Back Bay

Back Bay is a bay in Cameron, Texas. Back Bay is situated nearby to the locality Del Mar.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Coast Guard Station South Padre Island and Brazos Island.

Coast Guard Station South Padre Island

Military installation

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

United States Coast Guard Station South Padre Island is a large United States Coast Guard station six miles north of the Mexico–United States border in South Padre Island, Texas.

Brazos Island

Island

Brazos Island, also known as Brazos Santiago Island, is a barrier island on the Gulf Coast of Texas in the United States, south of the town of South Padre Island and north of the city of Starbase.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Padre Island and Port Isabel.

South Padre Island

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

South Padre Island is a small resort town on the southern tip of Padre Island off the coast of Texas, close to the border with Mexico. It is a popular spring break destination for college students.

The City of Port Isabel, population 6,300 in 2019, is the southernmost city and port on the Texas coast. It is a tourism, retirement, sports fishing and commercial fishing destination and the gateway to South Padre Island.

Starbase

Village

Photo: Alexander Hatley, CC BY 2.0.

Starbase, formerly Boca Chica Village or Kopernik Shores, is a city in Cameron County, Texas, United States, near the mouth of the Rio Grande and immediately adjacent to the Mexico - United States border.

Back Bay

Type: Bay
Address: TX
Category: body of water
Location: Cameron, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude

26.06258° or 26° 3′ 45″ north

Longitude

-97.15747° or 97° 9′ 27″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

76R43R7V+22

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369120227

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

4671883

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Cameron County Amphitheater and Isla Blanca Park.

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