Fort Crockett, Galveston

Name: Fort Crockett
Address: Galveston, United States

#45 among attractions in Galveston

Forts and castles

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Fort Crockett is a government reservation on Galveston Island overlooking the Gulf of Mexico originally built as a defense installation to protect the city and harbor of Galveston and to secure the entrance to Galveston Bay, thus protecting the commercial and industrial ports of Galveston and Houston and the extensive oil refineries in the bay area. The facility is now managed by the US NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, and hosts the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Laboratory, the Texas Institute of Oceanography, as well as some university facilities. The area still contains several historical buildings and military fortifications. ()

Built: 1903 (121 years ago)Coordinates: 29°16'29"N, 94°49'1"W

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Fort Crockett – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Congregation B'nai Israel, Saints Constantine and Helen Church, Samuel May Williams House, 61st Street Fishing Pier.

1.6 miNE
Library, Synagogue
Congregation B'nai Israel, Galveston
42 min walk • Congregation B'nai Israel is a Jewish synagogue located in Galveston, Texas, USA. Organized by German Jewish immigrants in 1868, it is the oldest Jewish Reform congregation and the second chartered Jewish congregation in the state.
1.3 miN
Church
Saints Constantine and Helen Church, Galveston
33 min walk • The Saints Constantine and Helen Serbian Orthodox Church is a Serbian Orthodox church located in Galveston, Texas, United States. It is a parish of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of New Gracanica - Midwestern America.
1.2 miNE
Museum, History museum, Greek Revival architecture
Samuel May Williams House, Galveston
30 min walk • The Samuel May Williams House is a former museum in Galveston, Texas. The second-oldest surviving residence in Galveston, it is now on the National Register of Historic Places. It was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1964.
0.8 miSW
29°15'53"N • 94°49'31"W
61st Street Fishing Pier, Galveston
22 min walk • Street, Piers and boardwalks, Observation decks and towers
1.4 miNE
Greek Revival architecture
Michel B. Menard House, Galveston
36 min walk • The Menard House, also known as The Oaks, is a historic detached-home located at 1605 Thirty-Third Street in Galveston, Texas. Built in 1838, it is the oldest surviving structure in Galveston as recently as 2014 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
0.9 miNE
Universities and schools
Galveston College, Galveston
22 min walk • Galveston College is a public community college in Galveston, Texas.