Fort Travis Seashore Park

Fort Travis Seashore Park is a park in Galveston, Texas. Fort Travis Seashore Park is situated nearby to the village Port Bolivar, as well as near the neighborhood Beachtown.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Point Bolivar Light and USS Cavalla.

Point Bolivar Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Point Bolivar Light is a historic lighthouse in Port Bolivar, Texas, that was built in 1872. It served for 61 years before being retired in 1933, when its function was replaced by a different light.

USS Cavalla, a Gato-class submarine, is a submarine of the United States Navy named for a salt water fish, best known for sinking the Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku. USS Cavalla is situated 2½ miles southwest of Fort Travis Seashore Park.

SS Selma

Disaster remains

Photo: Jw4nvc, CC BY 3.0.

SS Selma was a concrete-hulled oil tanker built as part of the World War I Emergency Fleet, one of only twelve concrete ships that were completed for it. SS Selma is situated 2 miles southwest of Fort Travis Seashore Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Port Bolivar and Galveston.

Port Bolivar

Village

Photo: Iketsi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Port Bolivar is an unincorporated community located on the northern shore of the western tip of the Bolivar Peninsula, separated from Galveston Island by the entrance to Galveston Bay.

Galveston

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

Galveston is a city on Galveston Island, off the Texas Gulf Coast, approximately 45 minutes southeast of Houston. Galveston is a port of entry and a destination for almost all the cruise ships with ports of call in Texas.

Fort Travis Seashore Park

Opening hours: 8:00 AM—8:00 PM
Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Galveston, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude

29.36513° or 29° 21′ 55″ north

Longitude

-94.7582° or 94° 45′ 30″ west

Open location code

76X7968R+3P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 62121785

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

4691929

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include First Baptist Church and Port Bolivar Volunteer Fire Department.

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