Davis Mountains State Park - Texas Parks and Wildlife

Davis Mountains State Park - Texas Parks and Wildlife An iconic state park in the rugged high desert of Far West Texas.
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06/10/2026

Our visitors often capture some of the most memorable moments in the park.
Thank you, Harley and Matt, for sharing this wonderful video of a mother fox and her babies on the Montezuma Quail Trail.
Amazing what you can witness when you disconnect from the noise and reconnect with the world around you.
Have a photo or video from Davis Mountains State Park? We'd love to see what you've discovered!

Thanks everyone for attending today’s Art in the Park program. We got creative with scrapbooking paper and made various ...
06/06/2026

Thanks everyone for attending today’s Art in the Park program. We got creative with scrapbooking paper and made various scenes of the park.

📷 TPWD staff

The region 1 office, located in Davis Mountains State Park, is looking for a new administrative assistant IV.Working for...
05/30/2026

The region 1 office, located in Davis Mountains State Park, is looking for a new administrative assistant IV.

Working for Texas Parks and Wildlife comes with great benefits (health insurance, paid time off).

Contact info is below ⬇️

We want your stories!Do you have a family member who:- worked for the CCC company responsible for building the historic ...
05/28/2026

We want your stories!

Do you have a family member who:

- worked for the CCC company responsible for building the historic sections of the Indian Lodge State Park or Skyline Drive?
- worked at the Lodge or park during the 1930s - 1960s?
- still has photos from that time period?

If so, let us know. Thanks

📷 TPWD staff

Let’s meet a few more hardworking team members at Indian Lodge.Brandon Matura has served as the office manager since ear...
05/20/2026

Let’s meet a few more hardworking team members at Indian Lodge.

Brandon Matura has served as the office manager since early 2024. His background was in the cruise ship industry. He enjoys views of the park from Skyline Drive, hiking, and the drier west Texas climate.

Carla De Hoyos joined the crew in spring of 2025 as a customer service representative. Her constant smile and warm personality lights up the front office. Carla grew up in nearby Marfa and knows the area well. She loves the scenery surrounding the Lodge. “I love showing everyone the Historic Lobby because I can’t get over the beauty of it!”

We couldn’t operate the Indian Lodge without these two. Thanks for all that you do!

Check out this beautiful painting from the early 1930s…possibly the earliest rendering of Skyline Drive.
05/14/2026

Check out this beautiful painting from the early 1930s…possibly the earliest rendering of Skyline Drive.

In November of 1934, an artist named Max Bachofen was sent to Davis Mountains by the Treasury Department's Public Works of Art Project to paint the newly built Civilian Conservation Corps camp that had recently begun work on Davis Mountains State Park and Indian Lodge.

In his assignment, he was told "In Choosing your subject I wish you would stress the life and activities of the camp proper, or any buildings or construction programs which may be in progress".

Bachofen set up his easel and got to work, completing this painting of the CCC camp, with enrollees in the foreground and possibly one of the earliest images of Skyline Drive in the background.

The original painting now rests in the collections of the Smithsonian Museum of American Art after being transferred there by the National Park Service.

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Fort Davis, TX
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