Baytown, Texas Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Tourism and recreation === [[File:Baytown-005-01.jpg|thumb|[[Baytown Nature Center]]]] [[Baytown Nature Center]], located on a {{convert|450|acre|km2|adj=on}} peninsula along the Houston Ship Channel and surrounded on three sides by Burnet Bay, Crystal Bay, and Scott Bay, is both a recreation area and a wildlife sanctuary that is home to hundreds of bird species, mammals, reptiles, and aquatic species.<ref name="Overview">{{cite web | url=http://www.baytownnaturecenter.org/bnc_information/features_activities.html | title=BNC Facilities: Nature Center Overview | publisher=Friends of the Baytown Nature Center | access-date=Nov 4, 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608164927/http://www.baytownnaturecenter.org/bnc_information/features_activities.html | archive-date=June 8, 2009 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Royal Purple Raceway|Houston Raceway]] is a [[motorsports]] complex featuring [[National Hot Rod Association]] (NHRA) races and a weekly drag racing program. Established in 1988, the venue accommodates 40,000 fans and included a high-banked dirt oval race track that hosts races each year from March through October.<ref>{{cite web |title=Houston Raceway Park β About Us |access-date=November 8, 2009 |url=http://www.houstonraceway.com/index.php?id=6 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090401024338/http://www.houstonraceway.com/index.php?id=6 |archive-date=April 1, 2009 }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page