Things to Do in Port Aransas
Port Aransas is a beach town on the north tip of Mustang Island, with miles of drive-on Gulf beach, a free birding boardwalk where alligators bask, ferries with dolphins in the channel and the undeveloped shore of Mustang Island State Park. Here are the top sights while our full attraction guides are on the way.
Port Aransas, Texas · Mustang Island
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Corpus Christi
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Drive to Port Aransas
Updated November 2, 2026 · Sights picked from our Port Aransas RV park guides
Top things to do
Top things to do in Port Aransas
Our full attraction guides for Port Aransas are on the way. Until then, here are the sights our RV park guides point to, each with a link to its official site.
Port Aransas Beach
Miles of wide, drive-on Gulf beach, with the Horace Caldwell Pier and its fishing, sunsets and beach-access parking.
Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center
A free boardwalk over a wetland, where birders look for herons, ducks and the resident alligators, on the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail.
Official site: Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center (opens in a new tab)
Port Aransas Ferry
Free TxDOT ferries cross the ship channel to Aransas Pass around the clock; watch for dolphins in the channel.
Mustang Island State Park
About five miles of undeveloped Gulf beach down the island, with paddling trails on the bay side and a beach campground.
Official site: Mustang Island State Park (opens in a new tab)
Thank you to the people behind these photos. Please support them by following along and giving their work a look. Sight photos, all via Wikimedia Commons or the agency named: Port Aransas Beach: dwh1974 (CC BY 3.0); Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center: Alan Schmierer (CC0); Port Aransas Ferry: Larry D. Moore (CC BY 4.0); Mustang Island State Park: Jonathan Cutrer (CC BY 2.0). Top photo: AudreyIski on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).
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