The state leased the land from the City of Corpus Christi in 1934 and the park was opened the same year.

Other CCC structures include a lookout tower, Park Road 25, and bridges.

[3] The park is a mixture of brushlands, wetlands, woodlands and the open waters of Lake Corpus Christi creating a diverse ecological area.

Common birds within the park include the black-bellied whistling duck, American purple gallinule, white-winged dove, pauraque, long-billed thrasher, white-eyed vireo, pyrrhuloxia and black-throated sparrow.

Popular fish include blue, channel and yellow catfish and sunfish, bass and crappie.