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Originally Posted by Tiger Beer
I gotta say I'm even more curious about San Padre Island!
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^ That's South Padre Island. And actually South Padre Island is referring to the town of South Padre Island, Texas. The island itself is called just "Padre Island".
However, Corpus Christi isn't on Padre Island, it's on the mainland. Padre Island is a barrier island less than a mile offshore. And Padre Island is actually located about 50 miles down the coast from Corpus Christi. The nearest islands to Corpus Christi are Mustang Island, (this is where Port Aransas is located), and San Jose Island which is undeveloped and is privately owned.
Map of the Texas Gulf Coast. Padre Island isn't listed, but it lies south of Corpus Christi and stretches all the way to Mexico.
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/f...st/gulf_coast/
Another map, this one doesn't show Mustang Island.
http://www.texasoutside.com/images/m...bigcoastal.GIF
The area about 50 miles down the coast from Corpus Christi is one of the most remote and natural areas of the state. This is where Padre Island National Seashore is located. It starts in Kleberg County about 10 miles down coast from Corpus Christi and runs for about 100 miles along the coast in Kleberg and Kenedy Counties. There's over 300 bird species located here. Corpus Christi is located in Nueces County, south of there is Kleberg County, and south of there is Kenedy County. Kenedy County is the least populated county in the state with something like 300 people living in a 1,000 square mile county There's only 3 towns in the whole county. The beaches there are beautiful and wild. You can walk the beaches there for literally hours and not see another person. Kenedy County only has one highway going through and and no roads lead to the beach. Instead you have to take a ferry there which drops you off. The ferry only comes and goes every 48 hours.
Googled Padre Island National Seashore pictures. Have a look:
http://images.google.com/images?q=Pa...m=10&hl=en&lr=