U.S. Forest Service · National Forest · Texas

Sam Houston National Forest

Here, one in six take walk-ups.

6Campgrounds
1Take walk-ups
$10–$30A night, across 3
94Sites, from 3
220–330 ftElevation

Where they are

6 of 6 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

The campgrounds

Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Roadless
Big Creek1,447 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Little Lake Creek596 acres · 6 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Winters Bayou730 acres · 9 mi · inventoried roadless area

Camping here is a stake in what happens to it. More Than Just Parks tracks the threats and the comment windows.

Heads up

Wildfire
Scotts Pipeline fire · 4.5 mi from the nearest campground here · 0 acres
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Oct 20, 2026

Who answers for this land

Sam Houston National Forest’s campgrounds sit in one congressional district. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Morgan Luttrell, official portrait
Morgan Luttrell (R)TX 8th · 6 campgrounds · grade F
Source: campground records from RIDB, NPS, USFS EDW and BLM, unified by CAMPANAC, refreshed nightly