ARANSAS
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
BAY OVERLOOK
Trail Information
- Length: 0.1 Miles
- Grade: Gentle
- Surface: Natural
Special Features
- Large tree over 500 years old
- Breathtaking view of San Antonio Bay
BIG TREE TRAIL
Trail Information
- Length: 0.7 Miles
- Grade: Gentle
- Surface: Natural/Oyster shell
Special Features
- One of the biggest, oldest trees on refuge
- Boardwalk
- Observation Deck with small tower
- 20-foot Observation tower
BIRD TRAIL #1
Trail Information
- Length: 0.1 Miles
- Grade: Gentle
- Surface: Natural
Special Features
- Short, woodland loop
- Look for painted buntings, summer tanagers; black, white, prothonotary warblers
BIRD TRAIL #2
Trail Information
- Length: 0.6 Miles
- Grade: Gentle
- Surface: Natural
Special Features
- Observation blind
- 2 benches
- Opens to bay water view
- Pond with photo blind
- Haven for songbirds
Savannah, white-throated sparrows
- Oak woodland, mixed grassland
DAGGER POINT
Trail Information
- Length: 1 Miles
- Grade: Gentle
- Surface: Natural
Special Features
- Opens to the bay
- Awesome views, large trees
- Winding trail through oak/redbay forest
HERON FLATS
Trail Information
- Length: 1.4 Miles
- Grade: Gentle
- Surface: Shell/natural
Special Features
- 2 observation decks
- Boardwalk, 2 benches
- Views of fresh water and bay habitats
Cranes, egrets, roseate spoonbills, pelicans
- Freshwater sloughs, shell ridges, oak forests, tidal flats
- Unique plant communities
RAIL TRAIL
Trail Information
- Length: 0.3 Miles
- Grade: Gentle
- Surface: Natural
Special Features
- Grassy trail along freshwater slough
- Rails, bitterns, alligators
- Listen for kuk-kuk-kuk of yellow-billed cuckoos
Aransas
National Wildlife Refuge
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