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All the United States Texas Beaumont Gator Country

Gator Country

This roadside establishment in between Houston and the Louisiana border has the largest alligator in captivity

Beaumont, Texas

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If you've ever found yourself driving to Beaumont from Houston and wondered “what's in the establishment with the giant green sheet metal alligator?”

Well the answer is alligators, lots of them. From Big Al, at over a century old, to Big Tex, the largest gator in captivity (13 ft 11 in).

Once you walk in you can buy pellets to feed the smaller gators or hotdogs to feed the larger ones.  The lot houses over 450 alligators, crocodiles and caimans as well as other animals all rescued from the surrounding area.

If you'd  like you can even pay to wade in the water with baby alligators

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Admission is $19.99 and on warm days the gators are more active.

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Gator Country
21159 FM 365
Beaumont, Texas, 77705
United States
29.929526, -94.274381
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