Sabine National Forest

Sabine National Forest

Infobox_protected_area | name = Sabine National Forest
iucn_category = VI


caption =
locator_x = 153
locator_y = 137
location = Texas, USA
nearest_city = Hemphill, TX
lat_degrees = 31
lat_minutes = 20
lat_seconds = 27
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 93
long_minutes = 50
long_seconds = 32
long_direction = W
area = 160,656 acres (650 km²)
established = 1935
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
governing_body = U.S. Forest Service

Sabine National Forest is located in East Texas near the Texas-Louisiana border. The forest is administered together with the other three United States National Forests and two National Grasslands located entirely in Texas, from common offices in Lufkin, Texas. The units include Angelina, Davy Crockett, Sabine, and Sam Houston National Forests, plus Caddo National Grassland and Lyndon B. Johnson National Grassland. There are local ranger district offices located in Hemphill.

The forest covers a total of 160,609 acres in five counties - Sabine (95,410 acres), Shelby (59,037 acres), San Augustine (4,317 acres), Newton (1,781 acres), and Jasper (64 acres).

External links

* [http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/texas/recreation/sabine/sabine_gen_info.shtml Sabine National Forest] USDA Forest Service - National Forests & Grasslands in Texas
* [http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/SS/gks1.html Sabine National Forest] from the Handbook of Texas Online


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