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Open to the public. Public golf course with great green fees! Great hours open when most area courses are closed. Hours vary by season.

Formally a post office restored to Alvin Historical museum. This museum feature the history of Alvin, TX featuring photographic documentary of the school, football teams,Shells: Treasures from the Sea, Images of the West, Ancient Oil lamps, and lots more. Also a gift shop with a variety of books and other items. Admission $3.00-Open each Thursday & Friday and only open the 1st Saturday of each month.

BP Amoco Chemical company-Chocolate Bayou Plant. Project rates available. Great hotel with all the services and amenities needed after long day at the plant. Easy drive and only 22 minutes away-no traffic to/from this area.

Alvin's best kept secret. Over 80 acres of exotic animals roaming the wildlife park. You will see deer, bison, long horns, emus, rhinos, giraffes, monkeys, ostriches, camels, and other wildlife roaming the wooded acres freely. For $18 you can go on a guided tour of the park where you are free to feed the animalsright from the back of a jeep/train. for $3.00 you can purchase a bucket of feed for close encounters.

Only 20 minutes to Galveston Beaches of Galveston, TX- Deep sea fishing, Jet skiing, water sports, Moody Gardens, Rainforest Cafe, Schliterbaun water park, Moody Gardens and much more outdoor water sports.

Gulf Coast Speedway is a 1/8 mile high clay oval located in Alvin, TX Track facts: elevation: 25 ft lattitude: 29.293356 longitude: -95.315495 GPS: N2917.6013, W 95 18.9297 Race track , rally, driving school,kart tracks, oval tracks, road curves, drag strips,, hill climbs, time trails, and more

This is a must see! Hometown of Baseball Hall of Fame Nolan Ryan museum displays legendary memorbelia and artifacts. See video of the famous moments in baseball history, lots of interactive and educational history. $5 adults; $2.50 students-Under 6 free. Direction from NRC: Start at 3110 MUSTANG RD, ALVIN going toward MEYER ST - go 0.30.5 mikm Turn Right on S ALVIN BYP(TX-35 N) - go 2.43.8 mikm Arrive at 900 N LOOP 35, ALVIN, hotel on the Right

For an out of this world experience Space Center Houston is 1600 acres of spacesuites, spacecrafts, and other artifacts. Experience mission control, flight simulators, journey through space in a 5 story theater and more interactive explorations. Directions: Start at 900 N LOOP 35 going toward STEELE RD - go 1.3 mi Turn RT on FRIENDSWOOD RD(FM-528) - go 1 mi Cont. on FM-528 - go 9.7 mi Cont.on E NASA RD 1 - go 0.71 mi Cont. on NASA ONE(FM-528 N) - go 0.81 mi Arrive SPACE CENTER HOUSTON, on Rt

"Alvin Community College exists to improve the lives of its constituents by providing affordable, accessible, high quality and innovative academic, technical and cultural educational opportunities for the diverse communities it serves."

Carnival Breeze Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Breeze offers seven day Eastern Caribbean cruises year round. Carnival Freedom Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Freedom offers three different seven-night itineraries out of Galveston, all beginning on Saturdays: A Western Caribbean itinerary with stops in Cozumel, Mexico; Belize and the Honduran island of Roatan. A Western Caribbean itinerary with stops at Montego Bay, Jamaica; George Town, Grand Cayman; and Cozumel. A Bahamas itinerary