Mustang Island State Park
United States · Americas
About Mustang Island State Park
Mustang Island State Park is on the South Barrier Coast of Texas.
Mustang Island State Park travel guide
Understand
History Ancient Steps: The earliest known inhabitants on the land now known as Mustang Island were the Karankawa indigenous people. The Karankawa were a hunter-gatherer people, and they lived off the shellfish and mussels they caught in the Gulf. Too, the Karankawa were known as cannibals.
Landscape
Flora and fauna
Climate
Getting there
The nearest town is Port Aransas, about six miles to the northeast. Corpus Christi is just over the Padre Island causeway about ten miles to the west.
Sleep
Lodging
Camping There is 48 electric and water campsites. There are about 50 primitive beach sites.
Backcountry
Overview adapted from Wikipedia, travel guide fromWikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.