Beaumont Things to Do

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  • Crystal Beach, Beaumont

    1. Crystal Beach

    There are 2 main beaches in the greater Beaumont area. Crystal Beache is a major party destination for locals and is patrolled heavily by cops. There are ferries from Crystal Beach to Galveston. This...   more
  • Spindletop, Beaumont

    2. Spindletop

    Spindletop was named such due to the way the trees near the salt hill flared out as if there was an upside down spindle. It was a local playground for a long time, until the industrial explosion...   more
  • Downtown, Beaumont

    3. Downtown

    The city has experienced a sudden boom, but it stopped shortly, as most of the oil business has moved to Houston. This has frozen the downtown as if it is 1930, and you can see a lot of interesting...   more
  • Boomtown Lake, Beaumont

    4. Boomtown Lake

    About 5 minutes East of Beaumont in Vidor is Boomtown Lake. There's a small charge for the day which is probably around $5. Beaumont gets rather hot in the summer, and swimming is a must for everybody...   more
  • Catholic Cathedral, Beaumont

    5. Catholic Cathedral

  • Swing Out Civic Club -great place to 2 step, Beaumont

    6. Swing Out Civic Club -great place to 2 step

    Club located at 3859 Stagg Dr. easy to get to directly across the street from a shopping strip called Gateway. Only open 2 nights a week Tuesday and Friday...   more
  • Sundew Trail, Beaumont

    7. Sundew Trail

    The Preserve consists of nine land units and six water corridors encompassing more than 97,000 acres. It has 4 of the 5 kinds of carnivorous plants in the US....   more
  • Visitor's Center for Big Thicket National Preserve, Beaumont

    8. Visitor's Center for Big Thicket National Preserve

    We got to the Visitor's Center about one. We went through the exhibits (photos 2, 3, and 5) and then the attendant showed us a 10 minute video tape (the film...   more
  • McFaddin-Ward House, Beaumont

    9. McFaddin-Ward House

    This unique and well kept example of "Beaux-Arts Colonial" style architecture was built in 1905/6. In 1907, prosperous locals W. P. H. and Ida Caldwell McFaddin...   more
  • Drive tour of Historic District, Beaumont

    10. Drive tour of Historic District

    Beaumont's history goes back nearly a century. Together with that and the affluence brought on by the industrial oil booms, there are some magnificent homes and...   more
  • First Baptist Church / Tyrrell Public Library, Beaumont

    11. First Baptist Church / Tyrrell Public Library

    While this building definitely looks like a church, with spires and stained glass windows along the naves, it also mysteriously resembles a medieval...   more
  • World's Largest (3rd) Fire Hydrant, Beaumont

    12. World's Largest (3rd) Fire Hydrant

    When this hydrant was built, it was the world's largest. Built in 1999 as a promotion by Disney for the re-release of '101 Dalmatians', this hydrant is spotted...   more
  • Fire Museum of Texas, Beaumont

    13. Fire Museum of Texas

    Located in a historical Firehouse dating back to 1927, Beaumont's museum was opened in 1986. It is endorsed by the Texas State Firemen and Fire Marshals as...   more
  • Southern Architecture, Beaumont

    14. Southern Architecture

    Beaumont is a great place to see some typical Southern architecture. The city retains a small town atmosphere and style.   more

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The Home of Black Gold

 Today, Beaumont is a rather nondescript stopping point for most traveling on I-10 through the southeast of Texas. Honestly speaking, there's not much here to interest most people and therefore does...... 

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Big Thicket

 The Big Thicket National Preserve is headquartered in the town of Beaumont TX, but I have not actually been to the town. 

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Beaumont

 This grew quickly in the late 20's and early 30's as an oil boomtown, but has stagnated ever since. 

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The corner pocket of Texas

 A city of about 110,000, Beaumont is a vertex of the region of Texas known as the Golden Triangle, which consists of Port Arthur, Orange and smaller bedroom communities including Nederland, Port... 

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 Welcome to our little piece of earth. Beaumont is the largest city to where I was raised. Do most of my shopping there. Located near the gulf of mexico, makes things convienient. no spell checking... 

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