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Padre Island National Seashore
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- Designation
- National Seashore
- State
- TX
- Park address
- Corpus Christi, TX
- Entrance fee
- Private vehicle: $25.00; Motorcycle: $20.00; Per person: $15.00; Park annual pass: $45.00NPS data as of 2026-08-25
- Camping
- 2 campgrounds listed by NPS
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- Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical ParkNational Historical Park · Approximately 71 miles away (straight line)
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Notes
Designation Date: 09/28/1962
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.
