Goose Island Texas

Goose Island State Park

Rving at Goose Island State Park is one of my favorite Texas State Parks. This Texas Park has 321 acres surrounded by St Charles and Aransas Bays.  This Park is great for fishing and bird watching, everything for the RVer.  Camping sites have water and electricity only. Some sites are on the water while most are in the heavily tree shaded areas.   There are restrooms, some with showers and there is also a dump area for your Rv.  This Texas Park has some of the best fishing in Texas, red snapper, speckled trout, sand trout and flounder are just a few.  They have a 1620 foot lighted fishing pier with 2 fish cleaning tables.  Doesn’t this want to make you get your fishing gear together and start rving to Goose Island?

The giant live oak commonly called the “Big Tree’ is at Goose Island State Park.  This giant live oak is one of the most famous trees in the world.  It is more than 35 feet in circumference, 44 feet high and has a crown spread of more than 89 feet.  The Texas Forest Service estimates the giant oak to be more than 1000 years old. The Texas Live Oak is said to have been a council tree for the Carancahua Indians and the white men who came after them.

On your rving adventures you must visit Aransas National Wildlife Refuge which was established in 1937 to protect the vanishing wildlife of Texas.  The Refuge is constantly changing due to erosion of land made by the waters and hurricanes along the Texas Gulf Coast.  This refuge is 54,829 acres on the Blackjack Peninsula.  It got its name from the many Blackjack Oaks.  This peninsula is surrounded by tidal marshes and long narrow ponds.  This area is home to the cranes, deer, alligators and many other species of wildlife. 
 
This Texas Refuge is home to the endangered whooping cranes.  In 1941 there were around 15 whooping cranes and now due to the protection of the Refuge there are over 250 at present.  For a closer look, commercially operated boats depart from Rockport to the refuge.  Whooping Cranes can be seen from late October until mid April. The rest of the year they are in Canada.  Sometimes you can see the whooping cranes from the fishing pier at Goose Island State Park.

Another must see is the Fulton Mansion in Fulton.  This historical home was built in the 1800’s.  It was started in 1874 and completed in 1877.  This home has beautiful ornate trim work and furnishings.  You will be surprised by the conveniences that the Fulton Mansion has for that era, modern plumbing, central heat and a gas lighting system.

Rving in Texas has endless possibilities.   Goose Island State Park is only the tip of the iceberg so lets’ start rving.