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Mustang Island State Park is on the South Barrier Coast of Texas.
Understand
[edit | edit source]History
[edit | edit source]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
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[edit | edit source]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.
Fees and permits
[edit | edit source]Daily Entrance Fee: Adults -$5.00, 12 years and under-Free
Daily Camping Fee: Electric sites- $20.00, Primitive Beach Sites-$10.00
Get around
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[edit | edit source]There is 48 electric and water campsites. There are about 50 primitive beach sites.
Backcountry
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[edit | edit source]Go next
[edit | edit source]| Routes through Mustang Island State Park |
| Ingleside ← Port Aransas ← | N  S | → Corpus Christi → Ends at  |