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Davis Mountains Preserve Day Tours

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A woman with a backpack walks on stones in a river surrounded by mountains.
Guided Day Tour See the Davis Mountains Preserve in West Texas. © Jerod Foster
Event Overview

The Nature Conservancy's (TNC) Davis Mountains Preserve is a wildlife refuge in the highest country of the Davis Mountains in far West Texas. This sky island is a unique ecosystem harboring plants and wildlife that are seen in few, if any, other places in Texas, including ponderosa pine and quaking aspen, Montezuma quail, mountain short-horned lizards and Mexican black bears.

2026 Davis Mountains Preserve Guided Day Tours:

These tours require reservations, which can be obtained from this website one month before the tour. For example, reservation sign-ups for the March 13, 2026 tour will be posted at the top of this page by February 13, 2026:

  • March 13, 2026
  • March 20, 2026
  • June 26, 2026
  • August 28, 2026
  • November 13, 2026

Details

We are pleased to offer guided day tours of the Davis Mountains Preserve, which include a presentation on TNC's work in West Texas, a driving tour of the preserve and an interpretive hike. THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS PRESERVE IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON THESE TOUR DATES.

Important info about the tours:

  • Hiking difficulty: easy to moderate
  • Maximum participants: 30
  • Please bring a sack lunch to enjoy on the preserve.
  • Other supplies you will need: good hiking shoes, hiking poles, water, snacks and binoculars (if you have them).

For more information, contact Kaylee French by email at kaylee.french@TNC.ORG, or call 432-426-2390.

A field of green grass with small blue mountains in the background.
Preserving the best of Texas TNC's Marathon Grasslands Preserve protects critical Chihuahuan Desert grassland habitat. © Jerod Foster
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