Next to the South Padre Island Convention Centre and Whaling Wall is the Laguna Madre Nature Trail, a 1500 ft (457 m) boardwalk that spans over a wetlands area. The boardwalk was nice, but I couldn't understand why it was built adjacent to a Central Power and Light Company station. I found it disconcerting walking over a wetlands area and hearing the hum and crackle of electrical lines. Later, I learned that the power company built the boardwalk as part of a mitigation project due to destruction caused from the placement of underground lines.
The July 2006 edition of Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine ranked the Laguna Madre Nature Trail boardwalk number 3 in a top 10 list of Texas boardwalks. On this same trip, I walked the boardwalk at Sabal Palm Audubon Center (Resaca Loop Trail) at Brownsville; this boardwalk got honorable mention. I thought the Sabal Palm's boardwalk was more memorable; I actually said "wow" when the jungle opened up before me. The power plant boardwalk elicited a "yikes."
That being said, I would visit the boardwalk again. It offers a great place to view birds when they are around, and, supposedly, it offers an ideal spot to view sunsets.
Links:
- Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine: Top 10 Boardwalks article
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