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Padre Island/Mustang Island

  • May 28, 2007
  • Rated 3 of 5 by melissabowman from Stephenville, Texas
Padre Island/Mustang Island

I have already mentioned that Mustang Island and Padre Island are pretty deserted and secluded areas. Compared to South Padre Island and other beach areas I have traveled to there was not a lot of stuff in the area. I kept getting confused and we drove around a bunch looking for stuff. It appears that what Mustang Island is good for is parking on the beach and staying there for the day hanging out, drinking, and playing in the sun and sand.

Padre Island is the longest barrier island and hosts a National seashore, which protects many of the natural habitats and wild life that exist on this barrier island. The cost is $10 for seven days to enter and rive through. The bird watching area cost $5 a day. This National Seashore has a sea turtle recovery area and a bird watching area.

Mustang Island is located between Padre Island and Port Aransas. It is protected by natural sand dunes, which are not to be messed with. The main thing that exists on Mustang Island is the State Park. There are also some other public beach entrances and a few houses but mainly it is lots of land with sandunes and jetties everywhere.

Both were kind a disappointment because we were looking for a more active beach area. I think the place to be was Corpus Christi or Port Aransas. However we did enjoy the quite for camping and the laid back atmosphere.

From journal Spring Break in Corpus Christi - Mustang Island

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Mustang Island State Park

  • May 28, 2007
  • Rated 4 of 5 by melissabowman from Stephenville, Texas
Mustang Island State Park

Mustang Island State Park is a pretty secluded place. It is right off the main road but there is nothing else for a few miles around it. There is an RV like campground, which is just about 40, or so slots that have water and electricity for RV’s to hook up too. We were one of the only tent campers there. When we booked our site we were not aware that the campground was like this. We expected it to bee just like other places we camped.

There was a place were you could camp right on the beach, but you could not have an open fire and there was no electricity or water. The beach was only about 110 yards from where we were so it was not too far. But it was not what we had in mind. There is only one bathroom with showers for that whole campground.

The camp ground was very quite and we had no problems as far as our stuff being bothered ( with people right next to you and being right by the road) It was pretty pleasant camping and the people that were around us were quite nice.

The cost for camping is $8 for primitive (which is right on the beach with no water or electricity) and $16 for the ones with water and electric hook ups. And then $4 a day for entrance. Some people just pay to use the beach during the day.

The beach is very clean and a nice beach to play on. The only thing I would warn you of is there is lots of Portuguese- man -of -wars that wash up on shore at night and they are still very much able to sting you. So be aware of walking along the beach. Look out for them. They are a very blue color and they look like balloons that are deflating. You can also see other things like barnacles, seaweed, and other little living things that get washed up.

From journal Spring Break in Corpus Christi - Mustang Island

Mustang Island State Park

  • August 9, 2005
  • Rated 4 of 5 by dangunter from Waco, Texas
First of all, these beaches are no comparison to the Florida beaches I grew up with. Texas beaches allow you to drive up and camp on the beach, which is what we ended up doing. We ended up paying $13 for two people to camp on the beach a night. The beaches can be oily because of the active oil rigs offshore, but generally this does not cause too much of a problem. The water was very warm (around 85°F) and relaxing to swim in. A grocery store is a close 15 minutes away, and it’s not a bad drive. We spent most of the day on the beach. There were other people, but no one was really bothersome.

Overall, it was a great trip. We only ended up staying one night because we really had to get back home. The park was nice enough to give us a refund!

From journal Night at the Beach

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