50 miles
it's about 215 miles from Austin to Galveston tx, which is on the gulf of Mexico.
About 68 miles.
330 miles (straight-line)
about 60 miles
75
Note that there have been many spills in the Gulf of Mexico. The BP gulf oil spill occurred about 60 miles SE of Louisiana, 130 miles SE of New Orleans.
Mexico has 11,122 Kilometers (6,912 miles) of coast, divided across the Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea.
Texas has approximately 367 miles of shoreline along the Gulf of Mexico.
65 miles down STATE ROUTE 1 SOUTH.
20 hours, non-stop (1,813 Km/1,127 miles)
It has at least two: the Gulf of California and the Gulf of Mexico.
The Persian Gulf is nowhere near the Gulf of Mexico. Many oceans and seas separate them.