Tourism

Mount Vernon is a First Lady's Texas Treasure!

One of only 9 Texas Cities to be named a 'Texas Treasures' City by Texas' First Lady Anita Perry, Mount Vernon remains committed to a culture of preservation, heritage tourism, and livability!

Visit us soon and discover for yourself the charms of an 'earlier' Texas!

Mount Vernon Designations:

  • First Lady's Inaugural 'Texas Treasure' City

  • Preserve America City

  • National Main Street City

  • Texas Historical Commission Main Street City

  • Visionaries in Preservation City

  • Certified Local Government

  • Heritage Trails / Forest Trail Region Partner

  • Texas Department of Agriculture 'Go Texan' City

  • Certified Farmers' Market

  • Certified Retirement Community

  • Keep Texas Beautiful City

Come Explore the Nature of an Earlier Texas!

Mount Vernon / Franklin County located in Northeast Texas

We are located in the northeast corner of Texas, halfway between Dallas and Texarkana and I-30 runs within our City Limits. We have all the ingredients for the perfect ‘getaway’ – motels, relaxing B&B’s, Historic homes just a stroll away from a picture-postcard downtown; an active arts community; and birding and nature tourism galore!

Drive the ancient, marked Indian Trails or visit the restored home of the tallest Confederate soldier in the Civil War – Col. Henry Clay Thruston. Or you might want to visit the ‘Don Meredith Sports Memorabilia’ Exhibit at the Old Fire Station Museum – sports items donated by Mount Vernon’s own Don Meredith, former Dallas Cowboy quarterback and host of Monday Night Football. Also in the Old Fire Station Museum, the Nations Bird Egg Exhibit houses an exquisite, Smithsonian - quality bird egg collection.

Or kick back and relax at beautiful pine-tree lined Lake Cypress Springs – just 8 miles south of Mount Vernon! TWICE named the “Most Beautiful Lake in Texas” by D Magazine! Your perfect weekend is waiting for you! 

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