Your Gateway to All-Natural Texas
Whether you are a native Texan or a first-time visitor, it is time to re-discover the Texas Forest Trail Region! From birding to tournament fishing to biking, hiking and camping, you can experience nature in a new way in East Texas.
Spanning 35 East Texas counties, from Red River County on the Oklahoma border to Jefferson County on the Gulf of Mexico, the Texas Forest Trail Region was the "Gateway to Texas" for prehistoric Caddo Indians, Spanish and French explorers, Anglo pioneers, enslaved and freed African Americans and European immigrants. Shadows of early Caddo and Spanish occupation linger, and the stories of Texas's emergence from wilderness to great state unfold in the region's numerous towns, many among the state's oldest.