Deep East Texas is in the Piney Woods of Texas, to the north and east of Houston.

Cities

• 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

Other destinations

• 1 Big Thicket National Preserve — one of the most biodiverse areas in the world outside of the tropics

Get in

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.