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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.
Map, taken by the Union forces, shows the position of the bar, also the Rebel batteries, each mounting 1-20 lb. Parrott gun Aransas Pass is a navigable salt water channel connecting the Gulf of Mexico with Aransas Bay on the Texas Gulf coast in the United States.
The following 25 pages use this file: Aransas City, Texas; Aransas County, Texas; Aransas Pass; Aransas Pass, Texas; Aransas Pass Light Station; Aransas River
The northernmost extensive beds of seagrass in Texas, including Turtle Grass (Thalassia testudinum) and Shoal Grass (Halodule beaudettei), are found in the bay.In June 2000, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department designated the bay as a scientific area to study the seagrass, as a result, the Redfish Bay State Scientific Area was established.
Aransas Bay is a bay on the Texas Gulf Coast, approximately 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Corpus Christi, and 173 miles (278 km) south of San Antonio. It is separated from the Gulf of Mexico by San José Island (also referred to as St. Joseph Island). Aransas Pass is the most
Mustang Island is a barrier island on the Gulf Coast of Texas in the United States. The island is 18 miles (29 km) long, stretching from Corpus Christi to Port Aransas. The island is oriented generally northeast–southwest, with the Gulf of Mexico on the east and south, and Corpus Christi Bay on the north and west.
Aransas County (/ ə ˈ r æ n z ə s / ə-RAN-zəss) [1] is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in South Texas and its county seat is Rockport. [2] As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,830. [3] Aransas County comprises the Rockport, Texas micropolitan statistical area.
The highway was first designated on April 4, 1956 as the six-mile (9.7 km) portion of the route from Aransas Pass to Port Aransas, and a 0.7 mile extension in Port Aransas to PR 53 was added to the designation on November 28, 1967. On January 31, 1969 FM 632 from Gregory to Aransas Pass was added to the SH 361 designation. The present route was ...