B.A. Steinhagen Camp areas
category : Camping
Open 7 days a week year-round and located at the edge of the Big Thicket National Preserve, the park is in the heavily-forested area known as the \"East Texas Pineywoods.\" The park has numerous creeks, known as sloughs, and cypress, willow, beech, magnolia and sweet bay are common. Each fall the golden hues of beeches are brilliant against the reds of blackgums and oaks, mixed among the evergreen pines.
Campsites & Other Facilities: The park has 2 Limited Use Cabins (also known as mini-cabins), one in the \"Hen House Ridge\" shelter area and one in the “Walnut Ridge” shelter area. The cabins have heat, air conditioning, bunk beds (bring your own linen) and a screened porch. The outside has water, a fire-ring with a grill, a BBQ pit, and a picnic table. 4 Screen shelters have been remodeled to include heat and air conditioning. These Shelters with Amenities are located in the “Hen House” and “Walnut Ridge” shelter areas.
Other facilities include screened shelters; campsites with water; campsites with water and electricity; a group dining/meeting hall; restrooms with hot showers; trailer dump stations; playgrounds; lighted fishing piers; fish-cleaning facilities; boat ramps; 4 miles of multi-use trails for hiking and mountain biking; 2 miles of nature/interpretive trail; a Texas State Park Store located at the Headquarters and a Nature Center located in the Walnut Ridge unit.
Located at the edge of the Big Thicket National Preserve, the park is in the heavily-forested area known as the \"East Texas Pineywoods.\" The park has numerous creeks, known as sloughs, and cypress, willow, beech, magnolia and sweet bay are common. Each fall the golden hues of beeches are brilliant against the reds of blackgums and oaks, mixed among the evergreen pines.
Admission: Yes
Address: Located on the east side of B.A. Steinhagen Lake, on US Hwy 190 between the towns of Woodville & Jasper.
Phone: 409-384-5231
Our Website:www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/martin_dies_jr/
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