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Review:
High Island is a small, quiet East Texas town, not popular with students coming on a spring break or with those looking for a location of their second home.
It is the kind of place many people imagine East Texas to look like. High Island is located at the edge of a vast marsh, with twisted oaks clinging to the rims of salt domes at times 40 feet high above the Gulf. The beach has nothing but coarse sand that stretches for miles towards Louisiana, dotted with colorful shells, often deserted, sometimes visited by riders cooling horses in the surf.
Only an hour and a half from Houston, it is the perfect beach for those who want solitude and unspoiled nature. There are four bird sanctuaries nearby. The largest is Smith Oaks Sanctuary, with four lakes and a lovely rookery with herons, egrets, roseate spoonbills, and cormorants. High Island Map
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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