South Padre Island Run

[Mil T]

I'm curious as to where you access the beach from. My wife and I will be down that way for the first time late May. We'll be traveling for the month and plan to visit Crps Cristi and the other Gulf Areas as we have never spent any time down there. The beach looks fun to run on. Kind of like Pismo in Calif. Are there any restrictions or cautions I should know about?
Mil T

 

[The258]

Main entrance to SPI is through Port Isabelle, cross the bridge, drive north and enter Access 5/6. Those are the ones where you can take your vehicle in, I believe 5 charges and 6 doesnt since a lot of vehicles get stuck going in.
Only restriction is that there is a speed limit through the beach from 5 to 6 and no driving on the sand dunes because of wildlife apparently. Once you pass the public and out of eyesight from constables then you are pretty much free to do anything. Driving all the way north will lead you to the East Cut which is just south or Corpus Christi

 

[treypal]

I'm curious as to where you access the beach from. My wife and I will be down that way for the first time late May. We'll be traveling for the month and plan to visit Crps Cristi and the other Gulf Areas as we have never spent any time down there. The beach looks fun to run on. Kind of like Pismo in Calif. Are there any restrictions or cautions I should know about?
Mil T

You can get on the padre island national seashore from corpus. It's a 60 mile drive to the north side of the Mansfield cut. As opposed to the south side accessed from south padre island.

Message me when you're in corpus. That's where I live.

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And for regs on the beach. No driving in the dunes. At all. Major fine. And there is a pretty low speed limit. On the national seashore it's pretty easy to speed. It isn't really patrolled.

Google
Padre island national seashore.

 

[The258]

You can get on the padre island national seashore from corpus. It's a 60 mile drive to the north side of the Mansfield cut. As opposed to the south side accessed from south padre island.
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wasnt too sure about that one, but its good to know now. Gotta check it out sometime.

 

[Baddkarmaracing]

You can get on the padre island national seashore from corpus. It's a 60 mile drive to the north side of the Mansfield cut. As opposed to the south side accessed from south padre island.

Message me when you're in corpus. That's where I live.

---------- Post added at 10:34 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:33 AM ----------

And for regs on the beach. No driving in the dunes. At all. Major fine. And there is a pretty low speed limit. On the national seashore it's pretty easy to speed. It isn't really patrolled.

Google
Padre island national seashore.

Trey any chance of getting you down here for a little run?

 

[RLTW]

Man I miss SPI and Manfield, North Padre born and raised.

 

[RangerRob]

Looks like a good time. The run down SPI is pretty fun. I did the 60 mile trek down to Mansfield the last time I was home. After mile marker 10 or so you can open it up and haul ass. I averaged about 85 mph all the way to the jetty and didn't air down or put it in 4wd. Not a good idea to go back in the dunes though. I almost burned my truck down after getting high centered on a dune and catching the brush on fire with the hot exhaust. Scared the shit out of me.

Rob

 

[BIG_TEXAS]

Anybody down for an island run sometime May 8th-12th?

 

[tbone]

this trip looks awsome!

 

[Westside Offroad Group]

let us know when!





Yes! but unfortunately, quite a few washed up logs are enough to do some damage. This is what happened to RAPTOR2012GR tire.

as well as other huge debris, ranging from stove sized looking 'junk' and other stuff.

hands down the ugliest wheel I've ever seen on a raptor