Piney Woods located near East Texas The woodland area in East Texas known as Piney Woods is part of a larger forest that extends into Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. The terrain is rolling with lower, wetter bottomlands that grow hardwood trees such as elm, mesquite and ash. This region is home to a variety of plants and animals that like woodlands and shorelines.
This region of Texas has a rich history. Native Americans lived here for thousands of years. Much later, Spanish missionaries, French soldiers, African-Americans and settlers from all over the world called East Texas home, as well.
Leave time behind as you sink into the relaxing sway of a vintage steam engine with a backdrop of countryside on the Texas State Railroad, traveling between Palestine and Rusk.
Visit Historic Jefferson, the most haunted town in Texas.
