Located within the Sabine National Forest is the Indian Mounds Wilderness Area. The Texas Wilderness Act of 1984 designated 34,000 acres of National Forest Land as wilderness. The Indian Mounds Wilderness Area totals 12,369 acres of the original designated acres. In this area, the southern pine beetle has been allowed to follow its natural course with certain limitations and thus, approximately 8,500 acres have been impacted over the last five years. The wilderness area has been managed to remain in a natural state. Visitors to the area should be aware of the possibility of falling trees due to standing dead timber from the pine beetle infestations.
The area offers camping, fishing, and boating all year, and offers excellent opportunities for hunting waterfowl on the reservoir and hunting deer and squirrel outside of the campground area. Visitors can hike to the mounds for which the area was named.