Showing Port Mansfield, a fishing village with connections to the Gulf of Mexico through a cut dredged through South Padre Island (somewhat silted up.)
The Arroyo Colorado - a dredged out creek which is also the Harlingen, Texas barge canal. This is bounded by the Laguna Atascosa Wildlife Refuge, the Adolph Thomae County Park, Arroyo City, TX, Rio Hondo, TX and just east of Rio Hondo, Camp Perry, a Boy Scout Camp.
Port Isabel, and the town of South Padre Island and Brazos Santiago Pass, the entrance to the southern part of the Laguna Madre. This is also the entrance to the port of Brownsville, Texas.
It should be noted that outside the dredged channels the Laguna Madre is a very shallow bay. Much of this area has less than 3 feet (or 1 meter) of water depth.
During most of the year the prevailing wind is from the southeast. In the afternoons when it is warm (most of the year) it usually builds to 20 mph or higher and is steady, not overly gusty.
The northern half of the Gulf of Mexico smaller version.
The Texas coast from Beaumont to Port Isabel/South Padre Island.
The northern half of the Gulf of Mexico larger version - readable text.
Port Mansfield to the Arroyo Colorado in southern Laguna Madre.
Port Mansfield, Texas topographic
Green Island Audubon Society wildlife refuge island in southern Laguna Madre, just north of Arroyo Colorado.
Maps sites
texmaps .com beautiful aerial photos of the Texas coast.
Topo McAllen area from MapTech
Maptech Maps base place
Maptech - Corpus Christi - Ingleside TX
TopoZone Maps index with links to sections of topographic maps.
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