The narrow peninsula includes the small communities of Port Bolivar, Crystal Beach, Caplen, Gilchrist, and High Island. Bolivar peninsula is about 70 miles from Houston and just a short 18-minute ...

To travel from Galveston Island to the Port Bolivar peninsula – or to simply see the sights along the way, which is what most visitors seem to do – the ferry is the way to go. One of the ...