The Lone Star Trail
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     The Lone Star Trail is about 130 miles long and the trailhead is located in the Sam Houston National Forest. Just south of Huntsville, TX. The trail is divided into 3 major sections: Lake Conroe Area, Central Area and Winters Bayou/Tarkington Creek Area. The trail is well marked with 2" x 4" markers. The Lone Star Trail Hiking Club, which maintains the trail, has even put mileage markers. There are a few missing here and there along the trail, but for the most part the trail is well marked and maintained. 

     The summers can be brutally hot and extremely humid even when there is no prospect for rain. The trail is more pleasant to hike in the fall or spring months. The area usually receives more rainfall in these months, which makes it easier to locate water sources. The water sources along the trail can be quite small and very congested with yellow pine pollen floating on the surface or decaying leaves pressed along the bottom. The water sources will definitely put your filter or purifier to the test and an extra filter is strongly suggested. For it doesn’t take too much pine pollen to clog the pores of your filter.
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