ʻO ka swath o Texas e kū nei ma ke kahawaiʻo Mexico he wahi kaulana ia no nā malihini. Ma waho aʻe o nāʻanoʻano likeʻole e pili ana i ka Texas Gulf Coast, aia kekahi o nā moku'āina maikaʻi loa o ka moku'āina. Mai nā kahakai a hōʻea i nā wahi kūkala, nā moku'āinaʻo Texas State i ke kahawaiʻo Gulf Coast.
ʻO Sandwiched ma waena o nā kūlanakauhale kūkaʻikaʻi kaulanaʻo Corpus Christi a me Port Aransas ma Padre Island, pono ka Mustang Island State Park e hoʻolale i nā malihini e komo i 5 mau mile ma kahakai ma mua o ke kahawaiʻo Mexico. ʻO ka pā kula, ka holoʻana, ka lawaiʻa, ka heʻenalu, kaʻauʻauʻana, ka pākī, a me ke kahakai ka mea nui i kaulana. Ponoʻia ka mokuʻo Mustang no ka nui o nā one one i loaʻa ma ka laina kai. Ponoʻo Mustang Island State Park e hoʻolako i nā pono no ka hoʻohanaʻana i ka lā a me nā malihini i ka pō e like me nā ua, nā keʻena hoʻomaha, a me nā hale hoʻonaninue.
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Ke kahua'āinaʻo Galveston Island
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Ua weheʻia ka Hale Hōʻikeʻikeʻo Galveston Island i ka lehulehu i ka makahiki 1975. Mai ia manawa, ua hāʻawiʻia kēia 2,000 mau kahua papa ma Galveston ma kaʻaoʻao komohana i nā malihini a me kahi wahi e hoʻolālā ai i nā hana hoʻolimalima no waho, e like me kaʻauʻau, ka lawaiʻa, ka nānāʻana manu a me ka hoʻomoana. ʻO ka pāpū me ka wai a me ka eletani, kahiʻoihana hoʻomaʻemaʻe iʻa, nāʻahu waho, kahi āpau e holo aiʻelua, a he 4 mau mile o ke alakaʻi holo lio / alakoki i waena o nā pono i loko o Galveston Island State Park.
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ʻO ke kaiʻo Rim Rim
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ʻO kahi hui'āina a me ke kahakai,ʻaʻole kahi Moana Rim State Park he wahi kahakai kahakai. Eia naʻe,ʻo kēia mākele'āina, aia ma kaʻaoʻao hema o Beaumont / Port Arthur kahi mea hauʻoli loa ia. Hiki i nā mea nānā manu a me nā meaʻauwai ke noho pū ma kēia kahakai,ʻo ia ke kahakai nui loa o Texas. ʻO ka Moana Rim State Park i loko o nā'āpanaʻelua - D. Roy Harrington Beach Unit a me Marshlands Unit. Loaʻa nāʻokoʻa o kēlā me kēia wahi. Hāʻawiʻia ka Mokuna Mokupuni iʻelua mile o ke komoʻana i ke kahakai, e hiki ai ke hoʻolālā mua, a me nā wahi hoʻomoana me ka hili a me ka wai, nā keʻena liʻiliʻi me nā ua, nā wahi pīkino, nā alanuiʻelua, nā mea e nānā ai, a me ke kahakai no ka lawaiʻa, ka pihi, ka nānāʻana manu a me ka hoʻokele mauna. Hāʻawiʻia ka Mokupuni Marshlands e ka moku. Loaʻaʻia kahi āpana moku no nā waʻa, nā kayak a me nā moku liʻiliʻi. ʻO nā kauhale mua ma kahi o ka marsh.
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Māhele Manawaena o nā Mākaʻiʻo Matagorda
ʻO kahi māhele kūkā o US ma ka USFWS a me ka Texas Parks a me ka Wildlife. Mākaʻiʻia ka moku o Matagorda Island Wildlife Management Area / State Park ma ka moku - ma kahi kūʻokoʻa a ma o ka moku'āina paha.
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ʻO Brazos Bend State Park
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ʻOiaiʻo ia kahi iʻikeʻia i loko o ka nānā ponoʻana o ke kahawai kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o Houston, he honua'ē loaʻo Brazos Bend State Park ma mua o ka ululāʻauʻoʻoleʻa i kahi mau mile ke kaʻawale. Ma kaʻaoʻao o ke kahawaiʻo Brazos,ʻo Brazos Bend State Park kekahi mau meaʻano hoʻokipa nui, me nā hoʻokele nui o ka muliwai a me nā loko i loko o nā palena o ka pā. Hiki i ka BBSP ke hāʻawi aku i nā mea hoʻokipa kūlanakauhale ma keʻano wikiwiki no ka hoʻololiʻana i ka manawa i kahi hoʻonohonoho iʻoi aku ka hapanui o ka holo ma mua o Houston ma mua o kēia manawa, e hana ana i Brazos Bend SP i kahi kūlana o waho. Kū mailaʻo Brazos Bend SP no ka pili kokoke loa i ka pūnaewele nui o ka lehulehu a me keʻano o nā mea mahi holoholona a me nā hana waho i loko o ka papa.
Aia ma kahi pokole ma waho o Houston,ʻo ka San Jacinto Battlefield kekahi o Texas iʻoi aku ka nui loa, akā naʻe,ʻaʻole hiki keʻikeʻia nā kahua kuʻuna. ʻO ka kauaʻo San Jacinto, i mālamaʻia ma ka lā 21 oʻApelila, 1836, ua lanakilaʻo Texas iā ia ma ke kūʻokoʻa mai Mexico. Ua kūkuluʻia ka Hale Hōʻikeʻikeʻo San Jacinto, kahi kiʻekiʻe he 15 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi ma mua o ka Monument Washington, i ka makahiki 1939. Ua nohoʻia ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻikeʻo San Jacinto ma ka piko o ke kumulāʻau. Kūkuluʻia ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o San Jacinto a me ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike iʻehiku mau lā o ka pule, mai 9 am a hiki i ka holaʻeono