Planning Your Own Texas Family Vacation This Christmas?
Guide to Rockport, Fulton, Aransas Pass
No trip to the beach would be complete … without a trip to the beach. Rockport Beach offers a mile of white sand and water access. You’ve probably seen clean and raked beaches on TV? That is what you will find at Rockport Beach.
Moms praise the area for its lack of rip tides and consistently gentle surf. There is a fishing pier, jetties, and clean porta potties. For the extra maintenance, they charge $5 a day per car or $20 for an annual pass. Multiple palapas (umbrella cabanas) are available. There is a boat launch and water skiing area.
Send your teens down to the multiple volleyball nets or to play basketball while you get one of the grills ready for a vacation meal to remember. Younger children will enjoy multiple playgrounds, and safe, shallow water. Showers are available.
There are some food trucks, and you are close to restaurants.
Locals seem to agree that the quality of Rockport Beach has continued to improve over time.
Do you like big trees? You will find one here. It is estimated to be 300 years old and 35 feet around.
Bird watching tours are available. You can see them from the park’s well maintained hiking trails. Are you hoping to see whooping cranes on your visit? This is one of the places where it could happen. There are also sandhill cranes, ibises, spoonbills, pelicans, and a variety of ducks and gulls.
There are RV hookups, tent camping sites, and restrooms with showers.
There is a launch for canoe and kayak enthusiasts.
Will you be fishing on your trip to Rockport? There is a huge fishing pier in the park. Try for a “Texas Slam”: redfish, speckled trout, and flounder. Free loaner fishing equipment and tackle is available from the park. You do NOT need a fishing license to fish within Texas state parks.
Are you travelling with a history buff? Goose Island State Park is one of many in Texas that were largely built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).
Goose Island State Park – Rockport / Fulton
202 South Palmetto Street in Rockport
(361) 729-2858
TPWD.Texas.gov
Fulton Mansion State Historic Site
Take a self-guided tour for a glimpse into an earlier age of elegance. The Fulton family once ranched 200,000 acres and pioneered refrigeration for the beef industry.
THC.Texas.gov
317 South Fulton Beach Road
(361) 729-0386
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Enjoy your visit to Aransas Pass, Fulton, and Rockport!
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