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Kemah (/ ˈ k iː m ə / KEE-mə) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, southeast of Houston along west Galveston Bay. The city's population was 1,807 at the 2020 census, [6] down from 2,330 at the 2000 census. Located in Galveston County, Kemah's main industry is shipping. Originally a small fishing town, the city has become a tourist ...
The Kemah Boardwalk is a waterfront attraction featuring a variety of rides, restaurants, shops, and other entertainment venues. [45] It is next to the Kemah Marina and hosts annual events such as the Boardwalk Wine Festival. [46] Museums in the area include the Bay Area Museum [47] (Seabrook) and the Butler Longhorn Museum (League City). [48]
Landry's, Inc. acquired property along the Kemah Waterfront in 1997 and opened the Kemah Boardwalk in 1998. In 2007, the Boardwalk Bullet, a high-speed wooden roller coaster opened on the boardwalk. The 96-foot-tall, 3,236-foot-long roller coaster is built on a 1-acre footprint, making it one of the most compact roller coasters in the world.
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Houston is the largest city in the state of Texas and the fourth-largest in the United States. The city covers more than 600 sq mi (1,600 km 2) and is the county seat of Harris County. As of the 2004 U.S. Census estimate, Houston had a total population of more than 2 million.
The Boardwalk Bullet is a wooden roller coaster at the Kemah Boardwalk amusement park in Kemah, Texas, United States.Opened August 31, 2007, it is the only wooden roller coaster in Greater Houston, and one of only four wooden coasters in Texas. [1]
Kemah may refer to: Kemah, Erzincan, a town and district of Erzincan Province, Turkey; Kemah, Texas, a city in Galveston County, Texas, United States; USS Kemah, a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919; Kemah Bob, an American comedian