Beaumont

Beaumont is a city in Texas, USA.

For other places with the same name, see Beaumont (disambiguation).

Understand

Beaumont was chartered in 1838 just a few years after three businessmen purchased a farming community known as Tevis Bluff and named the newly formed town after one of the men's wives.

From that point, Beaumont charted a course through several epochs, namely from one revolving around rice farming to one devoted to oil extraction with the famous Spindletop oilfield discovery and finally to one centered on shipbuilding as it pertained to World War II needs. This last period was marred to a degree by heightened racial tensions and a race riot.

Beaumont is still a very industrialized city, with even essentially a canal for a river that would normally be the Neches, but it is also somewhat of a cultural nucleus, with plentiful museums and culture venues and the Crockett Entertainment District. It has also been home to a number of celebrities such as The Big Bopper and Babe Zaharias (a famous female athlete).

Get in

By train

Amtrak stops at Beaumont via its tri-weekly Sunset Limited service between New Orleans, Lake Charles, Beaumont, Houston, San Antonio and Los Angeles at the 🌍 Beaumont station is at 2555 W Cedar St, west of downtown. The station is not within walking distance of downtown.

By bus

  • Flixbus (Operated by A Ambassador, Star Shuttle or Wynne), (bus stop) Exxon at 1055 Interstate 10 Access Rd (Bus will board at the Exxon gas station along the southeast curb parallel to the air pumps.). Travels primarily on Interstate 10 between Houston, Beaumont, Lake Charles, Lafayette, New Orleans, Biloxi.
  • 🌍 Greyhound, (bus stop) Gateway Travel Plaza at 1480 W Freeway Blvd (Chevron gas station off of Exit 859 from the westbound lanes of I-10 and Exit #858 from the eastbound lanes, 8 mi (13 km) northeast of Beaumont), +1 409 769-0848. Travels primarily on Interstate 10 between Houston, Beaumont-Vidor, Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Other variations of the route detour through Port Arthur, Beaumont-Vidor, Orange, Lafayette, Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
  • Sun Travel Shuttles, (office) 5000 Jerry Ware Drive, Suite 3 ((stops) Jack Brooks Regional Airport, Super 8 at 3985 College St and Lamar University Subway at Virginia and MLK), +1 409 840-4600, toll-free: +1 888 898-2638. They operate regular scheduled shuttles from Houston Hobby and Bush Intercontinental Airports in Houston to Beaumont Jack Brooks Regional Airport. Call to arrange additional pick-up at your hotel or home.

By plane

The next nearest airports served by more airlines, including Southwest and United Airlines, at more competitive fares, are in Houston QHO IATA (88 mi (142 km) to Houston Hobby Airport along I-10/610 and 75 mi (121 km) to Bush Intercontinental Airport along US Hwy 90). Sun Travel offers regular shuttle transportation between the Houston area airports and the Jack Brooks Regional Airport. (See above under 'By bus')

See

Idiosyncratic Museums

Art Museums

Period House Museums

Do

Theaters

Events

  • Southeast Texas Fair, a major event that takes place in March at the Ford Park with a livestock show, rodeo, and midway.
  • Gusher Marathon
  • Beaumont Blues And Jazz Fest
  • Boomtown Film And Music Festival
  • Downtown Winter Parade in December and Neches River Festival Parade in April.

Eat

Sleep

  • 🌍 MCM Elegante Hotel, 2355 I-10, +1 409-842-3600, toll-free: +1-877-842-3606. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: noon. A hotel with full service restaurant, beautiful tavern with live entertainment, a Starbucks, and a day spa. Outdoor pool and hot tub. Refrigerator and microwave in rooms with great beds. Great value.

Go next

Routes through Beaumont
San Antonio Houston  W  E  Lake Charles New Orleans
Houston Baytown  W  E  Lake Charles Lafayette
Tyler Lufkin  N  S  Nederland Port Arthur
Houston China  W  E  Lake Charles Lafayette
Tenaha Jasper  N  S  Nederland Port Arthur
Fort Worth Palestine  N  S  Nederland Port Arthur


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