Caddo Lake Paddling Trails

Caddo Lake and Big Cypress Bayou Paddling Trails (near Jefferson, Karnack and Uncertain)

With ten official paddling trails in the region, the Caddo area now has over 50 miles of canoe and kayak trails for visiting paddlers! Follow the trail markers posted along each of the trails to explore the mysterious maze of sloughs, swamps and bayous for which this beautiful region is known.

Benton Lake Paddling Trail (Big Cypress Bayou)
Clear Lake Paddling Trail (Big Cypress Bayou)
Haggerty Creek Paddling Trail (Big Cypress Bayou)
Mill Pond Paddling Trail (Big Cypress Bayou)
Old River II Paddling Trail (Big Cypress Bayou)
Carter's Chute Paddling Trail (Caddo Lake)
Cathedral Paddling Trail (Caddo Lake)
Hell's Half Acre Paddling Trail (Caddo Lake)
Old Folks Playground Paddling Trail (Caddo Lake)
Turtle Shell Paddling Trail (Caddo Lake)

Marshall's Unique Courthouse

As the only known working courthouse in the United States to host a spectacular light and music show, the Historic Harrison County Courthouse continues to shines bright each evening from November 27 through December 31 during Marshall’s Wonderland of Lights Festival. (Watch the first light and music show of 2012)

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Golfing in Marshall

Oak Lawn Country Club

Oak Lawn is a 9-hole regulation course located at the Oak Lawn Municipal Golf Course facility in Marshall. From the longest tees it features 3,077 yards of golf for a par of 36. The course rating is 33.8 with a slope rating of 113. Oak Lawn is a municipal golf course with a “Call For Playing Privileges” guest policy. For information and tee times, call (903) 935-7555.

Family Fun in Marshall

Family Kid Fun

Day One:

Arrive Marshall with 1,000 rooms and several bed & breakfasts.

During the afternoon -

Museums are fun, low cost entertainment. Marshall's museums each have hands-on activities for children.

Texas and Pacific Railway Museum
Location: 800 N Washington Ave in the Washington Square District, Downtown Marshall
Children love trains. Enter the depot through the underground tunnel. Visit the restored caboose. See the trains roll by from the observation deck of this working train station, ring the train bell and run the model train in the museum, shop the train-related toys at the gift shop. Activity area for children with videos, books on trains. Learn and experience the history of the T&P Railroad, the men who built and operated it and the influence the railroads had and continue to exert on the development of Texas and its people. Admission: $2 for adults; $1 for students ages 5-20. Open Tue-Sat 10-4. 903-938-9495. Time: 1-1.5 hours

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Center Stage Activites through June 19- June 25

Print Your Own Weekly Event Calendar

Wednesday, June 19

10:00 AM – 4:00 PM: T & P Depot Museum, 903-938-9495

10:00 AM – 4:00 PM: Michelson Museum of Art, 903-935-9480, Hoover Watercolor Society Exhibition, Free Admission

10:00 AM – 4:00 PM: Starr Family Home Historic Site, 903-935-3044

11:00 AM & 2:00 PM: Historic Harrison County Courthouse Tours, 903-938-2680, Free Admission

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM: Boogie Woogie Wednesday, Greg Williams, OS2 Pub, 903-938-7700

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Outdoor Adventure on Caddo Lake

Caddo Lake and Big Cypress Bayou Paddling Trails (near Jefferson, Karnack and Uncertain)

Cast your cares away, but bring your binoculars to Caddo Lake, the largest natural lake in Texas. Teaming with fish and wildlife, it’s Caddo Lake’s startlingly beautiful landscape that brings first-timers and families back year after year. The lake’s maze of bayous and sloughs encompasses approximately 33,000 acres of water. The lake is fed by Big Cypress Bayou and begins in Karnack, Texas at its western edge. It twists and turns through the piney woods of East Texas where it becomes a deep river with shallow backwater areas. It then opens up into a wider expanse of water, called “Big Lake”. In 1914, an earthen spillway was erected, which marks the eastern edge of Caddo Lake in Mooringsport, Louisiana. For a complete list of activities and resources, visit www.explorecaddolake.com.

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