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Densely wooded park with shady campsites, picnic areas, a lake with fishing and canoe rentals, and a horse riding stable with horses for hire for guided trail rides. RV sites available.
Huntsville State Park is a 2,083.2-acre (843 ha) wooded recreational area, six miles (10 km) southwest of Huntsville, Texas, within Walker County, Texas, United States and the Sam Houston National Forest. The park opened in 1956 and is managed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
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This 96-mile hiking trail connects various tracts of the Sam Houston National Forest. A part of the trail connects to Huntsville State Park. Access in Huntsville is via Trailhead #7, on the I-45 feeder lanes, south of town. This is an excellent place for backpacking and for nature watching. Bring food and water, there are usually no facilities other than parking lots at the trailheads.
Dog-run log cabin Sam Houston built and lived in while first senator of the State of Texas, circa 1846.
Museum and historical grounds for the Texan patriarch, including the Woodland Home and Steamboat House where he spent his final years, and a blacksmith shop and other buildings.
An interesting, if whitewashed, view of life and death behind bars in Texas. History of criminal correction in Texas with artifacts and documents describing life in "the big house".