Padre Island, the longest undeveloped barrier island in the world, stretches for 110 miles along the Texas Gulf Coast. The national seashore occupies over 80 miles of uninhabited island paradise, a place where white sand beaches are caressed by the warm and gentle waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Padre Island is named for Padre Jose Nicolas Balli, who built a mission on the island in the early 1800s to Christianize the native Karankawa Indians.
Laguna Madre and Baffin Bay separate Padre Island from the mainland, offering light-tackle angling opportunities for speckled trout, black drum, redfish, and flounder. The shallow waters of Laguna Madre lure windsurfers from all over America to test their mettle in the powerful winds of the gulf. A birder's delight, Padre Island is situated on the Central Flyway — a superhighway in the sky traveled by millions of migrating birds.
The entrance to Padre Island is just 25 miles south of Corpus Christi, a city serviced by an international airport. You can reach the island by car via the JFK Causeway.
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Padre Island, the longest undeveloped barrier island in the world, stretches for 110 miles along the Texas Gulf Coast. The national seashore occupies over 80 miles of uninhabited island paradise, a place where white sand beaches are caressed by the warm and gentle waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Padre Island is named for Padre Jose Nicolas Balli, who built a mission on the island in the early 1800s to Christianize the native Karankawa Indians.
