Sam Houston (Houston/Conroe/Huntsville Area)

US Forest Service · Texas

Sam Houston (Houston/Conroe/Huntsville Area) in Texas. Ringed marker is this site; the other dots are the 178 public campsites we map in Texas.

Sam Houston National Forest, one of four National Forests in Texas, is located 50 miles north of Houston. The forest contains 163, 037 acres between Huntsville, Conroe, Cleveland and Richards, Texas. With land in Montgomery, Walker, and San Jacinto counties, the Sam Houston National Forest is intermingled with privately owned timber lands and small farms.

What we know about it

Managed by

US Forest Service

Fee

Not published (the agency does not list one)

Booking

first-come, first-served

Dogs

Allowed on a leash (USFS policy)

Coordinates

30.53007, -95.53606

Nearest sites we map

• Cagle Recreation Area5 km · US Forest Service
• Stubblefield Lake10 km · US Forest Service
• Kelly's Pond Campground12 km · US Forest Service
• Double Lake Recreation Area39 km · US Forest Service
• Davy Crockett (Lufkin/Crockett Area): 936-655-229994 km · US Forest Service
• Lake Somerville Marina & Campground97 km · US Army Corps of Engineers

Source: Recreation.gov, dated 2026-02-25, fetched 2026-09-07. Official listing.

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