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Martin Dies, Jr. State Park, until 1965 known as the Dam B State Park, is a 705-acre recreational area in Jasper and Tyler Counties between Woodville and Jasper on B. A. Steinhagen Reservoir (15,000 acres). The land for the park was acquired under a 50-year lease from the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1964 and was opened in 1965. Visitors can enjoy camping, hiking, boating, fishing, swimming, biking and bird watching.

Texas State Parks

Sam Rayburn Lake is a giant lake in the heart of the Angelina National Forest, one of the most popular recreation areas in East Texas. The largest body of water wholly within the state, it covers 114,500 acres at normal capacity. It includes Corps of Engineers and National Forest Service parks, camps, marinas and recreational areas along the 560 mile shoreline. There is open water for all types of boating activities, plus huge areas of flooded timber providing prime fish habitat. This huge lake is 20 miles north of Jasper via U.S. 96 and F.M. 1007 west.

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Toledo Bend Reservoir is 65 miles long, covering 181,600 acres. Toledo Bend Reservoir is a joint management project of the Texas and Louisiana River Authority, and was built without any Federal Funding. Beginning in May of 1963, lake land acquisitions began. The Dam Site is north of Burkeville, Texas (FM 698 & FM 3125), just off Texas Hwy. 87, south of Hemphill, Texas. The Dam, spillway and powerplant were constructed in 1964, followed by the construction of the earthen embankment and the impoundment of water in 1966, filling in March of 1968. The completed power plant began operation in 1969. Toledo Bend is the fifth largest lake in surface acres in the United States. Toledo Bend Lake is 65 miles in length and is the largest reservoir in Texas, also being the largest man-made body of water in the entire South. It is a border lake between the states of Texas and Louisiana. Toledo Bend's sole purposes are for the water supply and the generation of hydroelectric power.

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