Some of the local attractions include:
DOW PARK AND BOTANICAL GARDENS — A 40 acre downtown park with picnic grounds, swimming pool, athletic facilities; also includes botanical gardens with more than 180 flower species, including 50 wild flower varieties. The gardens have colonial light fixtures, brick walks, wooden arch bridges, and a gazebo.
PATRICK CABIN — Replica of cabin in which the peace treaty between Texas and Mexico was drawn up after the Battle of San Jacinto. Constructed in 1986, using building techniques of 1830, including hauling logs to site with horse team. Authentic furnishings, garden.
SAN JACINTO BATTLEGROUND STATE HISTORIC PARK — Commemorating the decisive battle, San Jacinto Monument rises 570 feet above flat coastal plain. Famous monument is constructed of reinforced concrete faced site of Texas fossilized buff limestone. At the base of the shaft is San Jacinto Museum of Texas History; exhibits Grace regions history from Indian civilization encountered by Cortez, to Texas as a state, "Texas Forever!! The Battle of San Jacinto" is a 35 minute history lesson reliving Texas history from the days of Spanish rule in Mexico to the expansion of the American West in 1848.
BATTLESHIP TEXAS — moored in permanent slip at battleground. One of the few monuments of its kind in the world, it is only survivor of the pre-World War I dreadnoughts. Battleship was presented to State of Texas by U.S. Navy. Commissioned shortly before World War I, the venerable warship served in that conflict and in World War II as flagship in 1944 D-Day invasion commanded by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, a native of Denison, Texas.
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