by Matt | Feb 9, 2024 | Attractions
On February 1, 2011, the Patricia Huffman Smith NASA “Remembering Columbia” Museum opened in Hemphill, TX to commemorate the Columbia STS-107 shuttle and crew that disintegrated over East Texas upon its re-entry to Kennedy Space Center on February 1, 2003....
by Matt | Feb 9, 2024 | Attractions
Red Hill Lake is a short distance from Toledo Bend Reservoir. This 19-acre recreational lake was completed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1940. The picturesque area offers camping, fishing, and swimming. Red Hill Lake is open in the spring. Amenities...
by Matt | Feb 9, 2024 | Attractions
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...
by Matt | Feb 9, 2024 | Attractions
The Sabine National Forest is located in the piney woods of east Texas, situated on the western slopes of the Sabine River watershed within Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Jasper, and Newton counties. Sabine National Forest is the easternmost of the four national...
by Matt | Feb 9, 2024 | Attractions
The Trail Between the Lakes is a 28-mile hiking trail extending from Lakeview Recreation Area on Toledo Bend Reservoir to Highway 96 near the easternmost part of Sam Rayburn Reservoir. The trail is located entirely on U.S. Forest Service property. The woodland trails...
