Jasper (Texas)

city in and county sear of Jasper, Texas, United States

Jasper is a city in the Deep East region of Texas.

Understand

Jasper gained a measure of notoriety when an African-American man was dragged to his death behind a pick-up truck in a gruesome lynching in 1998. Much of the town subsequently unified to express revulsion for the crime and opposition to the racial hatred that motivated it.

Get in

Get around

See

  • Beaty-Orton House, 200 S. Main (near Sandy Creek Park), ☏ +1 409-383-6138. M-F 8AM-5PM. Historic two-story home. Donation requested. 
  • Sam Rayburn Powerhouse (just off Recreation Road 255), ☏ +1 409-384-5716. This sixteen-story hydroelectric power plant has won design awards. 

Do

  • Sam Rayburn Reservoir. Fishing, boating. 
  • Sandy Creek Park and Trail (between S, Main and Marvin Hancock Dr). Open dawn to dusk. One-mile loop walking/running trail, playground and covered picnic areas. 

Buy

Eat

  • Hamburger Depot, 283 S Wheeler St, ☏ +1 409 384-5824. Local favorite for hamburgers and all the fixin's. 

Drink

Sleep

  • Holiday Inn Express, 501 W Gibson St, ☏ +1 409-384-8400. Clean rooms with interior access, mini-fridge, microwave, and free internet access. 
  • Super 8, 2100 North Wheeler, ☏ +1 409-489-4871. Clean and relatively new. Squeamish drivers may want to pass on this one, as its parking lot exits at a rather dangerous busy intersection. 

Go next

Routes through Jasper
END ← San Augustine ←  N  S  → Beaumont → Port Arthur
Bryan-College Station ← Huntsville ←  W  E  → Eunice → Opelousas


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