Buffalo Bayou
Buffalo Bayou is a slow-moving river which flows through Houston in Harris County, Texas. It was formed 18,000 years ago, flowing east for 53 miles from Katy, Fort Bend County to the Gulf of Mexico.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include San Jacinto Monument and San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site.
San Jacinto Monument
Photo: Tijuana Brass, Public domain.
The San Jacinto Monument is a 567.31-foot-high column located on the Houston Ship Channel in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, about 16 miles due east of downtown Houston.
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
Park
Photo: Stvtron, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site includes the location of the Battle of San Jacinto. It is located off the Houston Ship Channel in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, near the city of Houston.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Channelview and Lynchburg.
Channelview
Town
Channelview is a census-designated place in the U.S. state of Texas on the east side of Houston in Harris County. Its population was 45,688 at the 2020 U.S. census. Channelview is situated 2 miles northwest of Buffalo Bayou.
Lynchburg
Hamlet
Lynchburg is an unincorporated community in east central Harris County, Texas, United States. Lynchburg is situated 2 miles northeast of Buffalo Bayou.
East Houston
Rough-and-tumble East Houston is the city's beating, industrial heart - along with William P. Hobby Airport, you'll find the Houston Ship Channel and working-class neighborhoods in the shadow of the somewhat alien landscape of oil refineries that line the shores.
Buffalo Bayou
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Harris and Fort Bend counties in Texas, United States
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Harris County, Texas, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Buffalo Bayou” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Buffalo Bayou”
- Catalan: “Buffalo Bayou”
- Cebuano: “Buffalo Bayou”
- Chinese: “水牛河”
- Chinese: “水牛溪”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر بوفالو بايو”
- Estonian: “Buffalo Bayou jõgi”
- Estonian: “Buffalo Bayou”
- French: “Bayou Buffalo”
- German: “Buffalo Bayou”
- Japanese: “バッファロー・バイユー”
- Lithuanian: “Bafalo Baju”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Buffalo Bayou”
- Norwegian: “Buffalo Bayou”
- Venetian: “Buffalo Bayou”
- Welsh: “Buffalo Bayou”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lynchburg Landing and Lakeside Park Estates.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lynchburg Reservoir Dam and Battleship Texas.
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