Editorial pick · In Baytown
Wood fire at the Hyatt, looking at the ship channel. Not downtown. Better than that.
100 Convention Center Way$$
Neighborhood
Bayfront / Bayway
The reason the city is called Baytown.
A peninsula of wetlands and a cable-stayed bridge that is the city’s unofficial monument. The Nature Center (500 acres), Bayland Park’s Buddy McBride ramps, the Hyatt on the marina, O’Neals on the water, views of the ExxonMobil refinery, fifth-largest in the U.S. by EIA capacity. This is not a beach town. It is a working waterfront with a bird sanctuary attached, which is a stranger and better combination.
Thompson’s Fish Camp is not here — that launch is 213 Simms Road at Tri-City Beach, east-bay, a different zip. People keep googling it onto Bayway. Don’t.
Parking. Nature Center lots ($4 entry). Hyatt garage for the marina. Do not stop on the Hartman span.
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marina
Editorial pick · In Baytown
The working marina next to O’Neals. Slips, store, office hours on the official site.
2651 S Highway 146$$
Editorial pick · In Baytown
Photo: Baytownbert · CC BY-SA 3.0
Buddy McBride ramps, a lighted pier, and the hilltop gazebo over Tabbs Bay.
2641 South SH 146 Business$
birding
Editorial pick · Near Baytown (0.1 mi)
500 acres, three bays, 317 bird species. The reason to get off I-10.
6213 Bayway Dr$
Plant
Editorial pick · Near Baytown (0.1 mi)
Exxon Mobil Corporation — Fuels (mogas grades, ULSD, jet fuel), Lube oils / base stocks / waxes / hydrocarbon fluids
5000 Bayway Dr
Editorial pick · Near Baytown (0.8 mi)
Texas’s longest cable-stayed bridge. The city’s skyline, whether it admits it or not.
Fred Hartman Bridge$
hotel
Editorial pick · In Baytown
The waterfront overnight. Marina, ship channel, outdoor pool, a restaurant that is actually good.
100 Convention Center Way$$$
Needs review · Near Baytown (0.1 mi)
Fried shrimp, a patio, and Sunday music over the water — Baytown’s default date-night.
2651 TX-146 Bus$$
Editorial pick · In Baytown
private · private · grades PK–8
1811 Carolina St
