The North Jetty, one of the two jetties which guard the
entrance to
Galveston Bay and the
ship channel, is 1.7 miles from the Ferry Landing. Turn on
17th Street, the road dead-ends at
the North Jetty.
The jetty was built of huge granite blocks in the 1890's by the Army
Corp of Engineers.
The North Jetty extends five miles into the Gulf and is a popular
location for fishing and crabbing. For a remarkable
experience the visitor may walk to the boat cut, about two miles out on
the jetty.
Aerial
view of the
North Jetty
(click image
for larger view)
