Longest Overland Trail In Texas/THE TEXAS TRAVERSE 

Thanks for taking the time putting the video together! Drone shots, tri-pod shots, etc! People don't realize how much work goes into these videos until they try to do one! Again Thanks for the effort on this! I am in the Houston area and I prefer camping and exploring in East Texas because it's more woodsy... Keep up the great work!

As a fella that was job transferred bc of Covid to Sa, Texas. I wish there was more public land .We just camp here and its great . 4 more years until retirement then selling the Texas homestead and headed on the open road.

Thanks for sharing about this route. We love combining dispersed camping in our 5th wheel and overlanding in my 4Runner, but Texas is just so disappointing in this arena... Like you, we love just winging it with no reservations, exploring an area and finding home whenever and wherever it suits us. Native Texans here and we love our great state, but when it's time for epic, remote adventure, we hitch up and hit the road west. Thank goodness we are both retired and are able to do this for weeks at a time.

It's hard to find off road in Texas. When you do it's usually not long before the land owners close it. As I head to the Colorado and Wyoming BDR's next week, I'm not tempted to fight frustration in Texas having done it before.

Awesome video! I'm just starting to get my overland build out going on my '21 TRD off-road. Being from central texas, these last 2 video of yours give me hope for off-road opportunities in Texas. Keep'em coming!

Good work fellas! Given OutdoorX4 Magazine is based in Texas, it's good seeing the effort into helping to show Texas as a diverse location for a variety of exploration, whether vehicle-based or by foot. Cheers!

From East Texas and currently living in Logansport LA, its is beautiful country out here with great fishing and hunting.

Great production!

Great video, I have a place on the Blanco River near San Marcos and recognize some of the trails/access easements you traveled...impressive sir!

You just happened to attempt this during one of the wettest late springs we've seen in recent years, especially out east. I wish we could have seen more of the route (parts you had to skip) but I totally understand the need for self preservation, especially when traveling solo. I've already covered the route to the west and most everything north of Houston but I need to try the routes to the east. Sadly, there's very little to explore in most of Texas due to the lack of public lands but tracks like these along dirt/gravel and forest roads will suffice for most. I try to cover two BDR's on the bike every year along with a separate out of state trip with the 4x4 and camper as well. Thanks for sharing this adventure, maybe next time the weather will be on your side.

Impressive camera work and B roll! Well done.

This is a clear example of On X being not what it claims to be. I live in Texas. Grew up in East Texas and I know for sure, between private land and government property literally kills off road exploration. As awesome the Texas countryside can be, remember that not every road here is free to roam. I have family in East Texas and they constantly have to drive off people from their land simply from the On X app. So much that simple signage doesn’t work. As an off-road guy like myself, at some point you have to respect the land owner. Do you research BEFORE you tread on private land. Trust me, you’ll get further if you ask permission vs just following a stupid app on your thousand dollar phone.

Just found you and love the content! Thanks for doing this. I am born and raised in Texas and still have soo much of my own state to explore.

Man I was hoping this video would of changed my mind about moving out of Texas to somewhere with more camping and off-roading, but it definitely fueled my want to leave lol

you got lucky... May was super rainy this year. we got 13 inches at my house in Central TX. lol

My family and I would visit Toledo Bend frequently when we lived in LA. Great place for camping, swimming, and fishing! ❤

We are out of Central Texas and take the Hill Country route every April during the Bluebonnet season. This looks like an interesting variation to explore sometime.

this was awesome, i grew up in Evant! went to school in hamilton..... and guess i have driven the tx traverse but had no clue it was a trail...... living in DFW sure do miss the hill country... good job on vid

I live about 30 miles from that small lake you camped at in the Angelina National Forest. I camp there quite often. It’s a nice spot! 👍🏻

Born and raised in Texas and do not plan on ever leaving. Traveled to Mexico and Costa Rica for 35 years on surf trips. Visited numerous states in the U.S. on motorcycle trips and enjoyed all of them. Texas is home and it has a lot to offer.

This was an awesome video I live 15 mins from cleburne, Texas, and had no idea about all these back roads I’m definitely planning on hitting this trail now! -Ryan/Jeepanddestroy

Well done and thanks for taking me along!

I don't know what your background is, but you have incredible cinematography skills. Thanks for all of the work that took.

Love this video. I'm out of Waco and have done adventure riding on my motorcycles in quite a bit of the areas in this. I have a video on my channel of me eating it on that water crossing outside of Cranfills Gap lol.

I love Texas, moved here 12 years ago from NE Oregon, I dearly miss public land for recreation, it’s my only knock on Texas. It actually kind of blows my mind how it’s like this. I had to buy my own land for hunting and recreation, only thing I don’t have is fishing but I only live 45 minutes from Lake Amistad so it’s not too bad.

Great video. Moral of the story and my experience for the last 20 years in Texas, coming from Oregon….camping in Texas is terrible.

Driving with your coffee in an open cup on a dirt road. MY MAN!

Glad you enjoyed the Route. Took many a day putting it together. Truck looked great around Hillsboro. LOL

Throughly enjoyed your episode. Thanks

That looks suspiciously like an Icom ID-5100 on a RAM mount. :) Fantastic video! My first time seeing your channel. Liked and Subscribed! 73!

From Hico to Meridian, Mosheim, Crnafills Gap and back to Hico there's a major bike race on those gravel roads with some of those same water crossings. This year we got rerouted to avoid some deep water in the Bosque River. Yeears past it's been dry enough in the weeks prior to the race but not this past May. it feels desolate out there on a bike and the heat keeps us going from one town to the next for enough water/ calories. This is the center of Texas in my mind. Riding from DFW to Austin, this area takes the most planning to get a continuous route that doesn't go across a military base, private ranch roads, high water, major highways.

The problem you experienced could have been solved by staying at one of the many rest areas, or truck stops. You can pop your tent but, just sleeping in your truck will help you make up time in the am.

23:54 I’ve done this in the bowl of an on ramp to the turnpike because there was a wreck and I wanted to turn around but just had to floor it the whole way😂

Great trip. I have to admit, finding a site on the go is not very pleasurable in Texas. When you do find them they are truly amazing. I have a few saved in gaia that have treated us well. Safe Travels.

Great video! Editing, shots and audio are excellent! Maybe add a map view that shows route. I live in Houston and explore SHNF often.

That Was A REALLY GOOD Video 👍👍👍

Great Overland adventure!

Great video man. Though the Texas Epic Adventure Trail is the longest that I know of at a little over 2,300 miles. You should definitely check it out.

The reason I watched your video is the picture you used is the ranch I grew up on. When they "fixed" that bridge they did a bad job and made the concrete too smooth making it hard to cross because it was so slick.

""Hell yeah '' nothing beats a good Texas Whataburger!!! ❤

Great shots man, I want to do this same route in my Tacoma/Super Pacific. Thanks for sharing your experiences!

Imagine what this would have been like the 1980s and early 1990s Texas with less people across the state.

Outstanding!

I know most of those roads! Been down many before the freeways took precedence. When I go to the ranch there are mostly caliche roads so I’m used to it.

Oh man, you picked a rough time for Sam Houston, NF. SO MANY FS roads have closed with all the weather.

You should check out the Texas Epic Adventure Trail! Go Native Overland

Awesome video!

If push comes to shove, you can sleep at roadside parks in Texas. Actually, there are a buttload of pretty nice roadside parks in Texas, That in and of its self makes a pretty good road trip allover Texas.

Just found your page! Awesome video! You should have a pile more subscribers! I know you just found one more!

Another great one! Do you have any plans to come back East and do the Georgia Traverse?

Sexton pond, you should have took the foot trail up to the old Aldridge Sawmill.

I would recommend you get yourself some Thunder, Thunderer mud Tires, When I had them on my 2013 Nissan Xterra pro 4X they were great on mud/snow / Rain & fair on the Highway Great on sand I never needed the 4X4.

Beautifully shot!

Invest in a winch brother! Totally worth it.

Having been born and raised in TX (DFW to Austin and in between) I'm familiar with all this area. But, I don't know how you sleep in 90/90 weather in a tent!

I would love to try this trail out.

Great video (videography)! I would love to drive this route. Do you think it would be possible to do in a Prerunner?

Very Cool! 😎

Thank you for documenting just how bad an idea it is to even consider “overlanding” or off-roading in Texas

Nice job!

You know a winch in the winch bumper would be a good idea if overlanding alone. That and a land anchor for places like you were in he ditch without trees to attach to

Oh, my! If you only knew what you were eating!!

Whata you mean hot, 94 is comfortable, 115 is hot ;p BTW there is a lot of public land, but Texas is large, lots of space in between...plenty of parks in my county of Bexar. Thats some nasty Tx clay... :o Red eared slider turtle, i had to move one in Aransas WIldlife Refuge. There's alligators in the east Tx forest swampy areas...Big Thicket...

With all the road blocks, it should be called The Texas Backtracking Trail

amen to that scripture verse!

Great video. Very interesting. But did your really say: "What else does Texas GOT" at 00:32? :😬

Great campsite at 38:22 !

At camps like that bubble , just pull through first, and if you're not gonna stay , don't pay.

This was amazing. I’d love to know how you got all the b-roll and drone footage.

Awesome video! What part of TX are you in? I’d like to potentially link up with folks like you sometime and do some of these trips. I’m in Dripping Springs

900% profit, that's crazy!

Cool content . I am from grandview tx. But live in Wy for 10 years now. You need to come up here and hit the bdr trails. Lots of BLM land. we love here in Wy.

I have a BP51 kit on my Tundra. Just out of general curiosity, what settings are you running?

Had me at Got!

Damn this route seemed really depressing

I really enjoyed your filming creativity. Never, understood why PD’s target travelers that are showing respect for the area by leaving no trace. Unfortunately, much of Texas is not overland friendly.

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Dude, You need a winch then you could do some of those crossings. Texas sucks for off road. I didn't know this before I moved here. So disappointed with the move here.

What sizw tires are on your tacoma? They look to be narrower but taller like a size 265/75r17 size.

dude if you want to ride out and you live around Dallas, hit me up and we can meet up for a ride up north.

Video made me realize - a pickgun will be added to truck

Should’ve gone to storms in lampasas or burnet

I gotta know where you got the seat covers from or of they are custom seats and arm rest?

As soon as I saw this thumbnail... I said "ain't no way that's the swimming hole!" Sure enough.. it is! How random! 11:23 .... that's my ex gf family's ranch! That's the dam/swimming spot we would always go to... throughout the intro of this video I saw you went out the front of the property and into town... 😅 bruh BTW, that road is public but all of the land/water around it private land. If you want some offroading, go back to laguna Park, and Down to the lake edge. Trails go through there

What????? You chose Whataburger over Storm's Drive-in in Lampasas.

Cool

was this recorded before or after the hurricane lol

Do not even attempt this route unless you’ve spent at least 55k on an “offroad” vehicle and another 60k on modifications and accessories to make your rig top heavy and dramatically raise its center of gravity. Only then can you adequately enjoy “overlanding” as it has been recently discovered and defined.

Nice videography, but too many ads

I wish I could do this trail. It looks like onX is the only place you can get the route and they do not allow people to export GPX files. This is why I use Gaia GPS. I tried onX and because they do this, I will never subscribe.

Unfortunately, this is the one type of “hunting” to which Texas is not friendly. Lived here 50 years-but I spend my exploring budget in NM, CO, AZ or UT.

Let me know if you want to sell the snorkel from your truck.

What front bumper do u have?

As a Texan, I can honestly say I hate how little can actually be explored. Land of the fences, and the home of the barbed wire. It’s very demoralizing.

there is not much REAL public land in Texas, the only bit I know of is the LBJ Grasslands in N. E. Texas other than that you wont find any. Texas land is very privately owned and if caught could be a warning, get shot, or fined, and possibly carted off to jail. there are however tons of manicured camp grounds in the state you can visit but I do not like to spend the money I rather find somewhere free, dispersed camping. that in itself is a huge challenge, lots of luck hunting. love the Texas Traverse just is not much place to camp dispersed along its route. I wish Texas had more public lands but unfortunately it doesn't.

Not much fun, except maybe some East Texas lakes.

should have camped in kimblebend on brazos

“What else does Texas got” - check your grammar.

ANOTHER SHRUBBERY 🤣

You did a great job of documenting and producing an interesting video. I live in Saginaw, TX so this was of interest to me. Gord