Get in
[edit]Get around
[edit]See
[edit]- King Ranch Museum, 405 N 6th St. Here you can learn all about this rather insanely-sized beef and game ranch that dominates life around Kingsville and was its reason for being. Tel: +1 361-595-1881. Tu-F 10AM-4PM.
- John E Conner Museum, 905 W Santa Gertrudis St (on Texas A&M-Kingsville campus). A natural history museum, and if you are into hundreds of mounted animals and deer heads staring at you, you're in luck. Tel: +1 361-593-2810. F-Sa 10AM-4PM.
- 1 The 1904 Train Depot Museum, 102 E Kleberg Ave, ☏ +1 800-333-5032. M-F 10AM-4PM, Sa 11AM-2PM. One of the King/Kleberg family dynasty's pet projects was getting a railroad to pass through their town, Kingsville, which they did, right at about the same time it was platted. This is also the location of the Kingsville Visitor Center.
Do
[edit]- 1 Kaufer-Hubert Memorial Park, Farm to Market Rd 628 Exd, Riviera. Beach and fishing pier on the Baffin Bay
Buy
[edit]- 1 King Ranch Saddle Shop, 201 E Kleberg Ave, ☏ +1 800-282-5464. Saddle and tack and all sorts of leather goods here. More taxidermied animals too.
Eat
[edit]- Bray's Smokehouse, 1500 Brahma Blvd. Here you can get your photo taken by the big brahma sculpture outside, then go in and tackle some beef entree or other ranch thing. Tel: +1 361-221-1100. M-W 11AM-9PM, TH-F 11AM-10PM.
- 1 King's Inn, 1116 S County Rd 2270, Riviera, ☏ +1 361 297-5265. This established restaurant overlooking the Cayo del Grullo specializes in serving fried seafood.
Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]- Americas Best Value Inn Kingsville, 2402 E King Ave, ☏ +1 361 595-5656, fax: +1 361 595-5000. Outdoor pool and hot tub; food to fight over at the free breakfast in the morning. $49 (Dec 2021).
- Motel 6, 101 North US 77, ☏ +1 361-221-1397, fax: +1 361 592-6947.
Go next
[edit]| Routes through Kingsville |
| Victoria ← Corpus Christi ← | N  S
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→ Harlingen → Brownsville |