Malaquite Beach

I visited on November 3rd, a Saturday. It was not as I remembered it from 1974. It was a smaller pavilion. It had a nice gift shop. They had books and postcards, toys, cookie cutters in ocean...

Didn't realize there was a National Park on Padre Island and was glad I stopped in. The visitor center gave quite a bit of history and insight to the area. Fun part was finding a National Park...

Two stars for handicapped access to the beach. But unfortunately on our visit the beach was covered with seaweed with nary a shell in sight. Just piles of seaweed miles long with plastic &...

If you want to avoid the larger crowds at the beach, this is where you want to go. The biggest downside is that unlike the other beaches when you can drive up and unload your stuff, you have to...

I found this large beach structure to be quite endearing. There is plenty of parking in the area and the rangers in the visitor center were very helpful in answering my curious questions. There...