Lone Star Trailhead #4 — Attraction in Willis

Alright, so you do have to go through what I call Spider Alley, which is the whole first mile or so of the hike. That's turning right out of the parking lot. I saw MANY spiders, and had to dodge lots of webs. But after the second time you cross Hidden Forest Dr, the trail is very beautiful and fun. My goal was to reach the palmetto area I'd heard about. There are intermittent palmettos along the trail, so I kept thinking "is this it? How will I know?" But when you get there, you really will know. I didn't go further since the trail past that point supposedly floods very frequently and there was a hobo spider blocking the trail that SHOOK ITS WEB AT ME?? I honestly didn't know that spiders did that and it freaked me out, so I just turned back. All in all, out-and-back about 2 hours for me, even with the spider webs slowing me down, but I've been told I hike at an inhuman pace and it's supposedly about 4 hours total normally. As usual with Sam Houston, no facilities and a trail map of somewhat dubious accuracy, so know what you're...

Parking was good, signs were easy to follow. Most of the trail was wide enough but as you got further the trail starts getting pretty thick. We brought our 2 pups... one a small older, one a larger 1yr old. It was too much for the smaller one to get through. We ended up turning around. We ran into some people with dogs (on and off leash :/ ) and others....it was very difficult to pass each other. The pups did great tho. We warned a couple that we passed and they turned around also. They got back to the parking area and said... we are crossing the street to the other part of the trail. They said it was better kept. We will return to check that side out and maybe the rating could rise. Tho... just down the road from this one is my favorite and it lands you directly in front of Lake Conroe in a remote spot. It is incredibly beautiful. This one tho was a sub par view the whole way and needed better maintenance. We thought it was cool we saw feeding buckets...

Lone Star Hiking Trail - Trailhead # 4 is located on FM 149 just North of Hidden Forest Road. This trailhead connects to the Little Lake Creek Trail and is marked with a 2 inch x 3 inch silver marker with an orange stripe across it. Trail markers are nailed about 5-6 feet up on trees. The Little Lake Creek Trail is a foot trail only; no bicycle, horses or motorized vehicles are allowed. The opposite side of FM 149 is the Little Lake Creek Wilderness. A Wilderness hiking trail is a natural trail with almost no man-made improvements and may require hikers to search for the trail at times. It can be very primitive and hikers should take ample supply of water, food, first aid kit, map, compass, and good footwear. A trail in the Wilderness is not maintained like a hiking trail in the rest of the...