Lake Casa Blanca

International State Park - Texas

Relax, fish, picnic and more at this lakeside park. Lake Casa Blanca is located in Laredo, just minutes from the Mexican border. Here you will find outdoor fun on water and land—and the perfect place for a family outing! Things to Do include Water-ski, swim, boat and fish on the lake; or hike, bike, picnic, bird, geocache, study nature and camp along the shore. Trails for mountain-biking and hiking will take you through beautiful and varied landscapes. The park also has a swim area, playgrounds, a baseball field, and tennis, volleyball and basketball courts. Webb County operates an 18-hole golf course nearby.

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Trails Map of Lake Casa Blanca International State Park (SP) in Texas. Published by Texas Parks & Wildlife.Lake Casa Blanca - Trails Map

Trails Map of Lake Casa Blanca International State Park (SP) in Texas. Published by Texas Parks & Wildlife.

Official Texas Travel Map. Published by the Texas Department of Transportation.Texas - Travel Map

Official Texas Travel Map. Published by the Texas Department of Transportation.

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Campground Map of Lake Casa Blanca International State Park (SP) in Texas. Published by Texas Parks & Wildlife.Lake Casa Blanca - Campground Map

Campground Map of Lake Casa Blanca International State Park (SP) in Texas. Published by Texas Parks & Wildlife.

Trails Map of Lake Casa Blanca International State Park (SP) in Texas. Published by Texas Parks & Wildlife.Lake Casa Blanca - Trails Map

Trails Map of Lake Casa Blanca International State Park (SP) in Texas. Published by Texas Parks & Wildlife.

Mapa de los senderos en Lake Casa Blanca International State Park (SP) in Texas. Published by Texas Parks & Wildlife.Lake Casa Blanca - Mapa de los senderos

Mapa de los senderos en Lake Casa Blanca International State Park (SP) in Texas. Published by Texas Parks & Wildlife.

Interpretive Guide to Lake Casa Blanca International State Park (SP) in Texas. Published by Texas Parks & Wildlife.Lake Casa Blanca - Interpretive Guide

Interpretive Guide to Lake Casa Blanca International State Park (SP) in Texas. Published by Texas Parks & Wildlife.

Birds of Lake Casa Blanca International State Park (SP) in Texas. Published by Texas Parks & Wildlife.Lake Casa Blanca - Birds

Birds of Lake Casa Blanca International State Park (SP) in Texas. Published by Texas Parks & Wildlife.

Fishing at Lake Casa Blanca International State Park (SP) in Texas. Published by Texas Parks & Wildlife.Lake Casa Blanca - Fishing

Fishing at Lake Casa Blanca International State Park (SP) in Texas. Published by Texas Parks & Wildlife.

Official Texas State Parks Guide. Published by Texas Parks & Wildlife.Texas State - Official Texas State Parks Guide

Official Texas State Parks Guide. Published by Texas Parks & Wildlife.

Official Texas State Parks Guide (español). Published by Texas Parks & Wildlife.Texas State - Guía de Parques

Official Texas State Parks Guide (español). Published by Texas Parks & Wildlife.

Lake Casa Blanca ISP https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/lake-casa-blanca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Casa_Blanca Relax, fish, picnic and more at this lakeside park. Lake Casa Blanca is located in Laredo, just minutes from the Mexican border. Here you will find outdoor fun on water and land—and the perfect place for a family outing! Things to Do include Water-ski, swim, boat and fish on the lake; or hike, bike, picnic, bird, geocache, study nature and camp along the shore. Trails for mountain-biking and hiking will take you through beautiful and varied landscapes. The park also has a swim area, playgrounds, a baseball field, and tennis, volleyball and basketball courts. Webb County operates an 18-hole golf course nearby.
For assistance using this map, contact the park. Lake Casa Blanca State Park TexasStateParks.org/App TexasStateParks.org/SocialMedia Legend: White Bass Park Boundary Park Boundary Smallmouth Bass Maintenance/ Residence Area hito nc l Ra ad Ro Rock Barn Group Facility E Day Use Area 305 Area L Area B 309 301 State Senator Jud ith Zaffirini Road Day Use Area Lake Casa Blanca Lago Vista Area Recreational Hall Group Facility Swim at your own risk. NO LIFEGUARD on duty. Area H SPEED LIMIT te a St Se ith ud rJ to na Area I rin ffi Za N iR Overnight Camping d Ca sa B 119 lan ca W e Bat Overlook st 102 105 100 117 120 121 122 135 133 130132 PH 128 125 124 123 Old Museum This publication can be found at tpwd.texas.gov/spdest/parkinfo/maps/park_maps/ 214 101 210 212 216 213 217 215 201 PH 200 Group Facility Picnic Area 208 207 206 205 204 202 203 Tennis Courts Volleyball Courts Basketball Court Amphitheater Scenic Overlook Wheelchair Accessible Parking Boat Ramp Fishing Pier Playground Residence Maintenance Osprey Hill Loop (defunct) Mesquite Bend Trail C asa Blanca Eas t TPWD receives funds from the USFWS. TPWD prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, disability, age, and gender, pursuant to state and federal law. To request an accommodation or obtain information in an alternative format, please contact TPWD on a Text Telephone (TTY) at (512) 389-8915 or by Relay Texas at 7-1-1 or (800) 735-2989 or by email at accessibility@tpwd.texas.gov. If you believe you have been discriminated against by TPWD, please contact TPWD, 4200 Smith School Road, Austin, TX 78744, or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office for Diversity and Workforce Management, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041. 211 104 103 111 110 107 109 134 114 129 131 115 126 127 Roadrunner Trail © 2023 TPWD PWD MP P4502-156A (2/23) 106 108 113 116 NO WAKE Speed limit for boats inside buoys: 3 mph oa 9 5 ay hw 209 118 Boat Ramp/ Picnicking Area N Sites 200-217 Area K Area J Sites 100-135 112 Recreation Hall Day Use Area 20 ig Amphitheater Bath House Area G Area A Overnight Camping Whitetail Loop Headquarters Complex To U.S .H 307 Dump Station Designated Swimming Area 302 311 300 310 ar y bB Bo Day Use Area 308 ou nd . lvd kB oc ull 306 304 Picnicking Water and Electric Sites Biking Trail 303 Game Wardens Showers Hiking Trail Area M Sites 300-311 State Park Police Restrooms Group Picnic Pavilion Overnight Camping Kiddie Park Headquarters Group Picnic Area Park Boundary Area E State Representative Henry Cuellar Roadway Carp Area C To I35. Indus trial B lvd. Largemouth Bass Ranchito/ Group Facility kB Striped Bass Restoration Area • CHECK OUT time is 12 p.m. or renew permit by 9 a.m. (pending site availability). • Park closes at 10 p.m. • Public consumption or display of any alcoholic beverage is prohibited. • Gathering of firewood is prohibited. • Campfires are permitted only in fire rings provided at each site. No ground fires are permitted. • Numbered sites are for overnight camping only. NO PICNICKING. • Please review complete Park Rules and Regulations posted at headquarters. • Stop the spread of invasive species. CLEAN, DRAIN and DRY your boat. Pa r Catfish #BetterOutside LEGEND PLEASE NOTE Crappie #TexasStateParks Area R Park Boundary PARK RESERVATIONS TexasStateParks.org ParquesDeTexas.org (512) 389-8900 P.O. Box 1844 5102 Bob Bullock Loop Laredo, TX 78044 (956) 725-3826 Proud Sponsor of Texas State Parks
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INTERPRETIVE GUIDE Lake Casa Blanca International State Park is a great place to enjoy the natural world around you. Try your luck fishing, take a hike or ride a bike on one of the trails, spend the night at one of our campsites, or just explore! Any way you choose to experience the park, please enjoy it safely and responsibly! WELCOME TO LAKE CASA BLANCA INTERNATIONAL STATE PARK, AN OASIS FOR EVERYONE. THE QUIET TRAILS OFFER A PEACEFUL BREAK FROM THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF CITY LIFE AND THE LAKE IS A COOL WAY TO BEAT THE HEAT ON THOSE TEXAS HOT SOUTH SUMMER DAYS. NEARBY ATTRACTIONS Falcon State Park, Zapata TAMIU Planetarium Laredo Energy Arena LCC Environmental Center FURTHER READING After the Dinosaurs by Jim Westgate Lake Casa Blanca International State Park 5102 Bob Bullock Loop, Laredo, TX 78041 (956) 725-3826 • www.tpwd.texas.gov/lakecasablanca ENJOY THE PARK! © 2020 TPWD. PWD BR P4502-156H (4/20) In accordance with Texas State Depository Law, this publication is available at the Texas State Publications Clearinghouse and/or Texas Depository Libraries. TPWD receives funds from the USFWS. TPWD prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, disability, age, and gender, pursuant to state and federal law. To request an accommodation or obtain information in an alternative format, please contact TPWD on a Text Telephone (TTY) at (512) 389-8915 or by Relay Texas at 7-1-1 or (800) 735-2989 or by email at accessibility@tpwd.texas.gov. If you believe you have been discriminated against by TPWD, please contact TPWD, 4200 Smith School Road, Austin, TX 78744, or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office for Diversity and Workforce Management, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041. Texas State Parks is a division of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. LAKE CASA BLANCA INTERNATIONAL STATE PARK L A K E C A S A B L A N C A I N T E R N A T I O N A L S T A T E P A R K HELP US PROTECT YOUR PARK! CHANGING LANDSCAPE, THEN AND NOW Imagine standing here 42 million years ago among forested swamps on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. You’d see small primates move through the trees eating insects. Rhino-like beasts roam the shores and floating in the water grazing on plant life. Sharks hunt among the oyster beds in the saltwater bays. But changes in climate and geology led to the migration and extinction of these creatures. Dr. Jim Westgate and his students from Lamar University have dug up a treasure trove of fossils here since the 1980s. Based on these fossil finds, Westgate has described what life in this area was like so many millions of years ago. Prehistoric animals such as the epihippus (above) and titanothere (right) once roamed the land. Forested swamps once lined the coast along the Gulf of Mexico. Today the landscape looks dramatically different. The coast is 150 miles away in Corpus Christi and the air has dried to support the desert scrub around you. Sharks and oysters have been replaced with bass and freshwater mussels. Deer and javelinas roam the shores of the lake instead of the larger mammals of the past. And the primates are long gone along with the mangrove trees in which they foraged. Instead, you’ll see birds like pyrrhuloxias and cactus wrens working through the mesquite trees all around the park. The park is also one of the only places in the United States you can see the Morelet’s seedeater, a special target for many birdwatchers. Cactus wren T he ecosystem may have changed over the years, but one thing has not. This area has always supported life and will continue to do so, but only with your help. As one of the only lakes in the area, Lake Casa Blanca attracts a lot of visitors. As you enjoy the park, remember you’re in the home of a javelina, blacktailed jackrabbit, Texas horned lizard or one of many other animals that live here. Be a good guest and leave no trace! Pick up trash when you see it and stay on hard surfaces like trails and roads. Leave flowers and plants where they are so the next visitor can enjoy their beauty.
TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE BIRDS OF LAKE CASA BLANCA INTERNATIONAL S T A T E P A R K A FIELD CHECKLIST 2018 Cover: Illustration of Lark Sparrow by Clemente Guzman III. INTRODUCTION L ake Casa Blanca International State Park is located in the city limits of Laredo in Webb County. The park consists of 525 acres and is located Lake Casa Blanca, a lake built for recreation. You will find typical monte (brush) species year-round along the hiking trails. These include vermilion flycatcher, golden-fronted and ladder-backed woodpeckers, cactus wren, pyrrhuloxia, mourning and white-winged doves, Couch’s kingbird and greater roadrunner. Summer residents of the park include Bullock’s and hooded orioles, scissor-tailed and brown-crested flycatchers, and western kingbirds. The fall and spring migrations bring a variety of warbler species, vireos and flycatchers. Green jays and great kiskadees live here year-round. Lark sparrows are frequent in the summer, while winter brings other sparrows such as Lincoln’s and grasshopper. The lake provides habitat for wading birds such as great blue heron, snowy egret and great egret year-round. American white pelicans and various waterfowl (such as northern shoveler and blue-winged teal) make their homes here in the winter months. Susan Foster compiled this checklist using Cornel Labs of Ornithology’s eBird reports. This checklist is preliminary and will be periodically updated. Additional records are needed and contributions of sightings, even of the most common birds, can be very helpful. Please help us protect the natural avian communities in our parks by refraining from using playback tapes of bird songs. Frequent use of these tapes disrupts normal avian activity patterns and essential territorial behavior, and may lead to nest failure. Thank you for your cooperation. 1 LEGEND Abundance c – Common (Present, easy to find) u – Uncommon (Present, harder to find) r – Rare (Present, hard to find, or may not occur every year) x – Accidental (not usually present, lost, result of an event) Seasons W – Winter (December, January, February) Sp – Spring (March, April, May) S – Summer (June, July, August) F – Fall (September, October, November) 2 CHECKLIST W Sp S F DUCKS & GEESE ____ Black-bellied Whistling-Duck.............................r u u ____ Fulvous Whistling-Duck...................................... r ____ Greater White-fronted Goose..............................u r ____ Wood Duck........................................................r ____ Gadwall..............................................................c c c ____ American Wigeon...............................................c u c ____ Mallard..............................................................u u r ____ Mottled Duck.....................................................u u u u ____ Blue-winged Teal................................................c c r c ____ Cinnamon Teal...................................................u u r ____ Northern Shoveler..............................................c c r ____ Northern Pintail..................................................u r u ____ Green-winged Teal..............................................c u r ____ Canvasback........................................................f f f f ____ Redhead.............................................................r r ____ Ring-necked Duck..............................................c u ____ Greater Scaup.....................................................r r ____ Lesser Scaup......................................................u u u ____ Bufflehead..........................................................u u ____ Common Goldeneye........................................... u ____ Hooded Merganser.............................................r ____ Red-breasted Merganser....................................r ____ Ruddy Duck.......................................................u u u CHACHALACAS & GUANS ____ Plain Chachalaca................................................ x NEW WORLD QUAIL ____ Northern Bobwhite.............................................r r x r ____ Scaled Quail.......................................................r r u r 3 W Sp S F GREBES ____ Least Grebe........................................................u u r ____ Pied-billed Grebe...............................................c c c ____ Eared Grebe.......................................................c r r ____ Horned Grebe....................................................x ____ Western Grebe....................................................u u r PIGEONS & DOVES ____ Rock Pigeon.......................................................u u u u ____ Eurasian Collared-Dove......................................c c c c ____ Inca Dove...........................................................u u u u ____ Common Ground Dove.......................................u u u u ____ White-tipped Do
LAKE CASA BLANCA INTERNATIONAL STATE PARK Visit www.tpwd.texas.gov/outdoor-annual for the most current regulations. Other info: www.texasstateparks.org 5102 Bob Bullock Loop • Laredo, TX 78041 (956) 725-3826 Local Emergency: Call 911 Where to Fish: The park features a fishing pier and shoreline access. Licenses and Restrictions: A fishing license is not required to fish within the boundaries of a state park. When fishing from a pier or other man-made structure within a state park, there is a limit of two fishing poles per person. License requirements must be observed if you fish from a boat. HARVEST REGULATIONS SPECIES DAILY BAG LIMIT LENGTH: MIN-MAX Bass: largemouth 5 Min: 18” – Max: No Limit Bass: hybrid-striped 5 Min: 18” – Max: No Limit 25 (in any combination) of which no more than 10 may be 20 inches or greater in length No Limit Catfish: flathead 5 Min: 18” – Max: No Limit Crappie 25 Min: 10” – Max: No Limit Sunfish No Limit No Limit Catfish: channel, blue and hybrids All other fish: statewide bag and length limits apply. SPECIES FISHING OPPORTUNITIES © 2022 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department POOR FAIR GOOD EXCELLENT Largemouth Bass Catfish Crappie Hybrid Striped Bass Sunfish TPWD receives funds from the USFWS. TPWD prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, disability, age, and gender, pursuant to state and federal law. To request an accommodation or obtain information in an alternative format, please contact TPWD on a Text Telephone (TTY) at (512) 389-8915 or by Relay Texas at 7-1-1 or (800) 735-2989 or by email at accessibility@tpwd.texas.gov. If you believe you have been discriminated against by TPWD, please contact TPWD, 4200 Smith School Road, Austin, TX 78744, or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office for Diversity and Workforce Management, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041. PWD LF P4502-156C (12/22) HA N DY FISH ING BASICS HOW TO TIE A FISHING KNOT NATURAL BAIT HOOK PLACEMENT The palomar knot is very strong and easy to tie. HOW TO MEASURE FISH Pinch the tail together and take the longest measurement from nose to tail. Freshwater fish TIPS FOR RELEASING FISH SAFELY 1. For safety for you and a quick release of fish, mash down the barb of the hook with pliers. 2. Quickly play and release fish as soon as possible (take photos quickly). 3. Remove hook with pliers or cut line if the hook has been swallowed. 4. Gently place fish back into water. 5. Revive fish by holding upright in water and facing it into the current, gently forcing water through gills. Saltwater fish 6. If you don’t intend to eat the fish, NEVER place it on a stringer. FISHING ETHICS SAFETY • Wear a hat, sunglasses and sunscreen to protect your head, eyes and skin. • Use insect repellent – but keep off hands, as you will be handling bait and live fish. • Look behind you before each cast to avoid hooking someone or getting caught in a tree (practice casting before you go fishing). • Bring plenty of drinking water to prevent dehydration; soft drinks encourage dehydration. • Wear a life jacket if you cannot swim or you are uncom- fortable around the water. Supervise young children: it only takes a second for them to slip under the surface. Kids under 13 must wear life jackets if fishing from a boat. Before doing anything, ask yourself the following questions: • • • Is it legal? Would it be good if everyone did it? Would it make you proud? Ethical behavior is more than just following the fishing regulations. Ethical people go beyond what laws require and demonstrate good judgment and behavior for everyone – even if no one sees you do something ethical. Ethical behavior includes picking up trash around the area you have been fishing, calmly and politely explaining to others if they are breaking fishing regulations, and respecting the rights of other anglers and those that use the water in other ways.
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