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Port Aransas (/ ə ˈ r æ n z ə s / ə-RAN-zəs) [4] is a city in Nueces County, Texas, United States. This city is 180 miles southeast of San Antonio. The population was 2,904 at the 2020 census. Port Aransas is the only established town on Mustang Island. It is located north of Padre Island and is one of the longest barrier islands along ...
Aransas Pass Light Station: Aransas Pass Light Station: August 3, 1977 : N of Port Aransas on Harbor Island: Port Aransas: Brick lighthouse built in 1857 2: Bracht House: Bracht House: October 11, 2023 : 902 East Cornwall St.
Tarpon Inn, Port Aransas, Texas (postcard, circa 1911-1924) In 1923, James M. Ellis bought the property. In 1925, he built the structure that still stands today. He retained the barracks style as a homage to the original 1886 Tarpon Inn. To strengthen the building against future hurricanes, dozens of pine poles were sunk into 16 to 20 feet of ...
The Kemah Boardwalk is a hotel and restaurant destination in Kemah, Texas, USA, which also features a small selection of amusement rides. The main attractions of the 35-acre (140,000 m 2 ) complex, which opened in 2001, are its many restaurants overlooking Galveston Bay , recreational sailing, and rides.
The Wetlands Education Center is located in Port Aransas and is an artificial wetlands seagrass pond that occupies 3.5 acres between the MSI Visitors Center (PMSEC) and the South Jetty. Visitors can tour a boardwalk around the pond to view the vegetation and the wildlife, and view educational signage.
Aransas Pass is located on the shore of Redfish Bay, a tidal water body between Corpus Christi Bay to the south and Aransas Bay to the north. The city is on the mainland of Texas and is connected to Mustang Island (which contains the city of Port Aransas) by a 6-mile (9.7 km)-long causeway, and a free ferry that carries vehicles to the island.
San Antonio Bay is a bay on the Texas Gulf Coast situated between Matagorda and Aransas Bay.It consists mainly of the combined waters of the San Antonio and Guadalupe rivers, and is located at the mouth of the Guadalupe River, about 55 miles (89 km) northeast of Corpus Christi and 130 miles (209 km) southeast of San Antonio.
A map showing Aransas Bay, Aransas Pass, and Port Aransas The beach along Port Aransas, Texas. Aransas (/ ə ˈ r æ n z ə s / ə-RAN-zəs) is a placename for several neighboring places in coastal Southern Texas. Aransas County, Texas; The Aransas River, which begins in Bee County, Texas, and flows into Copano Bay in Aransas County