Padre Island National Seashore

Welcome to the official Padre Island National Seashore Facebook Page. We hope this will become a place where fans feel comfortable sharing information and experiences about Padre Island National Seashore with one another.

While this is an open forum, it is also a family friendly one, so please keep your comments and wall posts clean. In addition to keeping it family friendly, we ask that you follow our posting guidelines here. If you don't comply, your message will be removed.

-We do not allow graphic, obscene, explicit, racial, or offensive comments or submissions, nor do we allow comments that are abusive, hateful or intended to defame anyone or any organization.

-We do not allow solicitations or advertisements. This includes promotion or endorsement of any financial, commercial or non-governmental agency. Similarly, we do not allow attempts to defame or defraud any financial, commercial or non-governmental agency.

-We do not allow comments that suggest or encourage illegal activity.

-You participate at your own risk, taking personal responsibility for your comments, your user name and any information provided.

Finally, the appearance of external links on this site does not constitute official endorsement on behalf of the U.S. National Park Service or the U.S. Department of Interior.

Padre Island National Seashore was established by an Act of Congress (76 Stat. 650) in 1962. It is located on Padre Island, a barrier island in the Coastal Bend area of southern Texas. Containing 130,332 acres, the park preserves the longest undeveloped barrier island in the world with vitally important habitat for numerous rare, threatened and endangered species in perpetuity and makes this valuable part of America’s heritage available to thousands of visitors each year for their experience, enjoyment, understanding, and appreciation.

The Padre Island NS Division of Sea Turtle Science & Recovery: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Padre-Island-NS-Division-of-Sea-Turtle-Science-Recovery/149675511741530 on facebook, and Ridley Ranger: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ridley-Ranger/167512136595629?v=wall& are affiliations with this park's page.