WHERE IS EAGLES NEST AND WHAT IS IT LIKE?
The Nest is in the south-east corner of Texas known as the Big Thicket. No, not swamp. It is mostly forest. The Nest is about 70 miles North-east of downtown Houston and 60 miles north-west of Beaumont. It borders on the Trinity River about 15 miles below the Lake Livingston dam. A portion of the Big Thicket Preserve is nearby and the diversity of plants and animals is rare in the U.S. Much of the land in our area belongs to the large timber companies. Our community is Ace. Yes, that’s the name of the Post Office just across Highway 2610 from the Nest. Downtown Ace is made up of the Church of Ace and the Ace Post Office. The rest of us are back in the woods. If you look at a map of Texas, you will find Ace on the point of the arrow-shaped line (pointing east) of the Trinity River just downstream from Lake Livingston. Most of the Nest is made up of oaks, pines, hickory, magnolias, and dogwoods. The land is a high bluff overlooking the Trinity River. Two spring-fed creeks flow together a
