One of the rare state parks made up of more water than land, East Texas' Caddo Lake State Park takes its name from a 26,000-acre lake with a large cypress grove rising out of its dark waters.

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8 Underrated U.S. State Parks to Visit

One of the rare state parks made up of more water than land, East Texas' Caddo Lake State Park takes its name from a 26,000-acre lake with a large cypress grove rising out of its dark waters.

The scenery is even more eerie in fall, after the trees have shed their leaves and appear bald. The short stumps you'll see poking up through the water's surface are called cypress "knees," which are above-ground extensions of bald cypress root systems. This is the world's largest intact cypress forest — and one of the country's few forests that are better explored by boat than on foot.

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