Seniors - Welcome to North Padre Island, Texas!

North Padre Island Texas is a great beach destination for Seniors. Area beaches include Big Shell, Little Shell, and Seagull Park Beaches. A warm South Texas climate provides year-round beachcombing, camping, golfing, wind surfing, swimming, hiking and fishing.

Padre Island is the largest undeveloped barrier island (80 miles long) in the continental United States.

The following serves as a partial list of things available on North Padre Island. For Padre Island restaurants, RV parks and camping, local business listings, real estate info and general community info, click on the links above.

Seagull Park - Padre Island Texas beach park, away from the water, of approximately six (6) acres located on Jackfish Drive (down the street from Whataburger.) Covered picnic tables, wooden playground structures, baseball backstip and jogging path open to the public.

Aquarius Park - city park located off Whitecap about 15000 Aquarius. Playground equipment, covered picnic table (wheel chair accessible), basketball & volleyball courts. Equipped and maintained by the North Padre Island Lions Club.

Bob Hall Pier - A Padre Island beach attraction open 24 hours a day to the public as a fishing pier with an admission charge of $1.00 per person. Rod, reel, and bait rentals and purchases are available. Cost is $1.00 usage fee of your own equipment on the pier. Pier extends beyond the third sand bar into the Gulf of Mexica 1,240 feet. Tel: (361)-949-0999.

J.P. Luby Surf Park - Nueces County Park. Has popular Padre Island beaches, with surfing pier made especially for the sport to increase wave action. Festivities are held at this location on the Gulf of Mexico during Spring Break and on many holiday weekends. Surfboards may be rented along the seawall and at many island shops.

North Padre Island Visitor’s Center - Located on South Padre Island Drive/Park Road 22 opposite Island Marine Services. Guidance and brochures on all Padre Island Texas attractions. For more information call (361)-949-8743.

Padre Island National Seashore - created by the Department of the Interior in September, 1962, the 133,000 acre coastline area is reserved for public recreation. R.V. sites, information office, and artifact displays are included in the facilities. Located at the end of Park Road 22, the Padre Island National Seashore extends all the way to the Mansfield Channel, a distance of some 70 odd miles, covers the entire area between the Gulf of Mexico and the Laguna Madre and includes Kleberg, Kenedy and Willacy counties. Malaquite Beach area on Padre Island National Seashore is one of the few areas where driving is prohibited on a certain section. Driving is allowed, however, on the majority of North Padre Island beaches. For more information call (361)-949-8068.

Big Shell and Little Shell North Padre Island Beaches - famous spots located inside the Padre Island National Seashore for great shelling in a less crowded area. Four (4) wheel drive vehicles are a must after a certain point 12 miles south of the beach which is noted by a large sign. Check with hotels/condos for four wheel drive rentals.

Grasslands Nature Trail - just inside the Padre Island National Seashore boundary. Native plants are designated along this two mile asphalt walk among wildflowers.

Bird Island Basin - a favorite area for national and local windsurfing competitions. Follow the signs to this Laguna Madre site located in the Padre Island National Seashore. Rentals and lessons are available.

Padre Isles Country Club - 18 hole golf course located on North Padre Island.

Seawall located on the Gulf of Mexico in front of the condo/hotel area great for strolls, bicycling or people watching.