Mustang Island State Park is on the South Barrier Coast of Texas.

Understand

History

Ancient Steps: The earliest known inhabitants on the land now known as Mustang Island were the Karankawa indigenous people. The Karankawa were a hunter-gatherer people, and they lived off the shellfish and mussels they caught in the Gulf. Too, the Karankawa were known as cannibals.

Landscape

Flora and fauna

Climate

Get in

The nearest town is Port Aransas, about six miles to the northeast. Corpus Christi is just over the Padre Island causeway about ten miles to the west.

Fees and permits

Daily Entrance Fee: Adults -$5.00, 12 years and under-Free

Daily Camping Fee: Electric sites- $20.00, Primitive Beach Sites-$10.00

Get around

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Do

Buy

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Lodging

Camping

There is 48 electric and water campsites. There are about 50 primitive beach sites.

Backcountry

Stay safe

Go next

Routes through Mustang Island State Park
Ingleside Port Aransas  N Texas State Highway 361 S  Corpus Christi Ends at Texas Park Road 22


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