Fourteen miles to the west is the LBJ Ranch, now part of the Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park. Stop by the Visitor Center to get your free park permit, a map and a free CD audio tour; admission is only charged if you opt to take the half-hour tour of the Johnson home.
The park is a beautiful piece of Texas land where LBJ was born, lived and died. It includes the Johnson birthplace, the one-room schoolhouse where he briefly attended school and a neighboring farm that now serves as a living history museum. The centerpiece of the park is the ranch house where LBJ and Lady Bird lived and where he spent so much time during his presidency that it became known as the 'Texas White House.'
You can also see the airfield that he and other foreign dignitaries flew into, the private jet he used as president and the Johnson family cemetery, where LBJ and Lady Bird are both buried under sprawling oak trees.
