Just Carting Around

Carting Around

10% with 3 day

Sponsored

White Cap Beach Golf Cart Rentals

Golf Cart Rentals on the Island

Learn more

Sponsored

Laguna Madre Fishing Guides

We'll Put You On 'Em!

10% off 8 hour day trip in the bay

← Local GuideLocal Guide · Family

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.

Featured

Sponsored

Kayaks to Go

We paddle and float

paddle and float

Learn more

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

Fin-Scapes

5.0· 26 reviews

618 NAS Dr Unit 620, Corpus Christi, TX 78418, USA

Just Carting Around

White Cap Beach Golf Cart Rentals

Laguna Madre Fishing Guides

Family Activities on North Padre Island

Kayaks to Go

Family Activities on the island

Near Whitecap Beach

Fin-Scapes

Evoke Studio & Gifts

Wild Waves Playplace

Padre Island National Seashore - Malaquite Visitor Center

Horses on the Beach

Texas Sealife Center

Padre Balli Park

Packery Channel Park

In The Game Funtrackers

Oso Bridge Plaza

Treasure Island Golf & Games

Jumping World

Aquarius Park

Port Aransas and Mustang Island

Port Aransas Art Center

Port Aransas Beach

The Patton Center

Port Aransas

Mission Golf Cars Port Aransas

Port Aransas Texas

Observation Deck

Roberts Point Park

Port Aransas Museum

I. B. Magee Beach Park

Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center

Coastal Ed's Coastal Carts

Wetland Park

University of Texas, Marine Science Institute

Palmilla Beach Resort and Golf Community

Port Aransas Nature Preserve at Charlie's Pasture

Bron's Backyard

Palmilla Beach Resort

JOY Cart Rentals - Port Aransas

Pleasure

Corpus Christi and Nearby

Extraordinary Escapes

Claw Madness

Drift Corpus

Electric Starship Arcade

Sip-N-Putt

Time Rift Arcade - Arcades Near Me | Family Fun!

Osprey Overlook

USS Lexington

Padre Island National Seashore

Viewpoint of the Flower

Gruene Mini Golf

S2G Golf

K Space Contemporary

Parked-It Disc Golf Emporium

L87 Speedway

Selena Memorial Statue

Sea Turtle, Inc.

PopStroke

The Arcade

Sea Center Texas

Oso Bay Wetlands Preserve and Learning Center Corpus Christi, TX

PopStroke

Bayfront Park

South Texas Race Ranch

Oleander Point at Cole Park

Alamo Mini Golf

The Firefly

Blue Tide Acrylics

Texas State Aquarium

Cole Park

Selena Museum

Aquarium At Moody Gardens

Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History

Cosmic Mayhem: Black Light Mini Golf and Bar

Swantner Park

Holey Moley Golf Club San Antonio

Outlaw Pass

11th Hour Escape