• Mission San Jose

    El Camino Real de los Tejas

    National Historic Trail TX,LA

From the Rio Grande to the Red River Valley

Come on a journey that will carry you through 300 years of Louisiana and Texas frontier settlement and development on a Spanish colonial "royal road" that originally extended to Mexico City, Mexico.

Features

  • Original Route sign

    Tell-Tale Signs

    The land tells a story. Ruts & creek crossings, missions & presidios chronicle life on the trail. Follow the stories by following these road signs.

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  • Passport book

    Your Passport to the Trail

    Over 15 sites at museums, historic sites, missions, presidios, and parks offer the Passport stamp as well as education, inspiration, and good fun.

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  • Map of El Camino Real de las Tejas NHT

    A Complete Set of Tools

    Ready to follow the trail? Need a map? Your toolkit includes maps, visitor information links, and an array of trip planning tips.

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  • Planners planning for the new trail

    A Plan for the Future

    A Comprehensive Management Plan/Environmental Assessment is available as of September 2011.

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  • Official logo for El Camino Real de las Tejas NHT

    Howdy Partner

    The National Park Service works with federal, state, county, and local agencies, tribes and private individuals as partners to administer the trail.

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  • Sugarloaf Bridge, Milam County

    Much Ado About Something

    This is a story of exploration, adventure, conquest, revolt, trade, migration, and settlement. Read all about it here.

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Did You Know?

Daughters of the American Revolution granite marker sits on El Camino Real de los Tejas

Long-standing rivalries of European colonial powers for control of lands in the New World were played out along evolving travel routes that became El Camino Real de los Tejas, now a national historic trail.