MAMMALS
At Rayburn, like most areas, few mammals are observed during the day. The best times to see such animals as deer, fox, bobcat, furbearers, and bats is at dawn or at dusk. About the only mam... Birds are probably the main category of wildlife that is of most interest to visitors of Lake Sam Rayburn. Songbirds can be found, depending on the season, in abundance at any of the parks. Waterfowl are best observed in fall and winter from the many bridges that cross the lake (SH 147
, TX BirdwatchingSam Rayburn has thirteen developed recreation areas that are operated and managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, including : nine campgrounds, (primitive to highly developed), with more than 500
, TX CampingSam Rayburn Reservoir, at over 114,000 surface acres, represents one of the healthiest fisheries in the State of Texas and one of the most popular fishing destinations in the country. The two main purposes for the existence of Sam Rayburn (flood control and hydropower generation)
, TX FishingErected more than 100 years ago, the picturesque 19th-century courthouse, with turrets and towers, is modeled after an Irish ...
More than 2,000 varieties of herbs from throughout the world are grown in the garden. Workshops, lectures on several facets o...
19th-century hotel numbered among its guests Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, Jay Gould and Oscar Wilde. Guest rooms fe...
Spanish for "The Street of the North," currently North Street in Nacogdoches, believed to be oldest public thoroughfare in th...