Ratcliff Lake Recreation Area - Day Use

Day use at Ratcliff Lake Recreation Area, part of the National Forests and Grasslands in Texas and managed by the USDA Forest Service. A shingle-roofed wooden kiosk stands at a trail entrance, its panel carrying a map and interpretive text for the 4C National Recreation Trail and the Trail Tamers Trail, with Forest Service shields fixed to the posts below. Beyond it a bare-earth footpath runs straight into open woods of pine and leafless hardwoods, over a floor of brown needles and fallen leaves. A second, smaller signboard and a post marked with a hiker symbol stand beside the path.