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La Sal Vieja Vacation and Resort PropertiesThis lake is located near Ranchette Estates, TX. Nearby Attractions
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge (23 miles)
Life tends to be richest at its borders. Here, on the international border between U.S. and Mexico, a host of nature's borders converge climate, community, land form and geography. Only 5% of the native landscape remains on the lower river and its nearby reaches, yet the diversity within these fragments adds up to an astonishing 1,200 types of plants, 700 species of vertebrates (including nearly 500 bird species) and 300 kinds of butterflies. You'll find 11 different biological communities,...
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Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (34 miles)
The south Texas landscape is a unique blending of temperate, subtropical, coastal, and desert habitats. Mexican plants and wildlife are at the northernmost edge of their range, while migrating waterfowl and sandhill cranes fly down for the mild winters. This combination makes Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge world famous for its birds, and home to a mix of wildlife found nowhere else. Laguna Atascosa NWR is the largest protected area of natural habitat left in the Lower Rio Grande...
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Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge (36 miles)
Step into a rare tropical world at Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge. Spanish moss drips from trees. Noisy chachalacas welcome the morning dawn. A malachite butterfly flits from the shadows. The wildlife clientele is truly international here along the most southern stretch of the Rio Grande. Thanks to the foresight of those who succeeded in protecting the refuge in 1943, we can experience a natural world that has vanished from 95 percent of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Santa Ana NWR gleams...
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Padre Island National Seashore (41 miles)
Padre Island National Seashore, encompassing 130,454 acres, is the longest remaining undeveloped stretch of barrier island in the world, and offers a wide variety of flora and fauna as well as recreation. * After exploring the links on this page, click on the inDEPTH button for Frequently Asked Questions and info on Traveling Down Island, the island's history, and current issues. Call our Hatchling Hotline at (361) 949-7163 for information on attending releases of baby sea turtles. For...
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