South Padre Island, Texas
South Padre Island, Texas Location of South Padre Island, Texas Location of South Padre Island, Texas South Padre Island is a resort town in Cameron County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Brownsville Harlingen Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The populace was 2,816 at the 2010 census. The town is positioned on South Padre Island, a barrier island along the Texas Gulf Coast accessible via the Queen Isabella Causeway from the town of Port Isabel.
South Padre Island is titled after Jose Nicolas Balli (Padre Balli), a Catholic priest and settler. In September 1967, Hurricane Beulah caused extensive damage to much of the town of South Padre Island. On 23 July 2008, Hurricane Dolly made landfall on the island as a category 1 storm, also causing extensive damage to the town.
In July 2010, the island received heavy rains from Hurricane Alex, but the storm left the island generally unscathed. Subsequent to stone from Hurricane Beulah, the island became a prominent spring break destination for college students and a resort destination for families.
The Schlitterbahn Beach Waterpark, the second of its kind in Texas, opened in South Padre Island in 2001. South Padre Island is home to many water sport activities, with personal water craft rental, kiteboarding and dolphin watches being the most popular.
Other favorites are horseback riding adventures on the beach and ecological tours that explore Padre Island National Seashore.
In January 2011, the island hosted the National Basketball Association Developmental League Showcase at the South Padre Island Convention Centre.
The town of South Padre Island is positioned at the southern end of South Padre Island, with the town limits extending from the northern edge of Isla Blanca Park in the south to the end of evolution north of Wharf Street in the north, a distance of 6 miles (10 km).
Brownsville is 25 miles (40 km) southwest of South Padre Island.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 2.3 square miles (6.0 km2), of which 2.1 square miles (5.5 km2) is territory and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km2), or 8.44%, is water. South Padre Island South Padre Island experiences a warm humid subtropical climate (Koppen Cfa).
South Padre Island receives less rain and slightly higher summer maximum temperatures and humidity than some areas in south Florida, except Miami.
Due to the fact that South Padre Island is surrounded by water, rain is a little higher than metros/cities farther inland in the Rio Grande Valley.
Tens of thousands of tourists come to the island to appreciate the warm temperatures South Padre Island offers.
Children living in South Padre Island are zoned to schools in Point Isabel Independent School District.
In addition, South Padre Island inhabitants may apply to schools in the South Texas Independent School District. The United States Postal Service operates the South Padre Island Post Office. The United States Coast Guard has a search and rescue station on South Padre Island. Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport in Brownsville and Valley International Airport in Harlingen serve the island. South Padre Island is mentioned by Mark Wahlberg's character Cade Yeager in Transformers: Age of Extinction when he is seen first meeting up with his best friend/business partner Lucas (T.
South Padre Island is the chief setting of Season 4 Episode 20 "Conflicted" of Criminal Minds. Loose interpretations of South Padre Island and neighboring Port Isabel appear in the racing video game The Crew.
A west-facing view from the Holiday Inn Sun - Spree in South Padre Island A beach in South Padre Island Handbook of Texas Online article for South Padre Island Accessed May 17, 2007.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1 (G001): South Padre Island town, Texas".
Padre Island's history with tropical systems Accessed May 17, 2007.
https://themonitor.com/articles/south-40402-island-party.html/ South Padre Island largely unscathed by Hurricane Alex South Texas Independent School District Accessed May 16, 2007.
"Post Office Location South Padre Island." South Padre Island, Texas City of South Padre Island official website
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