Category: Outdoor Activities & Recreation
Harrison County is home to the famous Mr. R.E. Josey, Mrs. Martha Josey, and The Josey Ranch where they train the world’s best calf ropers and barrel racers right here in East Texas.
Located close to town, this city-owned facility with covered arena and seating, generous stable capacity, concession stand, meeting room, parking, RV hookups, holding pens and more. This arena can handle almost any livestock or outdoor event.
Marshall Lakeside Country Club is a semi-private club in Marshall, Texas featuring a 9-hole, ranked golf course. The course exhibits 3,131 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 36 . The course rating is 34.7 and it has a slope rating of 116 with Champions-Bermuda greens. Designed by Gus Carter, the Marshall Lakeside golf course opened in 1926 and has been consistently ranked as a Top 5 Texas 9-hole course. Lakeside also showcases a beautiful, Olympic-sized pool and tennis courts as well as fine-dining options.
Nestled in the rolling hills of east Texas, Panola Orchard & Gardens is a family owned and operated farm in De Berry, TX just a short 25 minute drive from Marshall. Offering strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, peaches, plums and a variety of vegetables. The farm “u-pick” blackberry, blueberry and strawberry fields where you can pick your own! Open seasonally, check their website for details.
Take a trail ride at Karma Farms and enjoy a great horse, the lovely views, bird song, wildflowers, wildlife and our pastures filled with colorful Colonial Spanish Horses. Or book a lesson and see if learning new riding skills is for you. Kids and seniors welcome. Call to make a reservation today!
Just 13 miles from Marshall and only a short 3.5 miles from Bear Creek you’ll find yourself at Enoch’s Stomp. With 90 acres of rolling hills and 12 acres of grape vines you’ll feel as though you’ve been swept away to wine country! Enjoy dinner, live music, tours, tastings and more at this treasure in East Texas!
The Infield Downtown is Marshall’s only indoor pitching and hitting facility for baseball and softball open to the public.
Just 24 miles from Marshall you’ll find a peace¬ful place in the East Texas woods at Martin Creek Lake State Park. Fish for bass or catfish, walk the trails, or sit quietly and watch a sunset over the lake. Offering year-round fishing, camping, paddling, lake swimming, hiking and biking, water-skiing, picnicking, geo¬caching and nature photography. Reserve our picnic pavilion for your next group gathering.
Located just 30 miles from Marshall, you have found the most beautiful lake in all of East Texas. Lake O’ The Pines sits on an area of 16,919 acres surrounded by gorgeous pine trees that reach into the sky. This fishery contains largemouth bass, spotted bass, catfish, white bass, crappie, sunfish, and chain pickerel. Lake O’ The Pines is located miles from the hustle and bustle of any city. At Lake O’ The Pines, you are surrounded by huge pine trees which guard the lake. At night, you will have views of the stars through the pines which are indescribable. If you are looking to get on a lake and away from it all, this beautiful lake in East Texas is for you.