Beaumont, Texas
Beaumont, Texas ... Texas with a little something extra! Southeast Texas' largest city is a natural and cultural crossroads, combining modern Texas with Bayou roots. Beaumont is a kaleidoscope of cultures that influence an eclectic array of restaurants, art galleries, museums and performance art throughout the area. Points of historic interest rich in cultural diversity are also abundant in Beaumont. Among them are the McFaddin Ward House, John J. French Museum, and Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown Museum. Beaumont embraces its multi-cultural heritage. You will find restaurants, museums, cultural attractions, festivals and recreation that showcase many ethnic groups in Beaumont. Visit the Beaumont CVB website for more information.
Get away and lose yourself in Southeast Texas’ natural outdoors and diverse wildlife in the Big Thicket National Preserve. Enjoy birding, swimming, canoeing, hiking, fishing, and more. Go for a brisk jog to warm up in winter or for a swim to cool down during our warm summers. The Big Thicket National Preserve is a unit of the National Park Service established to protect and preserve biodiversity on 97,000 acres in seven counties of Texas. Big Thicket offers some of the richest diversity of plant life in North America. Natural processes have influenced the region over the millennium. The last Ice Age “pushed” plants from other parts of the country into a close “neighborhood.” Today, plants from the Gulf Coastal Plains, Eastern Forests, and Central Plains share space with species indicative of swamps and bayous.
Gator Country is an alligator theme park that has "Big Al", the largest alligator in captivity in Texas, along with baby alligators that everyone can hold and two alligator snapping turtles that truly appear prehistoric. See the swiftness and agility of these creatures, fish for gators in the adolescent pond and watch a live alligator show where park volunteers will get up close and personal with the gators. Gator Country offers tasty Cajun food including fried alligator and a gift shop with T-shirts touting the message "Quick Hands or No Hands." Hours vary with the season. |
