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Mustang Island State Park

Mustang Island State Park, situated south of the city of Post Aransas, Texas, is a 3,954 acre (16.01 sq-km) coastal barrier island with an extraordinary and complicated ecosystem. This state park is located along the spectacular Gulf of Mexico and has a 5-mile (8-km) beachfront. It was inaugurated in the year 1979. The Park is primarily known for its outdoor recreational activities. The main tourist activities at the Park include fishing, excellent birding, picnicking, and mountain biking, sunbathing, camping, swimming, and surfing. Besides, a number of interpretive ecological tours are made available to the visitors upon request.

Mustang Island is largely dependent upon sand dunes for its protection from sea and storms. These coastal dunes are anchored by mats of vegetation and reach an average height of 15-20 ft (4.5-6.0 m). The common flora and fauna that can be found on the Island include sea oats, soilbind morning glory, pocket gophers, rice rats, cotton rats, striped skunks, cottontail, rabbits, coyotes, armadillos, waterfowl, shorebirds, hawks, and songbirds. Over 600 distinct species of saltwater fish inhabit the water along the coast.

• Mailing Address: 17047 State Highway 361, PO Box 326, Corpus Christi, TX 78373
• Telephone: (361) 749-5246
  
• Website: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/mustang_island/
  

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