Fort Polk
Fort Polk is a memorial in Cameron, Texas. Fort Polk is situated nearby to Port Isabel Lighthouse, as well as near the police station Cameron County Sheriff’s Office.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Port Isabel Lighthouse and Port Isabel High School.
Port Isabel Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: lfwlfw, Public domain.
The Point Isabel Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse located in Port Isabel, Texas, United States that was built in 1852 to guide ships through the Brazos Santiago Pass to Port Isabel.
Port Isabel High School
School
Port Isabel High School is a 4A public high school located in Port Isabel, Texas, United States. It is the sole high school in the Point Isabel Independent School District. Port Isabel High School is situated 2½ miles west of Fort Polk.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Isabel and South Padre Island.
Port Isabel
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The City of Port Isabel, population 6,300 in 2019, is the southernmost city and port on the Texas coast. It is a tourism, retirement, sports fishing and commercial fishing destination and the gateway to South Padre Island.
South Padre Island
South Padre Island is a small resort town on the southern tip of Padre Island off the coast of Texas, close to the border with Mexico. It is a popular spring break destination for college students.
Laguna Vista
Village
Laguna Vista is a town in Cameron County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,520 at the 2020 census. It is included as part of the Brownsville–Harlingen–Raymondville and the Matamoros–Brownsville metropolitan areas. Laguna Vista is situated 5 miles west of Fort Polk.
Fort Polk
- Type: Memorial
- Address: Port Isabel
- Category: historic site
- Location: Cameron, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
26.07753° or 26° 4′ 39″ northLongitude
-97.20765° or 97° 12′ 28″ westInception
1995Operator
Texas Historical CommissionOpen location code
76R43QHR+2WOpenStreetMap ID
node 5224690068OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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