The Lake Mineral Wells Trailway follows the route of the former Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway that closed entirely in 1992. The railroad was opened in 1891. Some of the line was abandoned in sections, and the rest was subsequently merged into the Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1988. The following year, the line changed ownership again to the town of Mineral Wells, who purchased the line from MP and operated it as the Mineral Wells and Eastern until 1992 when the remainder of

Mineral Wells, Texas. Home of Crazy Water and Lake Mineral Wells State Park #texas #crazywater #texasstateparks | Amy Rose

Airing this week on our PBS show: Ride, walk, or hike Lake Mineral Wells Trailway. Try a mentored hunt and learn how to prepare meat from field to fork and see how biologists are tackling an exotic species. Watch on your local television public broadcast station or Texas Parks and Wildlife youtube. See these stories and more at bit.ly/MustSeeTxTV | Texas Parks and Wildlife

Look what we spotted at the Lake Mineral Wells Park Store! 🌱 | Lake Mineral Wells State Park & Trailway - Texas Parks and Wildlife

Shout out to Lake Mineral Wells State Park & Trailway - my winner for one of the nicest camping bathroom facilities! (Yes - this is really how I judge all camping locations - haha) Also the hiking and kayaking was fabulous! Two take aways from our Girl Scouts camping trip - First the kayaking... (one of my favorite things to do.) We had 13 girls on this trip... many were a little nervous about kayaking... some a lot.... but in the end all 13 were loving it! Now that is a BIG WIN WIN in my eyes!