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Geographical region in Texas, USA
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Texas' Gulf Coast stretches for hundreds of miles, from the Louisiana border to Brownsville on the Rio Grande. The beaches are excellent, and oil-rich cities like Houston make for fun nightlife, too.
From the Mexican border at Brownsville up to the Mansfield Channel.
From the Mansfield Channel in the south near Raymondville past the Corpus Christi area and up to Port Lavaca.
Heavily-developed coastal areas from Point Comfort in the south to Galveston Bay east of Bay City. Includes the sprawling Houston metropolitan area.
Marshy land from Galveston Bay east to the Louisiana border.
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Beaumont is a city in Texas, USA on the northern Gulf Coast, close to the Louisiana state line. It is famous for its early 20th-century oil industry history.
China is a city in Jefferson County, in the Gulf Coast region of Texas.
Corpus Christi (called Corpus by the locals) is Texas's largest coastal city and the gateway to Padre Island. While Corpus Christi isn't on the way to much of anything except itself (and the islands off its coast), it offers enough to fill a visit in its own right, or a multi-day trip from San Antonio, Austin, or Houston.
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.
Houston is a sprawling port city in Southeastern Texas. An oil boom and continuing international immigration has brought explosive growth to the city, and it is now the fifth largest metropolitan area in the United States and the most diverse large city since 2021.
Rockport is a small city in the South Barrier Coast region of Texas, about 45 minutes north up the Gulf of Mexico coast from Corpus Christi. It's right between Copano Bay to the west, on the coast of Aransas Bay.
Port Lavaca is a city on the South Barrier Coast of Texas and is the county seat of Calhoun County.
Port Arthur is in the Gulf Coast region of Texas.
Palacios is a city of 4,400 people (2020) on Matagorda Bay in the Gulf Coast region of Texas, 1½-2 hours southwest of Houston. It is especially noted for birding opportunities.
Resort town on Padre Island. Very popular spring break destination for university students.
Town on the northern tip of Mustang Island.
Just a ferry ride from Galveston Island
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge is in the Gulf Coast region of Texas, between Corpus Christi and Galveston.
A short trip along Texas State Highway 35 can reveal scenes and character that you can't get along the interstate. Expect to see skyscrapers and shacks, sprawl and space, and everything in between - and this is only a small slice of what there is to see in Texas.
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