• Aerial View of Padre Island National Seashore

    Padre Island

    National Seashore Texas

Cooperating Association

WNPA headquarters in Tucson, AZ

WNPA headquarters in Tucson, AZ

Photo courtesy of WNPA

The National Seashore's cooperating association is Western National Parks Association, which is a non-profit organization. All proceeds are returned to more than 63 affiliated parks in eleven western states to fund educational, scientific, and research programs not supported by taxes.

At the Malaquite Visitors Center, WNPA operates a small bookstore carrying postcards, magnets, posters, bookmarks, and a wide variety of books on local history, birds, sea turtles, other local wildlife, and much more.

For more information contact the park's WNPA representative at (361) 949-8068 or wnpa@pais.org.

Please follow this link to the WNPA website.

Did You Know?

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The wreck of three Spanish ships near the southern end of Padre Island in 1554 was the greatest disaster to hit the Spanish fleet in the New World up to that time. More...