2019 Map of Yarborough Pass OE E

About this map

Padre Island dominates this coastal landscape, where the barrier island sands meet the expansive waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Managed as part of the Padre Island National Seashore, this section of the Kenedy County coastline illustrates a highly dynamic environment shaped by tidal action and wind. A notable geographic marker is Yarborough Pass, a site historically significant for efforts to maintain water exchange between the Laguna Madre and the open sea. The absence of roads and permanent structures underscores the protected and undeveloped nature of this shoreline in the early twenty-first century, preserving the primitive character of the Texas gulf coast.