Complete camping facilities on Lake Raven, market botany trail, boating, fishing, and swimming. Nine miles south of city on the west side of I-45. admission. Union soldiers, pioneers and past residents. Original acreage deeded by founders as free burial place in 1847. Oldest marked burial site is dated 1846.
Chamber of commerce can furnish walking tours.
Site of General Sam Houston Folk Festival in April. Romantic park with benches, small picnic area and colorful pond fed by Houston's original spring. At 1836 Sam Houston Avenue. F.M. 1374 leads to near Stubblefield Lake Recreation Area, administered by the national Forest Service. F.M. 1375 east from New Waverly leads to near Walker Lake Recreation Area, also Forest Service facility.