Sightseeing
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
No admission feeNational Park Service site on the prairie where U.S. and Mexican forces fought the opening battle of the Mexican-American War in May 1846.
Photo: Michael Martin from Cypress, Texas, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.
Sports & Outdoors
Boca Chica Loop
A day-use birding driving route near Brownsville in far South Texas, with stops on TX 48, FM 511, FM 1419, and TX 4.
Brownsville, TX
About Boca Chica Loop
The Boca Chica Loop is a stop-by-stop birding drive in the Brownsville area, part of the Great Texas Wildlife Trails. Stops cover tidal flats, lomas with yucca, a city landfill known for rare gulls, a sabal palm sanctuary, and the Boca Chica Beach and USFWS tract on the Gulf.
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What's around here?
The closest stops to Boca Chica Loop, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.
