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Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Austwell · Aransas and Refugio Counties County · Gulf Coast
Experience coastal prairie, live-oak woodlands, tidal marshes, bays, wildlife drives, trails, and observation areas at the principal wintering grounds of the endangered whooping crane.
Battleship Texas
Galveston · Galveston County · Gulf Coast
A preserved early twentieth-century battleship and major Texas naval landmark.
Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge
Wadsworth · Matagorda County County · Gulf Coast
Experience protected saline and intermediate marsh habitat supporting wintering waterfowl, shorebirds, wading birds, eastern black rails, alligators, and colonial nesting birds at Dressing Point Island.
Bolivar Point Lighthouse
Port Bolivar · Galveston County County · Gulf Coast
View the distinctive black iron Bolivar Point Lighthouse, a privately owned survivor of Gulf storms and a landmark near the Galveston-Port Bolivar ferry landing.
Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge
Freeport · Brazoria County County · Gulf Coast
Explore coastal prairie, salt marsh, freshwater wetlands, tidal flats, wildlife drives, trails, fishing areas, and exceptional year-round birding along the Central Flyway.
Brazos Bend State Park
Needville · Fort Bend County · Gulf Coast
Wetlands, lakes, alligator habitat, wooded trails, camping, birding, and public astronomy programs southwest of Houston.
Fannin Battleground State Historic Site
Fannin · Goliad County County · Gulf Coast
Visit the prairie battlefield where James Fannin and his command surrendered after the Battle of Coleto during the Texas Revolution.
First Capitol of Texas State Historic Site
West Columbia · Brazoria County County · Gulf Coast
Explore the reconstructed site where the first Congress of the Republic of Texas met and established the new national government.
Fulton Mansion State Historic Site
Rockport · Aransas County County · Gulf Coast
Tour an innovative 1870s mansion showcasing Victorian architecture, technology, coastal ranching wealth, and the Fulton family.
Galveston Island State Park
Galveston · Galveston County · Gulf Coast
Beach and bay access with camping, paddling, fishing, and birding.
Goose Island State Park
Rockport · Aransas County · Gulf Coast
Bayfront camping, fishing, birding, and the celebrated Big Tree.
Halfmoon Reef Lighthouse
Port Lavaca · Calhoun County County · Gulf Coast
See a rare surviving Texas screw-pile lighthouse, relocated from Matagorda Bay and preserved beside the bayfront in Port Lavaca.
Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge
Anahuac · Chambers County County · Gulf Coast
Explore coastal marshes, freshwater wetlands, bayous, birding trails, wildlife drives, fishing access, and major migratory-bird habitat at the refuge formerly known as Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge.
Levi Jordan Plantation State Historic Site
Brazoria · Brazoria County County · Gulf Coast
Learn from archeology, preserved structures, and community history about enslaved people, freedom, labor, and plantation life in coastal Texas.
Lydia Ann Lighthouse
Port Aransas · Aransas County County · Gulf Coast
View the historic Lydia Ann Lighthouse from the water near Aransas Pass, where the privately owned tower remains a prominent coastal landmark.
Matagorda Island Lighthouse
Calhoun County County · Gulf Coast
Discover a remote 19th-century lighthouse on Matagorda Island, visible within a protected coastal landscape reached only through carefully planned water access.
Matagorda Island National Wildlife Refuge
Port O'Connor · Calhoun County County · Gulf Coast
Explore a remote barrier-island landscape of beaches, dunes, marshes, bays, historic lighthouse scenery, migratory-bird habitat, sea-turtle nesting areas, and undeveloped Gulf Coast wilderness.
McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge
Sabine Pass · Jefferson County County · Gulf Coast
Visit one of the Texas coast's largest remaining freshwater marsh landscapes for birding, wildlife watching, fishing, crabbing, waterfowl hunting, coastal scenery, and beach access.
Moody National Wildlife Refuge
Anahuac · Chambers County County · Gulf Coast
Learn about a privately owned coastal-wetland conservation easement protected as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System for resident, migratory, and wintering birds and other Gulf Coast wildlife.
View destination guideMustang Island State Park
Port Aransas · Nueces County · Gulf Coast
Five miles of Gulf shoreline with beach camping, swimming, fishing, paddling trails, birding, and coastal wildlife near Port Aransas.
Newman's Castle
Bellville · Austin County County · Gulf Coast
A privately built medieval-inspired castle in the Bellville countryside featuring a moat, working drawbridge, chapel, turrets, courtyard, central keep, and visitor tours.
Padre Island National Seashore
Corpus Christi · Kleberg County County · Gulf Coast
The world's longest undeveloped barrier island protects beaches, dunes, tidal flats, sea turtles, migratory birds, and remote Gulf Coast camping.
Powderhorn State Park
Port O'Connor · Calhoun County · Gulf Coast
A protected coastal landscape of prairie, wetlands, and oak mottes supporting wildlife, birding, conservation, and planned public recreation.
Presidio La Bahía State Historic Site
Goliad · Goliad County County · Gulf Coast
Tour a restored Spanish presidio central to colonial Texas and the Texas Revolution, including the chapel and Goliad campaign history.