High Island

Wandering southward along the Texas coast, following the Gulf of Mexico. While not camped in a quiet State Park, we are now camped in small quiet coastal town, High Island, TX, 80 miles east of Houston. How can a town with a population of 500 not be quiet? The town's remoteness is characterized by no condos, no rental houses, and no bars; just one restaurant and one hotel and they are in the same spot.

High Island's name comes from the large salt dome on which the town sits and its 40' above sea level height. It is one of the highest points along the Gulf coast between Alabama and Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

The area was once noted for it's large number of producing oil wells. Pump jacks still dot the landscape. Today the area is a nationally famous destination for bird watchers who are drawn to by the Houston Audubon Society's four bird sanctuaries.

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