North Barrier Coast Voyage Tips and guide

North Barrier Coast is on the Gulf Coast of Texas.

Map of North Barrier Coast

• 29.39361-95.271391 Alvin
• 28.9808-95.96442 Bay City
• 29.743889-94.9658333 Baytown
• 29.026111-95.3944444 Clute
• 29.301389-94.7977785 Galveston
• 29.762778-95.3830566 Houston and its surrounding metropolitan area.
• 29.7925-95.82257 Katy
• 28.7092-96.21758 Palacios
• 29.568611-95.02259MISSING WIKILINK Seabrook
• 29.599444-95.61416710 Sugar Land
• 28.952136-95.28441511 Surfside

• 29.464444-94.6077781 Bolivar Peninsula - long barrier island like strip with beaches, mosquitos and bird sanctuaries
• 29.3789-95.5952 Brazos Bend State Park - Wooded campsites, an astronomical observatory and a huge population of alligators
• 29.2011-94.96033 Galveston Island - An interesting city, numerous Gulf beaches that attract distinctively different crowds, and a naturally vegetated barrier island state park.

The three national wildlife refuges on the Texas coast, Brazoria, San Bernard and Big Boggy, form a vital complex of coastal wetlands harboring more than 300 bird species.

• 29.0833-95.254 Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge
• 28.8667-95.53335 San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge
• 28.7583-95.81256 Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge

The North Barrier Coast runs from the north side of Lavaca Bay, across from Port Lavaca, north past Houston and Galveston to the east side of Galveston Bay. It covers territory up to around 80 mi (130 km) inland, including many small communities along US 59/ I-69, for example.