Sawmill Hiking Trail

Awesome Hike. Beautiful surroundings.
By Diakeili on 2/23/2017
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Distance: 5.00 Miles Duration: N/A

Our family went on this hike.  My husband and I are 60 & 59.  Our girls are 16 and 12.  This was our first hiking experience and we are hooked.  Other reviews indicated some issues with bridges being out and fallen trees.  Yes we saw that, but we still made it fine.  I actually think it just added to the experience.  The park was very clean and we'll cared for.  There is some trash that thoughtless people left at the sawmill, but it did not damper our fun.  The most exciting part of the hike was the beautiful creek that you walk next to.  Bubbling clear water, ice cold.  I can't wait to go back!

The trails are no longer maintained but we hiked part of the way geocaching.
By beckyhusband on 8/25/2012
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Distance: 2.00 Miles Duration: N/A

Not a good hike since hurricane Rita hit in 05'
By JHager on 2/4/2006
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Distance: 10.00 Miles Duration: 9 hours
Before hurricane Rita, the Sawmill trial in the Angelina National Forest was probably a beautiful, easy 10 mile hike. Last year (2006), it was serious obstacle course and large sections of the trail had disappeared completely. This was due to severe damage from Hurricane Rita. Hiking this trail since Rita hit leaves you climbing under and over thousands of huge, uprooted trees or crawling up the muddy banks of several creeks. Most of the bridges are destroyed and many areas are just plain unsafe. If you cannot use a compass or at least carry a GPS receiver, you could easily get lost. The worst part was that there was no notice posted at the park warning that the trail is closed (we went in early February 06'). There was also no warning on the web site of the Forest Service. As a matter of fact, the only warning sign we saw at the Angelina National Forest was one indicating that a single road (inside the park) was closed. It stood just beside another side pointing to an alternate trail head. One two-mile section of the Sawmill trail took us 5 hours to get through. The following 5 miles took only 2 hours. If you want to go, give them time to get it cleaned up (maybe some time in late 2007 or 2008). One more thing, there is no cell phone coverage in just about any direction for nearly 20 miles. If your car breaks down inside the park like ours did, you’ll either have to hitch a ride or plan on walking about 25 miles to Jasper. After we returned, I sent an email to the Forest Service and since that time, they have made note on their web site that the Sawmill trail is closed. They should probably indicate the entire area is closed, but some warning is better than nothing.

Great walk, Beautiful area
By tylersleo on 1/17/2005
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Distance: 6.20 Miles Duration: 2 minutes
This forest is beautiful, We did the Sawmill trail, which is being redone because of one of the huricanes.