The long-awaited Palo Pinto Mountains State Park will open for visitors in North Texas on March 1, according to the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD).

Palo Pinto Mountains State Park will be the first to open in North Texas in about 25 years.

Palo Pinto Mountains State Park in North Texas will open sometime next year. Visitors can reserve spots for a sneak peek on New Year’s Day.

At a time when Texas is booming with construction and traffic, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is working to protect the most beautiful parts of the state from development. Six of those sites, located across the Lone Star State, are dedicated to the public and will open as state parks within the next 12-15 years.

San Antonio-based grocery giant H-E-B has announced that it has partnered with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation on a number of conservation efforts across the Lone Star State.

Palo Pinto Mountains State Park sits on just over 4,871 acres in a scenic area of North Texas, roughly 75 miles west of Forth Worth.