Texas Forest Trail Region

Texas Forest Trail Region We LOVE East Texas & aim to share its beauty, history & culture with the world. We've been welcoming travelers to Texas before it was even a state.

In fact, we named it. Our native settlers the Caddo, called the first Spanish explorers “Tejas”, which means friends. WHO WE ARE
The Texas Forest Trail Region was designated by the State in 2001 as an official “Heritage Region” of Texas. It is one of 10 regions in Texas which comprise the award-winning Heritage Trails Program developed by the Texas Historical Commission. WHAT WE DO
The Texas Fores

t Trail Region supports communities, historic sites and attractions in East Texas, encourages economic development through heritage tourism, education, marketing, and historic preservation initiatives. WHO WE SERVE
The Texas Forest Trail Region (501c3 nonprofit) serves communities in and travelers to a thirty-five county region in East Texas. Our office is located in downtown Nacogdoches in the award winning Convention and Visitors Bureau. MISSION STATEMENT
The Texas Forest Trail Region is a network of partners working together to foster regional economic development by promoting heritage tourism and the preservation of cultural and historic resources. We serve the following 35 counties:
Angelina • Anderson • Bowie • Camp • Case • Cherokee • Gregg • Franklin • Hardin • Harrison • Henderson • Houston • Jasper • Jefferson • Marion • Montgomery • Morris • Nacogdoches • Newton • Orange • Panola • Polk • Red River • Rusk • Sabine • San Augustine • San Jacinto • Shelby • Smith • Titus • Trinity • Tyler • Upshur • Walker • Wood

Aerial photo of Lake Bob Sandlin winter freeze in Titus County, Texas. With the cold weather in the next few days, stay ...
01/19/2025

Aerial photo of Lake Bob Sandlin winter freeze in Titus County, Texas. With the cold weather in the next few days, stay warm and safe.

📸 by Colten Harris

Photo taken along the Sabine River backwater in East Texas. The Sabine River stretches 555 miles, with a drainage basin ...
01/19/2025

Photo taken along the Sabine River backwater in East Texas. The Sabine River stretches 555 miles, with a drainage basin covering 9,756 square miles - 7,426 in Texas and the rest in Louisiana.

📸 by Haagon Lister

A view through the Synergy Park in Kilgore, Texas. Synergy Park spans 672 acres of "Business by Nature," featuring a 10-...
01/18/2025

A view through the Synergy Park in Kilgore, Texas. Synergy Park spans 672 acres of "Business by Nature," featuring a 10-acre lake, walking trails, and investment-ready sites in a scenic industrial setting. Visit Kilgore

📸 by Jessica Ross

Photo of an old oak tree in a pasture on an early morning near Longview, Texas. Longview was founded in the early 1870s ...
01/18/2025

Photo of an old oak tree in a pasture on an early morning near Longview, Texas. Longview was founded in the early 1870s when the Southern Pacific Railroad, later the Texas and Pacific, extended its tracks from Marshall into Gregg County. Visit Longview Texas

📸 by Larry Alford

Photo of a private drive taken in Queen City, Texas. Queen City, which is located in Cass County, was founded in 1877 as...
01/17/2025

Photo of a private drive taken in Queen City, Texas. Queen City, which is located in Cass County, was founded in 1877 as a stop on the Texas and Pacific Railway. That same year a post office opened, and by 1885 the community had 650 residents.

📸 by Ann Gaskin

Winter photo taken in Smith County, Texas. Did you know that in July 1846, Smith County was established from the Nacogdo...
01/17/2025

Winter photo taken in Smith County, Texas. Did you know that in July 1846, Smith County was established from the Nacogdoches District and named for Gen. James Smith, a Texas Revolution hero. Tyler became the county seat and has remained so.

📸 by Julie Garcia

Picturesque photo taken during a snowfall in Bullard, Texas. Did you know the Bullard railroad station was completed in ...
01/16/2025

Picturesque photo taken during a snowfall in Bullard, Texas. Did you know the Bullard railroad station was completed in 1884. The community soon became a shipping point for cotton, vegetables, and fruits.

📸 by Kristi Kuczkowski

A determined fisherman fishes in the cold fog on Toledo Bend in Sabine County, Texas. Did you know that certain fish, li...
01/16/2025

A determined fisherman fishes in the cold fog on Toledo Bend in Sabine County, Texas. Did you know that certain fish, like bass, crappie, and catfish, remain active in colder water. They tend to move to deeper, warmer areas, making them easier to locate and target.

📸 by Janice Carter

Winter in the Ellen Trout Memorial Park in Lufkin, Texas. The park is one of Lufkin's top attractions, featuring a renow...
01/16/2025

Winter in the Ellen Trout Memorial Park in Lufkin, Texas. The park is one of Lufkin's top attractions, featuring a renowned small-city zoo, a scenic lake stocked for fishing, and a playground. Visit Lufkin

📸 by Casey Evans

Wintery World's Richest Acre in Kilgore, Texas. During the height of the boomtown era, over 1,100 producing wells operat...
01/15/2025

Wintery World's Richest Acre in Kilgore, Texas. During the height of the boomtown era, over 1,100 producing wells operated within the city limits. In the early 1930s, a section of one downtown block stood the greatest concentration of oil derricks in the world.

📸 by Ryan Roberts

Old farm rake in the snow taken near Scroggins, Texas. Located in Franklin County, the community developed around Milt S...
01/15/2025

Old farm rake in the snow taken near Scroggins, Texas. Located in Franklin County, the community developed around Milt Scroggins' sawmill and became a shipping hub after the East Line and Red River Railroad was built in 1877.

📸 by Tiffany Tillema

Photo taken in Neches, Texas. In 1872, the International-Great Northern Railroad was built through the area, and J.J. Da...
01/14/2025

Photo taken in Neches, Texas. In 1872, the International-Great Northern Railroad was built through the area, and J.J. Davis and Murdock McDonald donated land for a train station and townsite. Originally called Nechesville, the community changed its name to Neches in 1892.

📸 by Robin Munn

Taken in a backyard in the Garden Valley area in Smith County, Texas. Garden Valley, which is seven miles west of Lindal...
01/13/2025

Taken in a backyard in the Garden Valley area in Smith County, Texas. Garden Valley, which is seven miles west of Lindale, is on land that was originally part of the Edward B. Ragsdale survey. A post office opened there in 1852.

📸 by Samuel Bender

Cardinal enjoying the recent winter weather in Red River County, Texas. Did you know that Red River County was formally ...
01/13/2025

Cardinal enjoying the recent winter weather in Red River County, Texas. Did you know that Red River County was formally delineated by an act of the Republic of Texas and signed by President Sam Houston in 1837.

📸 by Lori Jones

Cold day east of Mount Enterprise in Rusk County, Texas. Did you know that the town of Mount Enterprise was named for a ...
01/12/2025

Cold day east of Mount Enterprise in Rusk County, Texas. Did you know that the town of Mount Enterprise was named for a small elevation near the town and for the business enterprise of the Vinson brothers, who settled in the area in 1832.

📸 by Randee Oliver

The beauty of winter in Fair Play, Texas. Located in Panola County, Fair Play is said to have been named by a traveler w...
01/12/2025

The beauty of winter in Fair Play, Texas. Located in Panola County, Fair Play is said to have been named by a traveler who was impressed with the fair rates and treatment he had received at the general store, boardinghouse, and blacksmith shop.

📸 by Madi Snow

Winter road through the East Texas Timberlands region in Hardin County, Texas. Did you know that by 1858, the area's gro...
01/11/2025

Winter road through the East Texas Timberlands region in Hardin County, Texas. Did you know that by 1858, the area's growing population led to the creation of its own county government. The state legislature responded by establishing Hardin County, named in honor of the Hardin family from Liberty.

📸 by Kathy Merritt

Taken inside the Tyler State Park in Tyler, Texas. On Sat., Jan. 11th at 11:00 AM the park is having an "Impeckable Natu...
01/11/2025

Taken inside the Tyler State Park in Tyler, Texas. On Sat., Jan. 11th at 11:00 AM the park is having an "Impeckable Nature" event. Learn about woodpeckers and why they are a keystone species. Texas Parks and Wildlife

📸 by Andrey Komissarov

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Nacogdoches, TX
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