Lakeside

Lakeside is a hamlet in Galveston, Texas. Lakeside is situated nearby to the hamlet Glen Cove, as well as near the village El Lago.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Space Shuttle Independence and Bay Area Museum.

Space Shuttle Independence

Photo: Alexrudd, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Space Shuttle Independence, formerly known as Explorer, is a full-scale, high-fidelity replica of the Space Shuttle orbiter. It was built by Guard-Lee in Apopka, Florida, installed at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in 1993, and moved to Space Center Houston in 2012. Space Shuttle Independence is situated 2½ miles west of Lakeside.

The Bay Area Museum is located in Clear Lake Park in Seabrook, Texas, US, part of the Clear Lake area, Bay Area Houston. The museum displays changing exhibits that reflect the history of the area, as well as conserving memorabilia from the Lunar Rendezvous festival, an annual celebration of the region's link to space exploration due to the presence of the Johnson Space Center.

Johnson Space Center

Research institute

Photo: NASA, Public domain.

The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center is NASA's center for human spaceflight in Houston, Texas, where human spaceflight training, research, and flight control are conducted. Johnson Space Center is situated 2 miles west of Lakeside.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include El Lago and Clear Lake Shores.

El Lago

Village

El Lago is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,090 at the 2020 census. El Lago has particular historical significance, as it sits on the site of one of the main hide-outs for the French pirate and privateer Jean Lafitte. El Lago is situated 1½ miles northeast of Lakeside.

Clear Lake Shores

Village

Photo: BFS Man, CC BY 2.0.

Clear Lake Shores is a city in Galveston County, Texas, United States, located within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 1,258. Clear Lake Shores is situated 1½ miles east of Lakeside.

Taylor Lake Village

Village

Taylor Lake Village is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,704 at the 2020 U.S. census. Taylor Lake Village is situated 1½ miles north of Lakeside.

Lakeside

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Galveston, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude

29.55245° or 29° 33′ 9″ north

Longitude

-95.0591° or 95° 3′ 33″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

76X6HW2R+X9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 151347405

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4704969

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