Magnolia Beach

Magnolia Beach seems a tad isolated, but it's only about 7 miles from Port Lavaca. The bathrooms are reasonably clean. It has Beach showers to rinse off or a cool wash up, and there's plenty of hard-packed sand to park or tent at the water's edge. Picnic tables with shade and barbecue setups. Its a lot for zero dollars.
A few generators to contend with, but they didn't run late.

Note: Snow birds don't migrate. They are found in snow. Fellow travelers, please correct our southern neighbors.

This place is a boondocker's dream! We parked along the water, beautiful! The showers were open and I was grateful for the free showers, albeit the stalls were quite a bit buggy and the water is not warm (did I mention free though?!)

If you're planning to spend some time here in your rig, be sure to plan out your dump before you get here if possible. We called around the RV parks in Magnolia Beach and most of them told us no due to city restrictions, but the marina in Indianola provides a dump for $36 (without water). I would recommend Lighthouse Beach in nearby Port Lavaca (a city park) that charges $10. They were closed when we visited so we trekked to Victoria about 35 miles away and found a city park that charges just $2.

Aside from that, it's beach camping...what more could you love?!

Great beach front camping!! Hard pack sand and we parked within a few feet of the water. We stayed two nights in early November. Was not very crowded, easy access, and quiet. Waves are the best to put you to sleep at night! Accommodates any size rig, we saw van campers all the way to huge class A's. Restrooms and showers were clean, we saw several people from the county there on both days taking care of things. Be sure and read the new rules for the beach posted at the entrance and check tide levels (don't want any surprises in the morning). Would definitely stay there again!

Parking the rv right on the beach was an awesome experience ! Relaxing. Very busy but everyone was very nice. My boys are avid fishermen and were thrilled with the fishing here , they caught a ton of fish, crabs and our neighbor even caught a shark. Bring your poles! When the wind was blowing there were no bugs but when it stopped we got bit up at night. Bring some bug spray too !! Wish we could have stayed longer.

I loved it here... very quiet, no partiers. Hard packed sand and you can park just feet from the water. I wish I had taken more advantage of the beach showers. I was there on the weekend and it was quiet and peaceful. Plenty of room to spread out. I thought of parking in front of a beach cabana, so I could hang my hammock, but I couldn't hear the waves. enjoyed watching the saltys passing by. I am originally from Duluth, MN and miss the ship traffic. Good Verizon connection and tv connection. Normally, don't check that, but I am currently hurricane dodging,.