Texas Park Road 30

Park Road 30
	Balmorhea State Park Road
	PR 30 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by TxDOT
Length	0.277 mi[1] (0.446 km)
Existed	1941[1]–present
Major junctions
South end	Balmorhea State Park
North end	SH 17 in Toyahvale
Location
Counties	Reeves
Highway system

Park Road 30 (PR 30), also known as Balmorhea State Park Road, is a short Park Road located in the western region of the U.S. state of Texas. The route is 0.277 miles (0.446 km) long, and connects Balmorhea State Park to State Highway 17 (SH 17) in Toyahvale in southwestern Reeves County. The route is made up of several individual drives within the park. The route was first built by the CCC in the mid-1930s, and was designated as PR 30 in 1941. The highway is maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).

Route description

Camping area at Balmorhea State Park

The main roadway of PR 30 begins at the circulating drive around the parking lot in front of the concession building of the swimming pool at San Solomon Springs. The route proceeds to the north with a spur branching off to the east to the San Solomon Springs Courts before passing the park headquarters near the terminus of the road at SH 17.[2][3]

An extension of PR 30 begins at the entrance to the San Solomon Springs parking lot and proceeds to the east to the park campground. At the campground, the route ends as a circular drive accessing individual camping spaces and a viewing exhibit for a reconstructed desert wetland. The circular drive is bisected by another drive with bath facilities and campsites for recreational vehicles.[2][3]

History

The main portion of PR 30 from the parking lot at the swimming pool to SH 17 including the spur to the San Solomon Springs Courts was constructed between 1935 and 1940 by Company 1856 of the Civilian Conservation Corps.[4] An 0.66-mile (1.06 km) long stretch of the spur was designated as PR 30 on April 23, 1941. On May 30, 1961, the modern routing of PR 30 was designated, including the eastward extension toward the campgrounds.[1]

Major intersections

This entire route is located in Balmorhea State Park, Reeves County.

mi[5]	km	Destinations	Notes
0.000	0.000	SH 17 – Balmorhea	Southern terminus
0.277	0.446	Park campgrounds	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 30". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
Balmorhea State Park (PDF) (Map). Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. 2007. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2012). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2012 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 106. OCLC 867856197. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
Staff. "TPWD Park: Balmorhea State Park". The Look of Nature: Designing Texas State Parks During the Great Depression. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
Statewide Planning Map (Map). Cartography by Transportation Planning and Programming Division. Texas Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2012.

External links

Geographic data related to Park Road 30 at OpenStreetMap

Balmorhea State Park from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department web site

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[PR_30-1] Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Park Road No. 30". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 15, 2012.

[Park_map-2] Balmorhea State Park (PDF) (Map). Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. 2007. Retrieved April 15, 2012.

[Map_106-3] Transportation Planning and Programming Division (2012). Texas County Mapbook (PDF) (Map) (2012 ed.). 1:120,000. Texas Department of Transportation. p. 106. OCLC 867856197. Retrieved April 15, 2012.

[CCC-4] Staff. "TPWD Park: Balmorhea State Park". The Look of Nature: Designing Texas State Parks During the Great Depression. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Retrieved April 15, 2012.

[State_Map-5] Statewide Planning Map (Map). Cartography by Transportation Planning and Programming Division. Texas Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2012.