Orange County

Orange County: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Orange County

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Orange County — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 30.08993, -93.73646. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Orange County

• Lutcher Memorial Church Building · church · Orange · ~1 km · Must-see
• Texas Star · attraction · Orange · ~5 km · Must-see
• Sabine Lake · lake · Cameron Parish · ~32 km · Must-see
• Chua Bū Mon · Buddhist site · Cameron Parish · ~35 km · Must-see
• Museum of the Gulf Coast · museum · Cameron Parish · ~38 km · Must-see
• Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum · museum · Jefferson · ~42 km · Must-see
• Edison Museum · museum · Jefferson · ~43 km · Must-see
• Art Museum of Southeast Texas · museum · Jefferson · ~43 km · Must-see
• Saint Anthony Cathedral Basilica · church · Jefferson · ~44 km · Must-see
• Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum · museum · Jefferson · ~45 km · Must-see
• Beaumont Botanical Gardens · sanctuary · Jefferson · ~50 km · Must-see
• Tyrrell Park · park · Jefferson · ~50 km · Must-see
• Calcasieu Lake · lake · Cameron Parish · ~52 km · Must-see
• Sabine Pass Battleground State Historical Site · viewpoint · Jefferson · ~52 km · Must-see
• Sabine Pass Lighthouse · beach · Cameron Parish · ~54 km · Must-see
• Prien Lake Park · lake · Calcasieu Parish · ~58 km · Must-see
• Lake Charles · lake · Calcasieu Parish · ~63 km · Must-see
• Sam Houston Jones State Park · sanctuary · Calcasieu Parish · ~64 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Orange County

Other forts & heritage near Orange County

• First Baptist Church of Orange · fort · Orange · ~1 km
• Evergreen Cemetery · fort · Orange · ~1 km
• Captain George M. Levingston · fort · Orange · ~1 km
• Alexander Gilmer · fort · Orange · ~1 km
• Atakapan Indians of Orange County · fort · Orange · ~1 km
• Dr. William Hewson and Dr. David Caldwell Hewson · fort · Orange · ~1 km
• Dr. Samuel M. Brown · fort · Orange · ~1 km
• First Christian Church of Orange · fort · Orange · ~1 km
• Cox House · fort · Orange · ~1 km
• Bland-Bazzano House · fort · Orange · ~1 km

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