The Texas Forts Trail, a regional heritage tourism organization, is pleased to introduce a free travel map of the 29-county Texas Forts Trail Region.

This cooperative marketing project features a poster-sized road map of Central West Texas on the front and a profile and photo of eighteen communities and six attractions from across the region on the back.

Margaret Hoogstra, regional coordinator of the Texas Forts Trail said, “This map is another tool to help people travel and explore this particular region of Texas.  The traveler may choose to follow the Forts Trail route or chart their own course to explore the region.  Either way, we hope that the traveler will become better acquainted with what the region has to offer and will decide to stop and look around.”

The communities featured on the map include Abilene, Albany, Ballinger, Brady, Brownwood, Coleman, Comanche, Dublin, Eden, Eldorado, Haskell, Jacksboro, Ma-son, Menard, Mineral Wells, San Angelo, Stephenville and Sweetwater. Featured attractions include  Fort Chadbourne, Fort Griffin Historic Site, Fort McKavett State Historic Site, Frontier Texas!, the  Old Post Office  Museum and Art Center and Possum  Kingdom Lake.

The Official Roadmap of the Texas Forts Trail Region can be ordered free by visiting the region’s website at www.TexasFortsTrail.com, or by visiting any of the chambers of commerce or visitor centers  of the featured communities or attractions included on the map. The map is also available at the Texas Travel Information Centers.

The following 29 counties comprise the Texas Forts Trail Region: Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Eastland, Erath, Fisher, Haskell, Irion, Jack, Jones, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mills, Nolan, Palo Pinto, Runnels, San Saba, Schleicher, Shackelford, Stephens, Stonewall, Taylor, Tom Green, Throckmorton and Young. For more information contact Margaret Hoogstra, regional coordinator, at (325) 795-1762.