Port Aransas, Texas

About Port Aransas

Port Aransas is a small town in southern Texas, home to 3,616 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Port Aransas holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 8.97 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 403 residents per square mile.

📰 Port Aransas News Today

• Giant kites take over Port Aransas skies kiiitv.com · Aug 16
• 'Scariest' Texas highway faces calls for emergency upgrade Chron · Aug 13
• Between Corpus Christi And Port Aransas Is Texas' Gulf Coast City With Tasty Eats And Outdoor Fun islands.com · Aug 15
• Authorities identify 5-year-old Jourdanton ISD student as boy who drowned at Port Aransas beach KSAT · Jul 28
• Couple killed in Highway 361 crash identified; lawmakers to meet with TxDOT this week kristv.com · Aug 17

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Port Aransas Unique

• The only place in America named Port Aransas — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in southern Texas, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Texas — one of 1,863 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Easy reach of Corpus Christi (7 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Port Aransas

• Castaways Seafood & Grill — barbecue
• Coffee Waves (café)
• Fin's Grill & Bar — seafood
• Irie's Island Food
• Lelo's Island Bar
• Port A Pizzeria — pizza
• San Juan Restaurant — mexican
• Seafood & Spaghetti Works — seafood
• The Crazy Cajun — seafood
• Trout Street Bar & Grill — seafood

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Port Aransas Museum · Museum
• Port Aransas Art Center · Art gallery
• Port Aransas/Mustang Island Tourism Bureau & Chamber of Comm · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Port Aransas

• Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center reviews ★
• Port Aransas Community Park reviews ★
• Port Aransas Nature Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Butterfly Park reviews ★
• Great Lawn reviews ★
• Hummingbird Park reviews ★
• I B Magee Beach Park reviews ★
• Joan and Scott Holt Paradise Pond reviews ★
• Pelican Island Sanctuary · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Robert's Point Park reviews ★
• Town Center reviews ★
• UT Wetlands reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Port Aransas

• BRUNDRETT MIDDLE
• NUECES CO J J A E P
• OLSEN EL
• PORT ARANSAS H S

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Port Aransas

🏘️ Nearby Communities