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  2. Port Aransas, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Port Aransas (/ ə ˈ r æ n z ə s / ə-RAN-zəs) is a city in Nueces County, Texas, United States. This city is 180 miles southeast of San Antonio. The population was 2,904 at the 2020 census. Port Aransas is the only established town on Mustang Island. It is located north of Padre Island and is one of the longest barrier islands along the ...

  3. Texas State Highway 361 - Wikipedia

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    The highway was first designated on April 4, 1956 as the six-mile (9.7 km) portion of the route from Aransas Pass to Port Aransas, and a 0.7 mile extension in Port Aransas to PR 53 was added to the designation on November 28, 1967. On January 31, 1969 FM 632 from Gregory to Aransas Pass was added to the SH 361 designation.

  4. Google Earth - Wikipedia

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    The Linux version began with the version 4 beta of Google Earth, as a native port using the Qt toolkit. The Free Software Foundation considers the development of a free compatible client for Google Earth to be a High Priority Free Software Project. Google Earth was released for Android on February 22, 2010, and on iOS on October 27, 2008.

  5. Your guide to Port Aransas' Texas SandFest - AOL

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    SandFest will be moving down the Port Aransas Beach to Markers 13 through 17. There are two parking lots on the beach next to SandFest — one at the North entrance at Marker 9 (exits at Avenue G ...

  6. Aransas - Wikipedia

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    The beach along Port Aransas, Texas. Aransas ( / əˈrænzəs / ə-RAN-zəs) is a placename for several neighboring places in coastal Southern Texas. Aransas County, Texas. The Aransas River, which begins in Bee County, Texas, and flows into Copano Bay in Aransas County. The Aransas Bay, fed by Copano Bay. Aransas Pass, Texas, which borders the ...

  7. Even in the age of Google Earth, people still buy globes ...

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    April 7, 2024 at 2:57 AM. LONDON (AP) — Find a globe in your local library or classroom and try this: Close the eyes, spin it and drop a finger randomly on its curved, glossy surface. You’re ...

  8. Copano Bay - Wikipedia

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    The port later served as a strategically important locale during the Texas Revolution and the American Civil War, and was the site of a settlement that is now completely abandoned. The town of St. Mary's of Aransas was founded southwest of Copano and thrived as a port and wood mart, until numerous shipwrecks caused by the bay's hidden reefs ...

  9. National Register of Historic Places listings in Aransas ...

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    Aransas Pass Light Station. Aransas Pass Light Station. August 3, 1977. ( #77001423) N of Port Aransas on Harbor Island. 27°51′51″N 97°03′23″W. /  27.864167°N 97.056389°W  / 27.864167; -97.056389  ( Aransas Pass Light Station) Port Aransas. Brick lighthouse built in 1857.