Best Dog Beaches in Texas

Located on the southern end of Mustang Island within Nueces County on the Gulf Coast of Texas, Port Aransas Beach is a six-mile-long and wide beige sand beach.  The beach is positioned on a natural barrier island along the Texas coastline.  Port Aransas Beach has a beautiful backdrop of many oceanfront buildings, including houses, shops, restaurants, and nearby condominiums, which together provide Instagram-worthy views of the Gulf of Mexico, the Lydia Ann Ship Channel, and the Corpus Christi Ship Channel.  The beach has a long jetty built with many large boulders and rocks to form a protective barrier for Port Aransas against strong waves and tidal currents to control erosion.

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Located on a barrier island named Mustang Island, Mustang Island State Park Beach – also called Mustang Island Beach and Mustang Beach – is a five-mile-long beach with pale cream sand and nearby large sand dunes.  This beach is a part of a 3,954-acre state park named Mustang Island State Park, and is usually open between 8 am and 5pm

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Located near Corpus Christi on the Gulf of Mexico, Malaquite Beach is an approximately four-mile-long scenic beach with white sand and nearby sand dunes in Padre Island.  This beach is a part of a national park named Padre Island National Seashore. 

Malaquite Beach has been named the 20th Best Beach in the “Top 50 Beaches in the United States” list in 2022 by Randall Kaplan, the world’s foremost beach expert who is known as “Mr. Beach” – and was also listed by Travel + Leisure magazine as one of the “The Best Texas Beaches for Every Kind of Traveler” in 2023. 

Located on Padre Island in Southern Texas, Michael J. Ellis Beach – also called North Padre Seawall Beach and Padre Island Seawall Beach – is a beach with light brown sand and a nearby seawall. 

Located in the city of Rockport in Texas, Rockport Beach – also called Rockport Beach Park – is a curve-shaped mile-long beach with light brown sand.  This beach has received the Blue Wave certification by the Clean Beaches Coalition because of its cleanliness – this beach was one of the first beaches in Texas to receive this certification.  This beach was also listed as one of the “The Best Beaches in Texas for Surfing, Kayaking, and More” by Conde Nast Traveller and it was also listed as one of the “The 10 Best Beaches In Texas To Visit” by Southern Living magazine.

Rockport Beach is usually open between 6 am and 11 pm.  On Fridays and Saturdays, this beach is open between 6 am and 12 am.

El Jardin Beach is a picturesque beach located in Pasadena, Texas, United States. The beach is about half a mile long with soft, golden sand.

Located near the Downtown area of Corpus Christi, McGee Beach – also called Mcgee Beach – is a popular beach with light brown sand and a few rocky jetties.