After 0.6 miles (1.0 km) the road comes to the ranger station where the park user fee is collected.

Going southeast for 0.2 miles (0.3 km), the road passes the 40 Acre Lake parking lot.

The road then angles to the northeast for 0.6 miles (1.0 km), passing a parking lot on the left.

[2] PR 72 was originally designated on August 21, 1978 in Hale Ranch State Park in Fort Bend County.

The road began at the park entrance on FM 762 and ran eastward about 4.4 miles (7.1 km).