Texas Traverse (Leg 2)

Total Miles
304.2

Elevation

248.23 ft

Duration

8 Hours

Technical Rating

Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Trail Overview

As you depart the National Forest systems of Texas, you start coming into Texas farmland. You will cross the Trinity River a couple of times while paralleling it for miles. Coal mining is still prevalent in this region as a fuel for power plants. You will find a variety of camping from State Park full hook-ups, to primitive camp spots on lakes. This section is 60% non paved and 100% scenic. Rain or wet roads can stop you in your tracks across the northern part.

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Difficulty

Weather changes everything along the black dirt sections.

Technical Rating

Status Reports

Started in Sam Houston National forest and went to Hwy 7 near crocket. only came across 1 area of road damage that was not passable but was a short double back and detour so no issues. Beautiful back roads.

Pretty nice trail for adventure bikes. I would say it's likely a bit too boring for 4 wheeled vehicles. No rain in sight, so the trail was dry and dusty. A few potholes had to be dealt with, and a couple of roads had ruts. Some turns were squirrely with loose dust. We initially started on the Navasota Headwaters trail, but this one looked better, so we switched at Hwy 31 and headed toward Hubbard. Finished at Buc-ees in Hillsboro.

I started from Fairfield and went to SH-7. Scenic route with a LOT of dust. Typical county dirt roads that are well cared for.

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