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Harlingen
City in Texas, United States

Harlingen

Harlingen is a city in Cameron County, Texas.

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It is located in the central region of the Rio Grande Valley, about 30 miles (48 km) from the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The city covers more than 40 square miles (104 km2) and is the second-largest city in Cameron County, as well as the sixth-largest in the Rio Grande Valley. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 71,892.

Get in

Getting to Harlingen

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    Valley International Airport
See

Worth seeing

Harlingen Arts and Heritage Museum, 2425 Boxwood St. Here find dioramas and oddities that characterize the area culturally and historically. Tel: +1 956-216-4900. Tu-Sa 10AM-4PM, Su 1PM-4PM. Iwo Jima Memorial & Museum, 320 Iwo Jima Blvd, in the Marine Military Academy. Relates the vital mission the Marines played at Iwo Jima and in the Pacific Theater. Tel: +1 956-421-9234. M-Sa 10AM-4PM.

Do

Things to do

Hugh Ramsey Nature Park, 1000 TX-499 Loop. Part of the World Birding Center, with trails and observation blinds. Tel: +1 956-216-5951. Daily 6AM-10PM. Harlingen Performing Arts Theater, 3217 Wilson Rd. Carries multiple entertainers and acts. Tel: +1 956-427-3571.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Colletti's

    202 S 1st St,.

  2. 02
    Don Gollito Restaurant

    417 W Van Buren Ave,.

How locals move

Getting around Harlingen the local way

  • Get inApart from coming in with your own boat, there are daily ferry services to the islands of Terschelling and Vlieland, operated by Rederij Doeksen.
  • Go nextYou're right on the beach, so why not hop on a ferry and visit the island of Vlieland or Terschelling.

From Wikivoyage: Harlingen (Netherlands), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Agnes Monkelbaan (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.