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Franklin Delano Roosevelt State
Park is located on Pine Mountain in Harris County. This 10,000-acre park
features two lakes, hiking and backpacking trails, an FDR Museum, and warm
springs famous for their curative powers. The 500-acre Pine Mountain Animal
Park allows visitors the opportunity to observe giraffes, camels, zebras,
llamas, buffalo, elk and antelopes in natural habitats. Other attractions at
the animal park include a monkey house, a serpentorium and an alligator
pit.
The nationally
known Callaway Gardens Resort is located in the county. The 12,000-acre resort
features 63 holes of golf, a 1,000-acre hunting preserve and one of the largest
botanical gardens in the world. The Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center, featuring
more than 50 species of tropical butterflies, and the John A. Sibley
Horticultural Center are located within the resort.
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