Deep East Texas is in the Piney Woods of Texas, to the north and east of Houston.
Cities
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Map of Deep East Texas
- 1 Huntsville — has several sites related to Texas hero, General Sam Houston, who lived here
- 2 Lufkin — has a zoo and a couple of museums
- 3 Jasper — there's fishing and boating on the Sam Rayburn Reservoir
- 4 Nacogdoches — the oldest city in the state
- 5 San Augustine — site of Spanish mission on the El Camino Real de los Tejas
- 6 The Woodlands — a suburban bedroom community of Houston that hosts the Houston Symphony during the summer
- 7 Hemphill - site of the NASA Museum and Memorial honoring those who perished in the Space Shuttle Columbia accident of 2003
Other destinations
[edit]- 1 Big Thicket National Preserve — one of the most biodiverse areas in the world outside of the tropics
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[edit]Take Interstate 45 north out of Houston, or Interstate 69 northeast from Houston.
Greyhound Bus serves the area with frequent trips from Houston and Dallas.
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