Big Thicket - Pitcher Plants

February 18, 2026

Pitcher Plant

Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants that attract bugs onto the rim of the pitcher where they slip inside are trapped. Big Thicket has a few areas with them. These are on the Sundew Trail in the Hickory Creek Unit.

They were smaller tha...
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Big Thicket - Turkey Creek Hike

February 14, 2026

Wetlands Along Kirby Nature Trail

Big Thicket National Preserve is north of Beaumont in eastern Texas near Louisiana. It a collection of areas rather than a large contiguous park like most NPS areas. It is mainly around creeks and wetlands. This area is a little east of the main v...
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Big Thicket National Preserve, Texas

February 9, 2026

Big Thicket National Preserve - Thumbnail

This video is from two hikes in Big Thicket National Preserve north of Beaumont Texas. The first is in the Turkey Creek area starting on the Kirby Nature Trail the going north along the creek to the Sandhill Loop. Little changes in elevation made ...
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