Jasper
Understand
[edit]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
[edit]- US 96 south from San Augustine or north from Kirbyville and Beaumont
- US 190, about 100 miles east of Huntsville
Get around
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Map of Jasper (Texas)
See
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Junktique, ☏ +1 409 384-4166. Antiques.
Eat
[edit]- Hamburger Depot, 283 S Wheeler St, ☏ +1 409 384-5824. Local favorite for hamburgers and all the fixin's.
Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]- 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
[edit]| Routes through Jasper |
| END ← San Augustine ← | N  S |
→ Beaumont → Port Arthur |
| Bryan-College Station ← Huntsville ← | W  E |
→ Eunice → Opelousas |