Franklin Mountains State Park
Subnational Park · El Paso, Texas
Twenty-four thousand acres of Chihuahuan Desert mountain wilderness lying entirely inside the city limits of El Paso — thirty-seven square miles of tilted fault-block range holding some of the oldest rock in Texas, with peaks above 7,000 feet and more than 125 miles of trail. It is generally described as the largest urban state park in the United States, and it exists because El Paso conservationists fought off development in the late 1970s.
Tom Mays Access Road, off Transmountain Road, El Paso, Texas, 79911, United States
Open year-round; ⚠ a visitor reports the main day-use area closing at 5 PM — confirm gate hours on tpwd.texas.gov. Standard state park day-use fee; Texas State Parks Pass accepted. Tent-only primitive camping. ⚠ THE WYLER AERIAL TRAMWAY HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE SEPTEMBER 2018 and is under a $27 million reconstruction with no announced reopening date.
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