Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park — LBJ Ranch

The LBJ Ranch, which Johnson called his “Texas White House,” is located along the Pedernales River in the Hill Country outside Stonewall. Johnson was born in a small farmhouse nearby in 1908, and the reconstructed birthplace — situated next to the family cemetery where he is buried — remains one of the park’s most visited points. Johnson returned to the ranch repeatedly throughout his presidency, hosting foreign leaders, conducting negotiations, and recuperating from the relentless pace of Washington.

The National Park Service acquired the working ranch after Lady Bird Johnson’s death in 2007 and operates it in partnership with the LBJ Foundation. Bus tours from the visitor center take guests past the airstrip where Air Force One landed, the cattle pens, and the reconstructed one-room schoolhouse where Johnson received his early education. The property conveys the deep connection between Johnson’s agrarian roots and the sweeping ambitions of his Great Society domestic agenda.