Click Here For WebsiteThe Antiquers' Dream come true. The Mother of all Antique Centers! Spend a day in the beautiful 55,000sq.ft. Antique Mall located at 2500 S. Hwy35 Bypass. The Antique Center is most charming, with hundreds of showcases for fine antiques and collectibles.
Alvin is perfectly poised away from big city hassles with many fabulous shops for everyone to enjoy. There is something for everyone, even a fantastic eatery called the Milk Pail operated by world renowned chef, Jay Ewend. For more information, call 281-388-0537.
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s.title = "Gulf Coast Speedway";
s.text = "Gulf Coast Speedway
Alvin Texas
Got a need for speed? Dirt flying, champion cowboys! On steel horses they fly around the track. Texas State Championships are held at the Alvin speedway, Home of the Modified Midget Association. Races begin Saturday nights at 6pm. Pit passes available. Ahh, July, August. September the months of love, mud, romance, racing, and citronella candle lit BBQ\'s. Spouses of race fans!! What would make a better gift than a season pass at your loved ones favorite Gulf Coast Speedway track! But of course, to only repay them for there undying love that drivers receive all race season long, I mean year long. (Hint, hint, I hope someone\'s wife or girlfriend reads this.
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s.title = "The Great Texas Birding Trail";
s.text = "The Great Texas Birding Trail
Alvin TX
The trail winds through 43 Texas counties, encompassing the entire Texas Coastal Region. Completed in 2000, the Trail features 308 distinct wildlife viewing sites.
Eight colorful trail maps point the way to hundreds of distinct birding and wildlife viewing sites throughout Texas. Each map (Great Texas Coastal Birding Trails - Upper, Central, and Lower Coast; Heart of Texas East, Heart of Texas West and Panhandle Plains) has many separate loops and each site is designated with a unique highway sign and site number corresponding to the map. The maps also have information about the wildlife likely to be found at each site. For more information, please visit our website by clicking on the link below.
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s.title = "Stanton's Shopping Center";
s.text = "Stanton's Shopping Center
219 N Taylor
Alvin TX
Opened June 3,1922, family owned and operated Stanton’s has served customers in Alvin. It was Alvin First shopping center filled with Texas memorabilia, collectibles and items you probably long forgot existed. When visiting Alvin, you won’t want to miss browsing around the unique and unforgettable gifts.
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s.title = "Alvin Historical Museum";
s.text = "Alvin Historical Museum
300 W Sealy
Alvin TX
The Alvin Historical Museum, housed in the former post office building at 300 West Sealy, is officially open. Visitors can tour the museum and see the exhibits every Thursday and Friday from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. and the first Saturday of every month from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Admission is $3 per person. Children 12 and under are free. The Alvin Museum Gift Shop is also open the same hours as the museum and features items for sales, such as calendars, ornaments and the 1915 directories. In addition, there are magnets, key chains and local history books and books by local authors Bill Crider, Larry Phillips and others.
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s.title = "Alvin Opry";
s.text = "Alvin Opry
1720 W Sealy
Alvin TX
If you enjoy Country and Gospel music, you will want to visit the Alvin Opry located at the corner of Eighth Street and West Sealy Street.
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s.title = "Bayou Wildlife Park";
s.text = "Bayou Wildlife Park
5050 FM 517
Alvin TX
Lions, Tigers and Bears Oh My! No, not really, but a large variety of exotic wildlife in natural settings roam freely through prairies and woods. Guided tram rides allow visitors to meet and feed animals and birds from Africa, India, Asia, Australia, North and South America. Come experience your very own African safari at Bayou Wildlife Park in Alvin, Texas. An adventure-filled tram ride with experienced wildlife guides will take you over 80 acres of natural habitat. Pony rides and a petting zoo are also available for the kids.
Come experience your very own African safari at Bayou Wildlife Park in Alvin, Texas. An adventure-filled tram ride with experienced wildlife guides will take you over 80 acres of natural habitat. See and feed animals and birds from Africa, India, Asia, Australia, and North and South America. Pony rides and a petting zoo are also available for the kids.
Hours:
March through August: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
August through February: 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Pony rides available anytime March - July.
Weekends only August - February.
Open All Year
Closed Mondays - August though February 1
Open all Holidays except Christmas
Facilities for the handicapped available.
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s.title = "Froberg's Farm";
s.text = "Froberg's Farm
Alvin TX
For over 60 years Froberg's Farm has been providing Alvin and the surrounding communities with a large variety of fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts and a variety of Froberg's own homemade pies, preserves, salsa and meats! With breezy, open air market shopping, Frobergs claims to be the 'largest open air farmers market' in the area, and offers not only fruit and vegetables, but has branched out to include flowers, freshly smoked meats and sausage, an outdoor living area with bar-b-que pits, custom made picnic tables and swings, a garden center and seasonal items for shoppers. Located off CR 190, you have to cross the tracks to enter the driveway; and you really have the whole country farm experience. They have really good specials on different items. You will definitely find something here. They have fresh pinto beans, which are delicious!! It is a fun way to buy fresh food and is even just a good weekend outing trip. 'What makes us unique from other businesses that are selling groceries is that we are a real family farm. My grand-father started it, my dad operated it, and now I plow the ground and operate the farm with the rest of the family working here,' said Alfred Froberg. When asked about the best thing about working in the home-owned, home-grown business, Mrs. Froberg said, \'I love flowers. I love living things. I never get tired of fruit and I never get tired of flowers...there\'s always something beautiful, and something beautiful and something living are gifts from God.\' The specialty in the produce market is homegrown watermelons, sweet corn and tomatoes and strawberries. You can even pick your own. If it isn\'t grown on the Froberg Farms, it is purchased from area farmers, and the market is open 12 months out of the year. People say, \'What makes it better than if I bought it at the grocery store?\' and I say that the difference is we pick it fresh...that day... and in a matter of hours, you can be serving it on your table. That\'s something you can\'t experience if you get it from chain stores, added Froberg.
Tours are available by request during May and November, Monday through Friday. This wonderful family owned and operated farm is located on County Road 190. For more information call 281-585-3531.
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s.title = "The Nolan Ryan Exibit Center";
s.text = "The Nolan Ryan Exibit Center
3110 Mustang Rd
Alvin TX
The Nolan Ryan Exhibit Center is a showcase of the legend’s career from little league baseball to the majors, which includes interactive exhibits. In the fall of 1996, the $1.2 million Nolan Ryan Center was completed and donated to Alvin Community College with space leased within the building for the Nolan Ryan Exhibit which opened in early 1999.
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s.title = "Shimek Gardens";
s.text = "Shimek Gardens
3122 CR 237
Alvin TX
Take a break from living in the fast lane and stroll through the award winning Shimek’s Gardens, located one mile west of Alvin’s city limits. Enjoy the beauty of over 850 different types of Daylilies, hundreds of roses and a large variety of other flowers that all play a part in attracting butterflies and hummingbirds. The peak time to visit is May through July. Harvey and Nell Shimek Erica Bird decided we would enjoy being a National Display Garden for the American Hemerocallis Society. A National Display Garden represents the national society by growing hundreds of different daylilies from hybridizers all over the United States. The names of the daylily and its hybridizer are labeled, with beds that are maintained year round. Shimek’s Gardens is an official AHS Display Garden. A display garden is a setting for daylilies growing in a natural environment. We grow about 850 different cultivars, plus thousands of our own seedlings, which means as a result of spreading pollen from one daylily onto the pistil of another, a unique daylily evolves. We also grow roses, hibiscus, jatrophas, and many unusual plants. Our original goal was to have year-round color in the garden, and we are pleased that we have achieved our goal. We are both exhibition and garden judges for the American Hemerocallis Society. Nell is also a National Council of State Garden Clubs Flower Show Judge. Our Celebration of Daylilies is an ongoing adventure that we practice daily. We still consider ourselves hobbyists, with a hobby that has gotten completely out of hand. \'It is something that Harvey and I can enjoy together, hoping to pass the love of gardening and hybridizing to our grandchildren,\' remarked Nell Shimek. \'We enjoy hybridizing, and always look forward to seeing our first babies bloom. We love to share the beauty of the daylily with visitors that come to the garden. A special treat of ours is to welcome folks who come, so please come to celebrate the daylilies with us.\'
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s.title = "Cattleman's Western Store";
s.text = "Cattleman's Western Store
2437 Highway 35 Bypass North
Alvin TX
Cattleman Western Store has evolved into a dynamic mega-western store over the last 34 years, building on their hardworking Texas Roots and a childhood spent in the Texas cattle prairie town of Alvin. 20,000 sq. ft of shopping excitement, Cattleman’s carry all major brands of Western lifestyle products from hats, boots, tack & jeans, to exclusive log furniture, home accessories & gifts. Nearly every major brand of western boots are available for purchase: Twisted X, Ariat, Justin, Tony Lama, Lucchese, Double H, Laredo, Durango, Olathe, and we are the exclusive Boulet Boots of Canada dealer for our Area. Cattleman has an extensive selection of clothing from Wrangler, Cruel Girl, Cinch, Carhartt, Walls, Roper, Panhandle Slim, Western Ethics, Rocky Mountain, Circle S and many others. The new Southern Thread line of men’s shirts and jeans by Cinch Clothing Co. are now in stock. All Sizes available for the whole family.
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s.title = "Victory Camp";
s.text = "Victory Camp
1407 Victory Lane
Alvin TX
Victory Camp operates year round, hosting camps and providing staff and services for many churches, companies, law enforcement organizations and schools. The camp’s recreational facilities include four climate controlled dormitories and an eight room lodge, a swimming pool, double chute water slide, go karts, 28 element rope challenge course with a 500 foot zip line, rock climbing and many other outdoor activities.
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s.title = "Alvin Country Club";
s.text = "Alvin Country Club
785 CR 539
Alvin TX
Alvin Golf & Country Club is located two miles north of Alvin off of Highway 6 on County Road 539.
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s.title = "Hillcrest Golf Course";
s.text = "Hillcrest Golf Course
3401 Fairway
Alvin TX
Hillcrest Golf Course is located at 3401 Fairway Drive in Hillcrest Village, just off South Bypass 35. Night golf is available.
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