy gives visitors a taste of frontier life during the Mexican period.

Bastrop State Park offers solitude, family fun, and a glimpse of the history of El Camino Real de los Tejas.

McKinney Falls State Park provides a good impression of the diverse ecosystems traversed by travelers along El Camino Real de los Tejas.

Acequia technology, developed by Moorish inhabitants of Spain's driest regions, provides a concrete link between Spanish settlements in the Old and New Worlds. It allowed residents of what would become the American Southwest to farm widely and effectively.

The oldest park in Texas, and one of the oldest in the entire nation, San Pedro Springs has deep connections to both American Indian and European settlement in the San Antonio era.