Eddie V. Gray Wetlands Center's innovative facility, located on the banks of Goose Creek in Baytown, is host to thousands of visitors and school children each year. The Wetlands Center boasts a 9,000 square-foot exhibit area, which includes a variety of exhibits; Gator World, with its juvenile alligators and large wetlands mural, is always a favorite with visitors young and old.

Houston's favorite spot for a festival, this piece of Buffalo Bayou is perfect for a picnic or an afternoon outside.

Elizabeth Baldwin Park consists of 4.88 acres on Elgin Street between Crawford and Chenevert Streets in a proud old neighborhood facing revitalization in the twenty-first century in the form of renovated houses and newly built townhouses and businesses.

Galveston Bay Cruising Association is a non-profit organization that strives to put on quality yacht racing events at a minimum cost.

Galveston Island State Park features two thousand acres of surf, beach, dunes, coastal prairie, fresh-water ponds, wetlands, and bay shoreline just down Galveston Island from the city of Galveston. Birdwatching, camping, canoeing/kayaking, fishing, hiking, and swimming are common place.

This 480-acre living history site, with more than 100 years of Texas history, offers hands-on experiences and costumed historical interpreters.

Home to the resting places of Howard Hughes, William P. Hobby and other Texas VIPs, Glenwood Cemetery opened in 1871.

Mariachi and salsa music, ballet folklorico, and seasonal festival are among the sights and sounds that fill Hispanic-styled Guadalupe Plaza Park in the East End’s Second Ward neighborhood.

Hermann Park has a bountiful assortment of entertainment: a golf course, an outdoor theater, a jogging track, a beautiful rose garden, picnic spaces, a butterfly exhibit, and even a museum! There is plenty to see and do in Hermann Park.

Since its founding in 1927 at the Turning Basin, Hidalgo Park has been at the center of the East End’s cultural and civic life. Neighborhood residents raised money to purchase the park’s orginal land and sponsored the creation of its unqiure quiosco (gazebo).