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,…