FRANKLIN MOUNTAINS: When you have mountains in your 
backyard, the best thing to do is climb them ... we tell 
about it ... on Passport to Texas.

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The Franklin Mountains, site of the country's largest 
urban state park, keep watch over the people of El Paso, 
who, in turn, enjoy the park and its growing network of 
trails.

Our SP guide, Bryan Frazier explains. 

44 -- What we have discovered is parks that are in urban areas 
are great opportunities for day use, and Franklin Mountains SP 
is right there in the middle of El Paso. And, it's the largest state 
park in an urban setting, at about 24,000 acres, and there are 
already two trail loops that get a lot of use. But we looked at the 
usage plan, and with a combined effort with volunteer and park 
staff and other organizations, trying to really have an ambition 
goal of increasing that trail network by some 80 miles of multi-
use trails: hike, bike, equestrian and so, when it's all said and 
done, we're looking at more than 100 miles of multi-use trails 
inside FMSP, and I think that would be a great benefit to the 
park and the people of the area.

Thanks Bryan.

That's our show ... Remember: Life's Better Outside ... 
For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti. 















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