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National seashore texas9/21/2023 Located in the Malaquite Visitors Center parking lot is the Night Sky Observatory, that allows you to see the sky above with minimal light pollution from Corpus Christi. When searching for turtles, nest or tracks at night, use a red light instead of a bring flashlight to keep your eyes accustomed to the dark for better night time vision! We love camping on the beach, just to spend the evening walking the beach in hopes of spotting a sea turtle coming ashore to nest or an undetected nest hatching and making their way to the water! If you EVER spot a turtle, tracks or nest, there are VERY specific things the park ask you to do! Click HERE to read all about it! Releases are scheduled when they anticipate the eggs hatching, and various factors can affect those times. The most popular activity during the summer at the Malaquite Visitors Center is the release of hundreds of newly hatched sea turtles each year! My kids loved earning their Junior Ranger badge while at the beach, and their Adopt-A-Beach patch for picking up one bag of litter off the beach! The Visitors Center even supplies the trash bag! For more information, click HERE. We were surprised at all the amenities offered at the Visitors Center! There are full restrooms and showers, beach showers, an interpretive area and gift shop! There are several guide services that are recommended by the NP, click HERE to visit their website. When you start asking around Padre Island for guides, the name that will constantly come up is Padre Island Safaris and Captain Billy Sandifer! A fishing guide, birder, writer and naturalist, he can take you almost anywhere on the island, and tell all about it’s history, flora and fauna! Click HERE to visit his website.įishing in the Padre Island NP requires a fishing license. of Engineer Properties, over 25 in Texas, with more in driving distance in Oklahoma and Arkansas! Click HERE for more information.īeach wheelchairs are free to borrow at the Malaquite Visitors Center. It will not only get you access to the Padre Island National Seashore, but also the National Parks in Texas, Big Bend and Guadalupe Peak, as well as entrance to all of the Corp. There is a gate and an entrance fee, $10/car, and includes everyone in the car and is good for 7 days.Īn Annual Padre Island Pass is $20/car, and includes everyone in the car for one year.Ī National Parks Pass is $80, and is good for one year. North Padre Island National Seashore is a little overwhelming when you first visit, especially if you choose to venture past the Malaquite Beach Visitors Center! While much of the beach requires a 4-wheel drive vehicle and a love for isolation, there is much to the park that anyone and everyone can enjoy, even in your family hybrid! Go out, enjoy and make plans to do it again, each time venturing further out onto the longest stretch of undeveloped barrier island in the world!
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