Gilchrist
Gilchrist, Texas is an unincorporated residential community and beachfront resort along State Highway 87, located seventeen miles east of Bolivar Point in the Bolivar Peninsula census-designated place, in Galveston County, Texas, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: town in Galveston County, Texas, United States
- Also known as: “Gilchrist, Texas” and “Gilchrist, TX”
- Postal code: 77617
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bolivar Peninsula.
Bolivar Peninsula
Photo: Bettina Arrigoni, CC BY 2.0.
Bolivar Peninsula is a narrow strip of sand, 28 mi long, separating Galveston Bay from the Gulf of Mexico just east of Galveston, Texas. In places, the peninsula is as little as 1,000 meters in width.
Gilchrist
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Galveston, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude
29.51245° or 29° 30′ 45″ northLongitude
-94.48908° or 94° 29′ 21″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
76X7GG66+X9OpenStreetMap ID
node 151814122OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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