Trips from Vidor, starting with Spindletop
Some 228K visitors a year come to Big Thicket National Preserve. None of our places to visit is inside Vidor; 12 are within 40 miles. The mix takes in 8 museums, 2 gardens and a landmark.
Spindletop
Oil field in Texas.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The places, mapped
To the southwest is where most of the 12 lie.
Orange: Vidor. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Every place, in and near Vidor
Everything here is within 60 miles, 12 places in all.
2Big Thicket National Preserve
Heavily-forested area of Southeast Texas in the United States.
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5Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum & Visitor Center
Sports museum in Beaumont, Texas.
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11Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center
Botanical garden, nature center in Orange, Texas.
12Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Vidor → · Vidor’s history →
Photo credits
Spindletop: i_am_jim, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Big Thicket National Preserve: NPS, Public domain · Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum: i_am_jim, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Art Museum of Southeast Texas: R. Rothenberger, CC BY 3.0 · Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum & Visitor Center: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Edison Museum: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Fire Museum of Texas: R. Rothenberger, CC BY 3.0 · Beaumont Botanical Gardens: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Texas Energy Museum: JJonahJackalope, CC BY-SA 4.0
