A group of re-enactors fire a cannon. A large plume of smoke emanates from the barrel

Boom: Cannon Demonstration

Witness our trained staff demonstrate how a cannon is safely loaded and fired and experience the thrill of live cannon fire every half hour!

Garden scene with side images

Adventures in Nature: A Caddo Mounds Creative STEM Camp

Join us for six days of nature adventures and family fun. Adventures in Nature is a STEM camp designed for families to learn and explore together. Learn about five different ecological systems and Caddo culture while being creative.

cotton in baskets

White Gold: Cotton in Texas

This special program gives visitors the hands-on opportunity to work alongside historic interpreters picking and weighing cotton from the fields.

Garden scene with side images

Adventures in Nature: A Caddo Mounds Creative STEM Camp

Join us for six days of nature adventures and family fun. Adventures in Nature is a STEM camp designed for families to learn and explore together. Learn about five different ecological systems and Caddo culture while being creative.

cotton in baskets

White Gold: Cotton in Texas

This special program gives visitors the hands-on opportunity to work alongside historic interpreters picking and weighing cotton from the fields.

Three different types of birds posing in their natural environments.

Bird Watching at the Battleground

From the 1,210-foot long marsh trail and boardwalk, visitors will spot coastal birds like the Red-winged Blackbird, Roseate Spoonbill, Wood Stork, Mottled Duck, Osprey, and White Pelican as well as other wetland denizens such as the River Otter.

A hand shovel in dirt.

San Jacinto Family Day: Dirt Detectives

We’ve created puzzles using images of real artifacts found during archaeological excavations at the San Jacinto Battleground. See if you can put them back together, and figure out what the object is and what it was used for, just life a real archaeologist!

Photograph of man singing on stage with audience in the background.

Hoggtoberfest

Join us for Hoggtoberfest, a celebration of German heritage in Texas. We will have food, beer, live music, games, and a vendor market. Please see our Facebook page for more information.

A line of six men dressed in 1830s period clothing fire muskets while standing in a green field, white smoke billowing away from the barrels.

Fire!: Arms Demo

Venture to this historic battleground to experience some of the thunderous sounds of battle as San Jacinto Battleground staff demonstrate how to fire a musket and rifle, weapons both the Mexican and Texian armies utilized on the fateful day that won Texan independence.

A group of bike riders dressed in athletic clothing pedal along the road of the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site. The shaft of the San Jacinto Monument stands on the left side of the image.

Cycling Saturdays

The roads within the San Jacinto State Historic Site will open early for bicyclists. Travel our 7.5 miles of site roads and see the battleground where Texas was won at your own pace. No motorized vehicles will be allowed into the site during this time to promote safe bicycling.