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Recreation
Lake Livingston covers approximately 93,000 acres and 500
miles of shoreline extending into San Jacinto, Polk, Walker and
Trinity Counties. It stretches 52 miles long, and has a 452
mile timbered shoreline devoted mainly to recreation.
Attraction to water is a common
denominator for the majority of its visitors, and is also a prime
reason for many new residents. They come to boat, ski, fish,
or just to look. With private, public, and state facilities,
it's a "water wonderland" of good fishing, water sports, and
recreation, with a host of lakeside parks, camps and marinas
offering a complete range of services for camping, boating, and
fishing.
One of the state's top recreation
areas, it's also known as one of the best fishing lakes in Texas.
Texas Parks and Wildlife has stocked the lake with millions of
striped bass and Florida bass. These fish, along with native
species of black bass, white bass, crappie, catfish and bream, are
abundant in Lake Livingston.
Lakeside parks and campgrounds
offer over 5,000 campsites and 100 boat launching ramps along with a
host of excellent lodging and dining facilities conveniently located
round the lake in the friendly nearby communities.
Lake
Livingston State Park, a 635 acre park offering camping,
horseback riding, fishing, and boating is located one mile south of
Livingston on U.S. Hwy 59, four miles west on FM 1988, on-half mile
north on FM 34126 to Park Road 65.
Southland
Park, a 14 acre park along the Trinity River just under
Lake Livingston Dam, is known as "the greatest fishing hole in the
state of Texas." The fish come from downstream and gather in
large numbers in the turbulence of the falling water from the dam
(when the gates are open). To get there, take FM 1988 off of
U.S. Hwy 59 south of Livingston.
Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation consists of about
4,600 acres and includes part of the Big Thicket. Besides
being a major tourist attraction, it also has one of the
finest campgrounds for tent camping and an ultra modern RV park.
To get there, head east on U.S. 190 to the reservation, about 16
miles from Lake Livingston. Lake Livingston is also at the edge
of the Big Thicket National Park, where the Alabama-Coushatta Indian
Reservation is located.
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