lyndon b. johnson state park & historic site

This should not be missed! You get to drive throughout the LBJ ranch, which takes you through giant oak trees and through areas where cattle may saunter onto the road! I learned so much about LBJ's legacy. The tour takes you to the grave sites of LBJ and Lady Bird, the old one room school house where LBJ attended, a reproduction of the house where he was born, and the Texas White House. This final spot was fantastic. You get a complete tour of the house where LBJ ran things when he wasn't in DC. The docent provided wonderful anecdotes. There is also a hangar with the presidential jet that LBJ used.

Beautiful grounds, on the banks of the Pedernales River. Lots of room to roam for a family. Start at the visitor center and proceed at your own pace, in your own vehicle. Guided tour of the LBJ residence. If you at all have an interest in the history of the 1960s and the role (and roots) of Lyndon Johnson -- or just want a quiet retreat from the hustle and bustle of Fredericksburg, we highly recommend a visit. If you want to learn before (or after) your visit, read Robert Caro's books on LBJ and the times.

Visiting over President's Day Weekend afforded us a free visit of the Texas White House. We enjoyed the Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm. We especially enjoyed the animals and the kitchen interpreter / Park Ranger who told us the many ways the milk was used. Our kids enjoyed driving around and stopping at the different historical sites. We slowed to observe the animals on our drive. To top off our visit, we participated in a tour of the Texas White House. The guide was informative and answered our young children's questions. Great experience!

The CD led driving tour of the ranch followed by the park ranger led tour of the Texas White House was a great way to learn about (or bring back those distant memories of) LBJ and his family. It is very well preserved, informative, educational, and fun.

Our visit and tour of the Historic Park was a great adventure for me personally. As a young kid of 12, President Johnson visited our hometown after a massive hurricane and I got a chance to wave at him. As for the tour, we were given introductory comments by one of his former Secret Service Agents. He had several funny stories that gave a greater insight into the man and his legacy, LBJ. The home of Lady Bird and the President is very well preserved and includes his working office, clothing and his limousines. A personal favorite of mine were some of the phone conversations that he had with various leaders in the Congress and the Senate. There is one in particular that I found quite warm between him and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Plan to spend at least 2 full hours to see everything.

LBJ's Texas White House is a little more than an hour drive from Austin. If you want to get to know LBJ, go to the ranch. Easy to see that it was a family home until 2007 when Lady Bird died. Ranger-led tour full of stories (such as how LBJ loved telephones and mirrors in the bath room that gave him a 360-degree view of himself!). Take the time to drive around the ranch to see the place where LBJ restored his energy.

Our visit to LBJ ranch was one of the highlights of our texas road trip.In the hill country it's glimpse of a man who was bought up in a three room cottage to become the leader of the free world.

On our way home from Fredericksburg, we stopped at the LBJ State Park and Historic Site in Stonewall, TX. My main interest was to see the LBJ Ranch House also known as "The Texas White House." You have to get a driving permit (free) at the visitor center. They give you a map around the park and you can do your own driving sightseeing. At the actual house, you can only visit inside with a tour of the first floor by a park ranger ($3). If you lived around that era and are interested in history, etc. it is very interesting to learn about the things that happened there. Note that after Lady Byrd died, 680 acres were given to the state park system; however, there are still another 2000 acres that belong to the Johnson family. Very interesting for sure. By the way - LBJ, Lady Byrd, and other family members are buried there.

This is a great slice of Texas history. Starting with the visitor's center you get some nice displays of the history of the area, what life was like during the early years and LBJ's boyhood life in the area. A short distance away is a working farm depicting life from the late 1800's to the early 1900's. There are usually people on site enacting life during the early years of Texas history. They are friendly and explain anything that interests you.The visitor's center will give you a driving pass and a map to the rest of the park. You can visit an old schoolhouse, the cabin where LBJ was born, a great old dogtrot cabin while driving through the beautiful park.At the end is the house where LBJ and Ladybird lived which was called the Texas Whitehouse because they spent so much time there while LBJ was president. This is a very good tour and cost a whopping 3 dollars. You get to see how they setup the house to conduct presidential business along with how they managed their personal life during those times. A required stop for anyone interested in Texas history.

learned alot about all the programs he set up and got passed.nice home.did not know he had his own airstrip on his property.

We had a great visit to the LBJ Park and Historic Site. It was all very interesting in a number of ways. There was the historic, recreated homestead where we were informed and could see what life at the turn of the 20th century was like.The highlights, of course, were the self driven, audio tour of the ranch and the tour of the house. For me the place was filled with history, memories of news and historic events, and putting it all in the context of the location was wonderful. I found it fascinating. The ranger who led our house tour did a great job. The audio recording for the driving tour of the ranch was done very well. A highlight for me? Well who knew that LBJ was a "taper" just like Nixon? The historic site welcome station had several recorded phone calls that we listened to. Hearing the voices, listening to the discussions, was amazing - it brought back memories of a very intense time in American history. The phone call between LBJ and Attorney General Robert Kennedy on the morning following the passage of the Voting Rights Act, discussing what the reaction was "in the south" and what the governors were saying, was particularly interesting and hearing though two voices, very familiar even after all these years, was really a great experience.It was a hot day, we walked a lot, but the place was compelling and we didn't mind at all. Highly recommended.

Everything Is so well-explained, both verbally and in the placards around the two distinct sites. Taking the ranger led tour at the ranch would have to be a given as without taking the tour, you'll never see the house or hear all the intriguing details of life with the president. The settlement site in Johnson City is also very well done, although for me, it's quite secondary.

Interesting three hours. See the house he was born in , the Texas White House where he died, and where he and his wife Lady Bird are buried. Nothing pretentious. Sixties technology. Telephones with long cords, three tvs because there were only three channels and no remotes. When extra space was needed a new extension was added to the building. LBJ was a workaholic and spent about 18 hour a day on the job. He spent about one fifth of his time as president in his Texas house. The property is also a working ranch and one can take a motor tour around it. it brought back many memories of what was happening in the world at that time.

Drove from Fredericksburg to Stonewall to visit the Johnson ranch and Western Whitehouse. You drive around the ranch and then spend 3 dollars per person to go on a ranger guided tour of the Johnson home with all its multiline telephones. He had a phone at the dinner table and even in both the his and hers bathrooms.

LBJ's ranch home and burial site. See the home he spent hundreds of days in making decisions. Tour the house. See the bed he died in. original decor from the '60's. So interesting.