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Family Activities on North Padre Island

North Padre Island is one of the best beach trips you can take with kids on the Texas coast — the water's warm, the beaches are wide and flat, and there's enough else to do that you can break up the sand days without driving more than thirty minutes.

Texas State Aquarium (Corpus Christi, ~25 min) — easily a half-day. Dolphin presentations, shark touch tank, big-cat rescue area. Buy tickets online in advance.

Schlitterbahn Waterpark (Corpus Christi, ~20 min) — open seasonally (roughly May–Sep). Bring water shoes; the lazy river is the hit.

USS Lexington (Corpus Christi, ~30 min) — WWII aircraft carrier you can climb all over. Great for ages 6+.

Padre Island National Seashore turtle releases — Kemp's Ridley sea turtle hatchling releases happen on Malaquite Beach June through August. Free, magical, and worth setting an early alarm for.

Mini-golf and arcades on Whitecap and in Port Aransas for the rainy-day backup.

Sandcastle Days in Port Aransas (early October) — pro sandcastle competition on the beach, free to watch.

Family Activities on the island

Top-rated spots, pulled from public reviews and our local list.

Near Whitecap Beach

Evoke Studio & Gifts

4.9· 65 reviews

Compass Plaza, 14646 Compass St Ste 10, Corpus Christi, TX 78418, USA

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Family Activities on North Padre Island

Family Activities on the island

Near Whitecap Beach

Evoke Studio & Gifts

Fin-Scapes

Wild Waves Playplace

Horses on the Beach

Texas Sealife Center

The Slip

Club 7

The Pilings

Packery Channel Park

In The Game Funtrackers

Oso Bridge Plaza

Treasure Island Golf & Games

Jumping World

Aquarius Park

Port Aransas and Mustang Island

Coastal Cowboy Cart Rentals

Bodhi’s Beachin’ Buggies

Mustang Island Adventures

Port Aransas Art Center

Port Aransas

Peyton's Beach Carts 2

Port Aransas Beach

Cinnamon Shore South

The Patton Center

Mission Golf Cars Port Aransas

Busted Bicycle

Observation Deck

Roberts Point Park

Cinnamon Shore

Port Aransas Museum

Port Aransas Fishing Pier

Port Aransas Texas

University of Texas, Marine Science Institute

I. B. Magee Beach Park

Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center

The Beach

Shorty's Place

Sea Gull Condominiums

Wetland Park

Lelo's Island Bar

Bron's Beach Carts

Palmilla Beach Resort and Golf Community

Port Aransas Nature Preserve at Charlie's Pasture

Port Aransas Beach Club

Palmilla Beach Resort

Treasure Island

Beach Bums

361 Bar

The Mayan Princess

Lydia Ann Lighthouse

Bron's Shaved Ice and To Go Bar

Joan and Scott Holt Paradise Pond

The Salty Hippo

Moby Dick's Souvenir Shop

Bernie's Beach House

Salty Dog Saloon

Top Deck Golf Carts - 11th Street

JOY Cart Rentals - Port Aransas

Pleasure

Corpus Christi and Nearby

Extraordinary Escapes

Drift Corpus

Electric Starship Arcade

Sip-N-Putt

Time Rift Arcade

Claw Madness

Osprey Overlook

USS Lexington Museum

Padre Island National Seashore

Viewpoint of the Flower

Gruene Mini Golf

S2G Golf

K Space Contemporary

The Firefly