Jasper

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

US 96 south from San Augustine or north from Kirbyville and Beaumont
US 190, about 100 miles east of Huntsville

Get around

30°55′13″N 93°59′48″W

Map of Jasper (Texas)

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

Junktique, ☏ +1 409 384-4166. Antiques.

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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