El Paso, TX

Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site in El Paso

Address: 6900 Hueco Tanks Road No 1, El Paso TX 79938 - MAP
Phone: (915) 857-1135
Web: www.tpwd.state.tx.us

Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site is a world-renown park named for its natural rock basins or "huecos" that have gathered rainwater for the early inhabitants of the region.

The historic, 900-acre site opened to the public in 1970. Here, visitors can view breathtaking rock paintings that depict everyday and stories passed down by the Archaic hunters and Native Americans that have inhabited the area. Paintings include more than 200 designs or masks left by the prehistoric Jornada Mogollon culture.

The visitor's center is located in a historic ranch house. Nearby are the ruins of a stagecoach station.

Popular activities here include rock climbing, bouldering, birding, camping and hiking.