Goliad State Park and Historic Site is a state park located along the San Antonio River on the southern edge of Goliad, Texas, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (#01000258) on March 12, 2001. It is managed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Park The main park features campsites, screened shelters, group hall, amphitheater and a reconstruction of Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga (commonly known as Mission Espíritu Santo). The El Camino Real de los Tejas Visitors Center, Zaragoza Birthplace State Historic Site and ruins of Mission Nuestra Señora del Rosario are separate outlying units of the park.
Nature Plants American sycamore, pecan, cedar elm, and red mulberry grow along the San Antonio River. Honey mesquite and anacua are in the drier areas of the park. The Goliad Anacua is a historic, large anacua tree located near the entrance of Mission Espíritu Santo. The tree is estimated to be nearly two centuries old.
Animals Mammals include White-tailed deer, eastern fox squirrel, Mexican long-nosed armadillo, collared peccary, gray fox, ringtail, and bobcat. The park has many colonies of leafcutter ant. Reptiles include Texas spiny lizard, green anole, common spotted whiptail, red-eared slider and coachwhip.
See also
List of Texas state parks List of Texas State Historic Sites National Register of Historic Places listings in Goliad County, Texas Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Goliad County
References
External links
Goliad State Park & Historic Site The Look of Nature: Designing Texas State Parks During the Great Depression—Goliad Home movie from the Baylor family of Goliad State Park on Texas Archive of the Moving Image