• Source: Goose Island State Park
    • Goose Island State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Texas, located north of the city of Rockport on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The park covers 321.4 acres (130 ha). It is surrounded by both St. Charles and Aransas Bays.
      The park was established on land acquired from private owners between the years 1931–35. The Civilian Conservation Corps built the earliest facilities.
      The park is home to "The Big Tree", a Southern live oak (Quercus virginiana), thought to be over 1000 years old. It has a circumference of 35 feet (11 m), is 44 feet (13 m) in height and has a crown spread of 90 feet (27 m).
      Although it is located on the seashore, there is no designated swimming area at the park, as the shoreline consists of concrete, oyster shell, mudflat, and marsh grass. Instead, the main park activities include camping, birding, fishing, and boating. The park averages more than 60,000 overnight campers each year and has about 200,000 visitors annually. There are 45 shade shelters with electricity and water on the island. There are 57 shelters with electricity and water, and 27 with water and no electricity. Speckled trout, redfish, drum, flounder, and sheepshead are a few of the fish caught.


      See also


      Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
      Copano Bay Fishing Pier
      Mustang Island State Park
      George W. Fulton Mansion
      List of Texas state parks
      Texas Maritime Museum
      Texas State Aquarium


      References



      "Goose Island State Park". Texas Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved October 3, 2006.


      External links


      Media related to Goose Island State Park at Wikimedia Commons

      Film segment about Goose Island State Park in Exploring the Texas State Park System from the Texas Archive of the Moving Image

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