Juan Seguin Historic Park — Attraction in Houston

Deer Park and La Porte don’t really have “nice/modern” parks like Downtown Houston, so this was a huge surprise when we visited to see the upgrades. Modern signage and history telling is wonderful and just serene next to the water where you can fish, and vessel watch along the ship channel. A good reminder of Houston being a huge importer. Something that can improve are the signage on the fishing pier, they have faded out so you can’t make out the historic passages. Also adding more shade to the playground area as it gets really hot. Also adding more playground options like a small rock climbing, maybe even a mini splash pad. The map in the pavilion is pretty neat and beautiful along with the wild flowers at this site. This is a great stop if you do the battleground tour, and the ferry ride and then end it to eat at Monument Inn. Beware, during peak getting off work hours (3-5:30PM) from the plants, the ferry line gets long. But it is one of the last free ferry boats in the USA, and not just that but if there is ever an emergency where both the beltway 8 bridge and Baytown bridge are inaccesible this a backup option to have besides the Washburn tunnel in order to get across the...

Juan Seguin Historic Park is a small but nice park located at a fork where the San Jacinto River meets the Houston Ship Channel (Buffalo Bayou). The park itself has been revamped and is now very nice with a few informational signs. The local area from the San Jacinto Monument to the nearby Lynchburg Ferry have a varied but interesting history. This is also a great place to watch large container ships and barges pass by at all hours of the day and night. I see people fish here which I'm sure is fun, but beware. All of the adjacent waterways are heavily polluted by over one hundred years of heavy industrial contamination. The waters have unsafe levels of dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) as noted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). Immediately upstream from here on the San Jacinto River is a very large repository that leaks these toxins in to the water. I don't know why there isn't much signage but I would not eat any of the fish or crabs that are caught here as they have measurable levels of said carcinogens. I hate to be the skunk at the garden party, but...

Half of it is off-limits, their elevator is broken down so the full experience isn't possible, but they're still charging full price. At the very least they could cut the cost even if it's by $5 bucks, give or take a buck or two. Charging full price for a partial experience just doesn't seem fair to anyone. But with the upper half closed off, there really wasn't that much to see except for a few antique guns, paintings, official documents, letters, jewelry & the stories behind it all. And a step-by-step of how they built the place. That's it. The staff were polite & genuinely seemed to enjoy their job though. We realized when we were leaving that there is a trail that's around 3 miles but with the heat, we'll save that for next time & hopefully they'll have the entire building open...