Port Aransas
A beach fishing town at the north end of Mustang Island, where you can drive onto the sand, walk out on the fishing pier, ride the free ferry, and eat at seafood restaurants on every corner.
Port Aransas is one of the most popular beach towns on the Texas coast. Cars are allowed on the beach, and the shoreline has a long fishing pier named after Horace Caldwell. Seafood restaurants and golf cart rentals are everywhere in town. If you are coming from Aransas Pass, you take the free car ferry, which runs 24 hours a day, and dolphins are often seen along the way. The Leonard Turnbull Birding Center is a good place to spot wading birds. From the city, it takes about 45 minutes by car via the JFK Causeway and Highway 361.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Mustang Island State Park
- Rockport
- Big Tree, Goose Island State Park
- USS Lexington Museum on the Bay
- Texas State Aquarium
- Mirador de la Flor (Selena Memorial)
- Corpus Christi Bayfront & Seawall
- Art Museum of South Texas