Recreation Guide to the Sabine River Basin, Texas

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Sabine Basin Recreation Sites with Boat Ramps

Brandy Branch (Marshall, Texas; Harrison County): Also known as Hallsville or Pirkey Lake.
East Hamilton (Center, Texas; Shelby County): Located on Toledo Bend Reservoir. Includes a one-lane boat ramp, limited facilities. Day-use only. Operated by the Sabine River Authority of Texas.
Indian Mounds Campground (Hemphill, Texas; Sabine): This developed USFS site on Toledo Bend Reservoir offers access to the nearby Indian Mounds Wilderness Area and an alternative to wilderness camping. Facilities include 38 travel trailer or tent sites, picnic tables, grills and chemical flush toilets. Operated by the Sabine River Authority of Texas.
Lake Fork (Quitman, Texas; Wood-Rains-Hopkins Counties): Lake Fork Creek, Birch Creek and Big Caney Creek are the primary feeder streams along with numerous secondary creeks. The Reservoir is used for water supply and recreation. Lake Fork is used for water supply and recreation. Lake Fork has gained national recognition because of its trophy largemouth bass fishery.
Lake Gladewater (Gladewater, Texas; Upshur County): Lake Gladewater is on Glade Creek and serves as water supply for the City of Gladewater.
Lake Hawkins (Hawkins, Texas; Wood County): One of four small Wood County lakes constructed for flood control and recreation
Lake Hawkins County Park (Hawkings, Texas; Wood County, TX): 36 trailer sites or 10 tent sites with electricity and water; 150 primitive camping areas; fee. Open March-November. Dump station, restrooms, showers, bathhouse, tables, grills, beach, swimming, fishing, boat ramp, fishing pier, playground, 1.5-mile nature trail, scenic views.
Lake Holbrook (Mineola, Texas; Wood County): One of the four Wood County lakes constructed for recreation and flood control. It is on a small tributary of the Sabine River and is within the East Texas timberlands.
Lake Holbrook Park (Mineola, Texas; Wood County, TX): Ten trailer sites; other camp areas cover 40 acres; limit 15 days. On Lake Holbrook. Restrooms, no drinking water, snack bar (summer). Swimming, fishing, boat ramp, playground, scenic views.
Lake Murvaul (Carthage, Texas; Panola County): Water supply reservoir constructed by Panola County Fresh Water Supply District
Lake Quitman (Quitman, Texas; Wood County): One of four small Wood County lakes constructed for flood control and recreation
Lake Quitman Park (Quitman, Texas; Wood County, TX): 12 trailer sites; 8 sites with electricity; fee, limit 15 days; other camp area covers 25 acres. Restrooms, boat rental, bait, grills, ice, grocery. Swimming, fishing, boat ramps, scenic views.
Lake Tawakoni (Greenville, Texas; Hunt-Rains-Van Zandt Counties): Lake Tawakoni is used for water supply and recreation.
Lake Winnsboro (Winnsboro, Texas; Wood County): Recreational impoundment with lakeside parks, campsites, RV hookups, picnicking, swimming, marina, boat rentals, bait and tackle.
Lake Winnsboro North Park (Winnsboro, Texas; Wood-Franklin Counties): 15 trailer sites; two with electricity; fee. Other primitive camp area covers four acres, limit 15 days. Restrooms, snack bar, ice, grocery, boat rental. Swimming, boat ramp, fishing, marina.
Martin Lake (Tatum, Texas; Rusk-Panola Counties): Steam-electric power generation reservoir
North Toledo Bend WMA (Center, Texas; Shelby County): 3,600-acre area located on Toledo Bend Reservoir in northern Shelby County, the WMA has been preserved by the Sabine River Authority of Texas through a cooperative agreement with the TPWD and Ducks Unlimited for the purpose of creating and restoring waterfowl breeding and wintering habitat. The project includes the impoundment of a 500-acre area on lands owned and made available by the Sabine River Authority of Texas. The dam is designed to hold water at the 172 m.s.l. elevation when Toledo Bend Reservoir is full and waterfowl are migrating southward and to release water back into the reservoir after the northward migration. The shallow wetlands area provides habitat to many species of waterfowl including wintering mallards and wood ducks, dove, quail, non-game birds, wading and shore birds, white-tailed deer, mammals, reptiles and fish. Visitors may access the area by vehicle as well as enter the 500-acre impoundment via a roller boat ramp which has been constructed on the 200-foot-long embankment.
Ragtown Recreation Area (Shelbyville, Texas; Shelbyville County): Ragtown offers something for everyone: camping, hiking, fishing, bird watching and viewing nature at its best. It is on the Texas shore of Toledo Bend. The campground is nestled high on a bluff that faces east. There are 12 double-family camping units, 13 single-family camping units, a double-laned public boat ramp and a parking lot. Ragtown campsites are surrounded by southern pine and hardwood trees. Each is equipped with a picnic table, tent pad, parking spur and a campfire ring which can be used as a cooking grill. Visitors can enjoy Mother Nature's Hiking Trail which loops around the campground for one mile. Ragtown is a bird watcher's paradise. Operated by the Sabine River Authority of Texas.
Sam Forse Collins Recreation Area (Burkeville, Texas; Newton County): Located on Toledo Bend Reservoir. The park has group facilities, playground equipment, boat ramp, picnic tables, a wheelchair-accessible fishing pier, and restrooms.
SRA Recreation Site 2 (Tenaha Creek, Texas; Shelby County): Located on Toledo Bend Reservoir, the park has a boat ramp, picnic tables, and a small parking lot.
SRA Swede Johnson Recreation Area (Site 1) (Joaquin, Texas; Shelby County): Located on Toledo Bend Reservoir. The park has a boat ramp, picnic tables, playground equipment, and restrooms.
Toledo Bend Reservoir (Burkeville, Texas; Sabine-Shelby-Panola-Newton Counties in Texas and Sabine-DeSoto Parishes in Louisiana): The lake extends up the Sabine River 65 miles and is surrounded by typical mixed pine, hardwood forests. It is the largest man-made reservoir in the south. The lake was built on the Sabine River and numerous large creeks feed the reservoir. The reservoir is used for water supply, hydroelectric power and recreation.
Tyler State Park (Tyler, Texas; Smith County): Spring-fed lake surrounded by a mixed pine/hardwood forest in 985-acre Tyler State Park. Facilities include: campsites for tents, trailers; screened shelters, 2.5 miles of hiking trails; amphitheater on lake shore; swimming, three fishing piers, boating and boat ramp, wildlife observation and photography.
Upper Toledo Bend WMA (Carthage, Texas; Panola County): The Sabine River Authority of Texas through an agreement with the TPWD has placed over 7,000 acres of land in the Public Hunting Program. Located at the extreme north end of the Toledo Bend Reservoir, this area borders the east and west banks of the Sabine River and is bottomland covered with dense hardwood. The area is one of the best Public Hunting Program areas in the state because of its abundance of whitetail deer, squirrel, waterfowl, turkey and wild hogs. Fishing is also a plus for the area, and it offers year round recreation.
Willow Oak Campground (Hemphill, Texas; Sabine County): This area has 10 tent camping sites located on the shoreline of Toledo Bend Reservoir. Each site has a tent platform, table, cooking grill and lantern post. Water hydrants, garbage cans and chemical flush toilets are located near the camping sites. Operated by the Sabine River Authority of Texas
Wind Point Park (Lone Oak, Texas; Hunt County): On Lake Tawakoni. Concessionaire: 159 trailer sites or tent sites; 90 sites with electricity, water and sewage, 69 sites with electricity and water. 15 sites with screened shelters. Eight sites have cabins with kitchenette; fee. Reservations accepted. Two air- conditioned lodges with kitchens for day use. Dump station, restrooms, showers, grills. Swimming, fishing, bait and tackle, grocery, laundry, bathhouse, boat ramps, minibike area, playgrounds, tennis, softball, basketball, lighted fishing pier and hiking.

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Sabine Basin Recreation Sites with Boat Ramps

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