found the maps but if the trail is marked as WELL as the one we walked to hidden lake, I will not be able to follow it. Also, how do I get a good map to the parking lot trailhead.
found the maps but if the trail is marked as WELL as the one we walked to hidden lake, I will not be able to follow it. Also, how do I get a good map to the parking lot trailhead.
Last edited by The Wanna Bs; 08-31-2013 at 16:13.
Bob and Bev
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Can there be a beer cache?
Where are you coming from? Assuming from Houston: https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=I...sz=10&t=m&z=10Originally Posted by The Wanna Bs
Trails will be well marked, or at least they were last time I was out there. The trail we took to Hidden Lake was an undeveloped "shortcut", this time we'll be on "official" trails.
Here's a simplified overview map of the entire LSHT that shows the Parking Lots.
http://lonestartrail.org/maps/LSHTparking.pdf
PL #1 is a bit easier to find than PL #8 was. Basically your going to come down I45 and go west on FM1375 at New Waverly until FM1375 ends at FM149. Go north (right) at that intersection. About 2 1/2 miles after the Intersection of FM149 and Bethel Rod (FM1791), you should see the sign for LSHT Parking Lot #1 and/or FS Road 219 on your left.
Last edited by sargevining; 09-03-2013 at 23:12.
I suspected this was about to happen when this was posted to the LSHT Yahoo Group:
Snaggleroot, who was out there this weekend sent me this via email today:U.S. Forest Service
2221 North Raguet St.
Lufkin, Texas 75904
www.fs.usda. gov/texas <http://www.fs. usda.gov/ texas>
Aug. 29, 2013
Contact: Ernie Murray, 936-639-8562
1650-1
Fire danger extremely high in National Forests
With little chance of rain in the forecast and drought conditions
continuing to worsen, fire danger is extremely high across the
East Texas forests.
“As fall approaches and hunting season gets underway, more
people will be in the woods,” Mark Van Every, Forest
Supervisor for the National Forests and Grasslands in Texas said.
“This is a critical time for our forests, and it’s
important that visitors to the forest be extremely careful with
campfires.”
http://tfsfrp.tamu.edu/wildfires/decban.png
Bring canister stoves for cooking, and I guess we'll use UCO candles for a "campfire". I know Spaceweaseal has one, and I do too.
Snags sent some pics and it looks like the powerline to the east of FS219 is going to be better than to the west due to undergrowth and trash. The east side was burned, so there's less undergrowth. I think if we camp south of the powerline, we can get outside the 200 foot required distance from the trail head.
I am not sure that means there is a burn ban in place at this time.
I will contact the forest service next week to check on burn bans. How I read the attachment is, that it just shows the counties that have established burn bans. That's not active brun bans.
With two weeks away and no rain It's a good Idea to prepare just in case...
That burn ban map is pretty definitive. Shows a Burn Ban in Montgomery County, and that will govern.
I think we will be safe since we have rain in the forecast all next week for this area. It is just the forecast so it means nothing at this point so I will just wait and see what happens.
"Govern" who?
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