- City:
- New Waverly, TX
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Campgrounds and Cabins, Picnic and Other Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs
- Completed:
- 1937
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Sam Houston National Forest comprises three counties—Montgomery, San Jacinto, and Walker—that have been occupied for millennia. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructed Double Lake Recreation Area, on the east side of the land, and surrounding a 24-acre lake, in 1937. Its facilities include “family camping units, group camping, picnicking units, a picnic shelter, swimming area and beach, and a concession stand with bathhouse. Each family camping unit has a table, fireplace, tent pad, parking spur, and lantern-holder post. There are units with water, sewer, and electrical hook-ups. Picnic units have tables and fireplaces” (fs.usda.gov).
Source notes
https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/texas/about-forest/districts/?cid=fswdev3_008443
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/map-widget/ccc-map/
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