Solo hiker on a pine forest trail at Huntsville State Park in the Sam Houston National Forest

Camping at Huntsville State Park — The Complete Guide

Camping at Huntsville State Park puts you in 2,083 acres of East Texas Pineywoods wrapped around a 210-acre lake, an hour north of Houston off I-45. It’s the closest true forest camping experience to the Houston metro — and it’s been drawing people out of the city since 1956,…
Campsite at Galveston Island State Park with marsh views and Gulf Coast wildlife at golden hour

Camping at Galveston Island State Park — The Complete Guide

Camping at Galveston Island State Park means the Gulf of America on one side and Galveston Bay on the other — 2,000 acres of the last undeveloped land on Galveston Island, stretched across five distinct coastal ecosystems from Gulf beach and sand dunes to salt marsh, coastal prairie, lagoon,…
Family hiking along the lakeshore at Lake Livingston State Park in East Texas

Camping at Lake Livingston State Park — The Complete Guide

Camping at Lake Livingston State Park is one of the best decisions a Houston-area family can make for a weekend trip. Seventy-five miles north of Houston on Highway 59, this park sits on the edge of one of the largest lakes in Texas — 90,000 acres of Pineywoods reservoir…