Magnolia Beach

Great FREE dry-camping on the Matagorda Bay, a large Gulf of Mexico estuary bay on the Texas coast. Nice stretch of drivable packed surface beach just south of Port Lavaca. Showers available, but we didn't investigate. Several motorhomes and travel trailers the 3 days/2nights we stayed. Bring what you will need as there's no shoppi... more

Nothing better than waking up to ocean front views 10 feet away. Great ocean breezes. Spacious. Lots of campsites. All primitive. Picnic tables at some w bbq grills. Be cautious of soft sand after beach “renourishment”. Totally worth the drive. Only one oil rig in site of our location, with no noise. Big rigs ok. ATT and Verizon ok. Ab... more

There were around 30 of us RVers on the beach on a Friday night. My wife and I went to sleep and woke up at 2:30 am to hurricane level winds. We quickly got up to put the generators inside, and within 5 minutes the gulf waters were high enough to move our trailer off its leveling blocks as the sand washed away. The trailer started to m... more

We arrived March 5th, 2018 and it overall it was an amazing stay. We were told the weekend would be busier as it was the start of Spring Break and we did experience some "disregard of personal space" from a couple of locals as well as one really disrespectful couple who showed up late on Saturday, set up bright light, a noisy generator... more

Pros: If you like to sleep with the sound of the waves this is it! You parked 15’ from the shore :) And it is FREE The access to the beach it’s very easy, you drive in and select your spot. There are free bathrooms and hot water showers (only 2 of the 4 were available) Although there were several RV’s we managed to find a nice s... more

We boondocked here for 7 days in February 2018. Our RV was parked 15' from the water! Very nice clean beach. Bathrooms and showers available. When we were there only one of four showers were unlocked and the one that was open looked well used but not horrible. The area was hit directly by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 and still showed some ... more

We found this location because it is the featured location on Campendium's Home page! The GIS coordinates were right on. Just pull up and park anywhere you want. There were cabanas for picnicking. Restroom and showerhouse with hot water. Wonderful experience. Great neighbors. There is a little fishing marina on down the road whe... more

Thanks to our friends at Campendium, we pulled in for a stay. What a super nice place to while away some time. There’s plenty of room to find some space and enjoy a little peace on the bay. The beach is compacted sand and crushed shell, probably deposited over rip-rap to make it stable. But, it’s perfect for parking a rig on. Bathro... more

We would stay here again! BEWARE - there is a bridge that has a max load limit of 10,000 lbs. This didn't stop a lot of other rigs, but with hefty fines and the potential to ruin your rig, think twice before you drive over it. There's awesome camping on either side of the bridge, so nothing to worry about!

We loved this place!! Camping 10 feet from the beach for free! -The access getting to the beach is great even for big rigs. The beach is hard pack which makes it great to drive on -There are plenty of garbage cans along the beach that seemed to be emptied often -Bathrooms were pretty clean and re-stocked with toilet paper on Tuesd... more