Closest/Nearest mountains to Nederland?

[el borracho]

here's a link for the franklins mountains
TPWD: Franklin Mountains State Park

[OUFan22]

Originally Posted by tstone

Ouachita Mountains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

^ ^ are the closest (and most forgotten).

I agree with tstone, the Ouachita Mountains are the closest to Nederland and are in the southeast corner of Oklahoma (near Hugo, Idabel, Broken Bow, Poteau, etc...). There also is the Arbuckle Mountains in south central Oklahoma near Ardmore and Turner Falls. This is near I-35 north of Dallas. The Ouachita's are about 5-6 hours from Beaumont. I live in Lumberton and I drive through the western edge of the Ouachita's quite often when I go back home to vist my parents in NE Oklahoma.

[NIS350ZTT]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

Are you serious? Texas has mountains, but they're waayy out in West Texas.

Arkansas would probably have the closest mountain range to Southeast Texas.

Yes, I'm serious.

I'm thinking of moving there and I enjoy vacationing to the mountains, thus I was wondering what mountains similar to the Smokey mountains are closest to Nederland/Beaumont/Port Arthur.

I figured this was the best place to ask this question than any other web site. Thanks for the replies everyone.

[mov2set]

I was raised in Port Arthur. In high school we studied topographical maps. The only lines on the map were for a man made mound at the end of Proctor Street and Pleasure Island, which was built up from dredging the Intercostal canal. The closest mountains would be to drive to Houston and get on a plane to Colorado. Arkansas would be the closest driving distance, but that is probably 7-10 hours.

[case44]

Closest geographically would be southeastern Oklahoma and southwestern Arkansas. The next closest would be out in West Texas near Balmorhea and Fort Davis.