INTERACTIVE TRAIL MAP
Designated as a National Historic Trail by congress in 2004, El Camino Real de los Tejas (Highway 6 in Louisiana and Highway 21 in Texas) has existed for more than 300 years.
El Camino Real has its easternmost beginning in Natchitoches, Louisiana and in Texas runs southwesterly from the piney woods through rolling hills and ranch lands to the arid lands of South Texas and into Mexico.
The Spaniards and the French that marked the trail were followed by such men as Moses Austin and his son Stephen Fuller Austin (The Father of Texas), Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett, Sam Houston, and early missionaries of multiple faiths.
An abundance of historic cities await the modern day traveler on the Texas stretch of El Camino Real, which ties together some of Texas's oldest towns including San Antonio, Bastrop, Crockett, Alto, Nacogdoches, and San Augustine.
Download the TxDoT/THC produced brochure on El Camino Real de los Tejas [1.71 MB pdf file]
ECR de los Tejas Links