Day Trips® from Houston: Getaway Ideas For The Local Traveler

by Paris Permenter, John Bigley

Overview

Rediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip with Day Trips from Houston. This guide is packed with hundreds of exciting things for locals and vacationers to do, see, and discover within a two-hour drive of the Houston metro area. With full trip-planning information, Day Trips from Houston helps make the most of a brief getaway.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493031436
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	07/01/2019
Series:	Day Trips Series
Edition description:	3rd Edition
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	472,408
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

John Bigley and Paris Permenter are a husband and wife team of travel writers. Longtime residents of Central Texas, they make their home in the Hill Country west of Austin, near Lake Travis. John and Paris have authored 32 guidebooks including Day Trips from San Antonio and Insiders' Guide to San Antonio. Paris and John also publish www.TexasTripper?.com, which focuses on travel across the Lone Star State, PawZaar.com, featuring global style for pet lovers, and www.DogTipper?.com, filled with tips for dog lovers. Both John and Paris are members of the prestigious Society of American Travel ?Writers. For more on the couple's writing and travels, see www?.parisandjohn?.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

Using this guide xi

North

Day trip 01 A suburban retreat 2

Spring 2

The Woodlands 6

Day Trip 02 Lone Star Land 12

Conroe 12

Montgomery 18

Plantersville 22

Day trip 03 Sam's town 24

Huntsville 24

Northeast

Day Trip 01 Into The Piney Woods 32

Humble 32

Cleveland 35

Coldspring 37

Day Trip 02 Lumber Land 40

Livingston 40

Woodville 45

Day Trip 03 Nature's finest 48

Liberty & Dayton 48

Big thicket national preserve 53

Kountze 57

Silsbee 59

East

Day trip 01 Battlegrounds & birds 62

Pasadena 62

La porte 65

Baytown 67

Anahuac 70

Day trip 02 Oil & art 72

Beaumont 72

Day trip 03 Port dreams 80

Nederland 80

Port Arthur 82

Day Trip 04 Border treasures 87

Orange 87

Southeast

Day trip 01 Down by the bay 94

Alvin 94

Santa fe 97

Bay area Houston 98

Day trip 02 Life's a beach 104

Galveston 104

South

Day trip 01 Wet & wild 116

Angleton 116

Lake Jackson 119

Freeport & surfside beach 122

Southwest

Day trip 01 Pioneer country 127

West Columbia 127

Rosenberg & Richmond 131

West

Day trip 01 Farmlands 136

Katy 136

Brookshire 139

San felipe 140

Sealy 142

Day trip 02 Calm waters & shady oaks 145

Columbus 145

Day trip 03 Czech territory 151

La grange 151

Schulenburg 157

Northwest

Day trip 01 Bluebonnets & blue bell 163

Chappell hill 163

Brenham 167

Burton 173

Day trip 02 Independence day 176

Hempstead 176

Independence 180

Washington 182

Navasota 184

Day trip 03 All the president's memos 188

Bryan-college station 188

Day trip 04 Antiquers' heaven 196

Bellville 196

Round top & winedale 200

Appendix A Regional information 205

Appendix B Festivals & celebrations 210

Index 224