wisconsonite

I am planning a trip to the Texas Gulf Coast, the last 2 wks in April. I am planning on starting in Port Arthur and working my way south and west. I am looking for primitive tent camping and an occasional small motel. I am intersted in more information about Sabine Pass Battleground SP, Tony Houseman WMA, Bryan Beach State Recreation Area and Matagorda Bay Nature Park. I would appreciate any information/advice about these places or any other primitive camping areas.

CyberCelt

Howdy!

Do not know about any areas but Matagorda Bay. You will need to check on hurricane damage, Lousiana and Texas upper coast were hit hard by Rita.

Matagorda Bay Nature Park would be a great place to camp. I have not been there yet. I am waiting for the RV park to open this summer. The entire area is beautiful and demonstrates the importance of bays, estuaries and wetlands.:cool:

Matagorda Island Wildlife Management Area (formerly Matagorda Island State Park) would also be extremely nice at that time of year. You would have to arrange transportation from and pack everything in but it is free.

Another island, off Port Aransas is San Jose Island. You would have to pack in, but it is a beautiful island. I think you can catch an airboat from Goose Island State Park. I know you can get a ride out from Port Aransas.

Here is a cool map site for the Texas coast.

Wow, I am getting excited about your trip. Guess I will do some more research and write a blog post.

Thanks!

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MissionCamper

There's also Padre Island National Seashore. We camped there in the latter part of '04 and had miles of beach almost exclusively to ourselves! April might be a different story as you're likely to see day-use by Spring Breakers. But then, you may find that anywhere along the coast during that time. Avoid South Padre Island unless you enjoy the company of drunken teens.

Unregistered

Forget about Sabine Pass. Not much of anything left.

srds

I live in freeport,texas about 3 miles from bryan beach it has primitive camping

you pretty much bring in what you need,the good news stores are very close
and theres a super walmart 7 miles away in lake jackson,tx.At the other end of bryan beach theres quintana beach county park.It has a good choice of camping choices-restrooms-showers-fishing pier-and cabins.we also have another beach in the area called surfside beach it has beach type basic camping and a few
small stores.to help you more here is the visitors centers phone number
1-888-477-2505 they has some good info packs they can send you.I hope this can help you.And an add in about the upper texas coast we took a big hit from the storms and very slowly things are starting to come back.A group of friends
and myself have put off our camping times to help rebuild these areas so please
come and see sabine and the other places "YOU WILL BE AWE STRUCK' by the
damage. But it's still beautiful BECAUSE IT'S TEXAS.

GOOD CAMPING