Calendar of Events

Cooking

August 2025

Aug 30
10:00a
End Date

*Cancelled 8/30/25* Cowboy Coffee and Dutch Oven Cooking

Copper Breaks State Park
Join a park ranger to learn how homesteaders and cowboys would brew coffee and make breakfast while out on the range. Most importantly, you get to taste the results!
Aug 30
10:00a
End Date

Cowboy Coffee

Copper Breaks State Park
Try coffee as it would have been made on the Texas cattle drives of the 1800's.

September 2025

Sep 6
9:00a
End Date

Dutch Oven Cooking

Daingerfield State Park
Interested in learning to cook in a Dutch oven over a campfire? Daingerfield State Park is the place to be!
Sep 13
9:00a
End Date

Cooking on the Dance Floor

Abilene State Park
Learn to cook the old fashioned way!
Sep 13
9:30a
End Date

Dutch Oven Demonstration and Potluck with the Lone Star Dutch Oven Society

Cedar Hill State Park
Learn how to cook the old-fashioned way!
Sep 13
6:00p
End Date

Girl Scouts Love State Parks

Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Johnson Branch Unit
Join us for several nature activities after dark!
Sep 20
10:00a
End Date

Cooking up History

Fort Richardson State Park & Historic Site / Lost Creek Reservoir State Trailway
Join us as we explore how campsite cooking has changed from the Texas frontier days to today.
Sep 20
10:00a
End Date

Dust Bowl Cooking

Bonham State Park
Join Ranger Linda on a cooking adventure and learn a new cooking technique, pre-dating modern backpack stoves.
Sep 26
9:00a
End Date

How WOOD you use it?

Fort Leaton State Historic Site
Mesquite is one of the most common woody plants of the Big Bend and has many uses. The Mesquite Bean is a highly utilized product of the tree and can be made into food.

October 2025

Oct 4
9:00a
End Date

Dutch Oven Cooking

Daingerfield State Park
Interested in learning to cook in a Dutch oven over a campfire? Daingerfield State Park is the place to be!
Oct 11
9:00a
End Date

Cooking on the Dance Floor

Abilene State Park
Learn to cook the old fashioned way!
Oct 18
10:00a
End Date

Dutch Oven 101

Bonham State Park
Join Ranger Linda to learn the ins-and-outs of cast-iron cooking.
Oct 18
10:00a
End Date

Lake Somerville Fall Festival🍂

Lake Somerville State Park - Nails Creek Unit
Join us for horseback riding, Dutch oven cooking, fishing activities, archery education, water safety, and family-friendly fun.

November 2025

Nov 1
9:00a
End Date

Dutch Oven Cooking

Daingerfield State Park
Interested in learning to cook in a Dutch oven over a campfire? Daingerfield State Park is the place to be!
Nov 8
9:00a
End Date

Cooking on the Dance Floor

Abilene State Park
Learn to cook the old fashioned way!
Nov 15
10:00a
End Date

Dutch Oven 101

Bonham State Park
Join Ranger Linda to learn the ins-and-outs of cast-iron cooking.

December 2025

Dec 6
9:00a
End Date

Dutch Oven Cooking

Daingerfield State Park
Interested in learning to cook in a Dutch oven over a campfire? Daingerfield State Park is the place to be!
Dec 13
9:00a
End Date

Cooking on the Dance Floor

Abilene State Park
Learn to cook the old fashioned way!

January 2026

Jan 17
10:00a
End Date

Explore Bowhunting

Goose Island State Park
Join us for a hands-on workshop that will get you ready to go out and harvest your first deer with a bow.