Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park

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Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park

Location:	Texas, USA
Nearest city:	Johnson City, Texas
Coordinates:	30°15′35″N, 98°26′26″W
Area:	1,570 acres (6.35 km²)
Established:	December 2, 1969
Total Visitation:	75,932 (in 2005)
Governing body:	National Park Service, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

President Johnson's birthplace.

Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park in central Texas about 50 miles west of Austin in the Texas Hill Country. The park protects the birthplace, home, and ranch of Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States. During Johnson's Administration, the LBJ Ranch was known as the Western White House.

The park is split into two units. The first unit, located in Johnson City, contains the boyhood home of Johnson, as well as his grandparent's log cabin settlement and the Johnson family cemetery. The second unit is located roughly 14 miles west of Johnson City along the Pedernales River. This unit preserves the Johnson birthplace and ranch and is cooperatively managed by the National Park Service and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The land south of the Pedernales River is operated as Lyndon B. Johnson State Historical Park. The park was authorized on December 2, 1969 as Lyndon B. Johnson National Historic Site and was redesignated as a National Historical Park on December 28, 1980. Present holdings are approximately 1,570 acres (6.4 km²), 674 acres (2.7 km²) of which are federal. The Johnson family generously continues to add to this property; their most recent donation of land was in April, 1995.