Big Thicket is the name of a heavily forested area in
Southeast Texas,
United States. While no exact boundaries exist, the area occupies much of
Hardin,
Liberty,
Tyler,
San Jacinto, and
Polk Counties and is roughly bounded by the
San Jacinto River,
Neches River, and
Pine Island Bayou. To the north, it blends into the larger
Piney Woods terrestrial ecoregion of which it is a part. It has
historically been the most dense forest region in what is now Texas, though logging in the 19th and 20th centuries dramatically reduced the forest concentration.