Yellow flowers bloom in the dunes along Malaquite Beach. NPS Photo/ Thomas DiGiovannangelo

Padre Island National Seashore

National Seashore / Lakeshore · Texas · National Park Service

Camping

Protecting sixty-six miles of wild coastline along the Gulf of America, the narrow barrier island is home to one of the last intact coastal prairie habitats in the United States. Along the hypersaline Laguna Madre, tidal mud flats teem with life. Native Americans, Spanish explorers and cattle ranchers have walked along its shores. Padre Island National Seashore is waiting to be rediscovered.

Plan your visit

Know before you go

Phone: (361) 949-8068
Official site: www.nps.gov
Managed by: National Park Service

Getting there

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What's here

Highlights: Arts · Schools and Education · Animals · Birds · Fish · Tortoises and Turtles · Coasts, Islands and Atolls · Dunes · Geology · Night Sky · Astronomy · Unique Species · Endangered

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