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The bay as a whole is composed of four major sub-bays: Galveston Bay proper, Trinity Bay, East Bay, and West Bay. [60] Other smaller bays and lakes connecting to this complex of waterways in the Bay Area include San Jacinto Bay, Burnet Bay, Scott Bay, Crystal Bay, Goose Lake, Clear Lake, Dickinson Bay, and Moses Lake.
This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Texas and other landmarks of equivalent landmark status in the state. The United States' National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service , and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of ...
Bay Area Ridge Trail, surrounds and crosses the valley; Belgatos Park and connected Heintz, and Santa Rosa open space preserves, Los Gatos; Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Santa Cruz Mountains; Castle Rock State Park, Santa Cruz Mountains; Coyote Creek Trail, San Jose to Morgan Hill; Ed R. Levin County Park, Milpitas; Fremont Older Open Space ...
Other major area parks include Harris County Clear Lake and Bay Area parks, Clear Creek Nature Park (League City) and Challenger 7 Memorial Park (Webster). Space Center Houston is the tourist arm of the Johnson Space Center and one of the most visited tourist attractions in Texas. [43]
San Jacinto Monument seen from the USS Texas Landmarks Alamo Mission in San Antonio Fort Sam Houston King Ranch San Jacinto Monument Spindletop Texas State Capitol USS Texas (BB-35) Presidential libraries George Bush Presidential Library George W. Bush Presidential Library Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum Battle of Palo Alto historical ...
Tourist attractions in Santa Clara County, California (13 C, 30 P) Tourist attractions in Silicon Valley (1 C, 126 P) Tourist attractions in Solano County, California (5 C, 6 P)
Clear Lake is a brackish harbor located near Houston, Texas, U.S., in Harris County. The lake feeds Galveston Bay. It is bordered by Houston (Clear Lake City), Pasadena, League City, Clear Lake Shores, Taylor Lake Village, Seabrook and El Lago, Texas. NASA's Johnson Space Center lies near its shores.
The Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company was formed in New York in 1830 to promote additional settlement around Galveston Bay and other parts of southeast Texas. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] The company gradually brought in many colonists from the United States and Europe, although conflict with Mexican officials over colonization laws initially made these ...