The Great American Road Trip Challenge~4.5 years · 48 states · one loop
Texas & the South Plains

Stop 8 · Days 338–340

Corpus Christi & Padre Island

Corpus Christi & Padre Island, TX

The Sparkling City by the Sea — an aircraft carrier, a Gulf aquarium, and the longest undeveloped barrier island on earth.

Where to stay

  • A Corpus Christi bayfront hotel

    On the seawall near the museums.

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You gotta eat this

  • Gulf snapper & ceviche

    Coastal Tex-Mex seafood.

The days here

Each day opens its own hour-by-hour page

  1. 338Day 338 — Bayfront & the LexingtonFull day · 3h 30m planned
  2. 339Day 339 — Padre Island National SeashoreFull day · 4h planned
  3. 340Day 340 — Northwest to San AntonioDrive day · 2h 10m drive

What this stop is made of

  • National Parks & Forests
  • Museums & History