Mustang Island State Park Campground

This beach is great. Long, clean, easy to wander and find shells and sand dollars. It was pretty windy the two days we were there. Portuguese Man of War jellyfish were occasionally washed up on the beach.

The campground sites are small and close together. Comes with water and electric, no sewer hookup. Fairly level sights.

T-Mobile was ok. It would work with 5G. About 30mbps down and ~3mbps up.

We actually stayed in three different sites at this campground. It’s super hard to get into so we bounced three different sites to be able to stay here for a week. You can hear the ocean right on the other side of berm. Spots all seem to be level. Bathrooms clean. Wi-Fi from the park sketchy. Fishing is great. There are miles and miles of beach access here and nearby Port Aransas. Also drove down to big Shell Beach at the national park. South of us. Quick drive into Corpus Christi main area for any shopping needs. The campground itself isn’t much but a parking lot but location wise. It’s absolutely perfect. Definitely come back here again. Also since it’s a Texas state park fishing licenses are not required. That goes across-the-board for all Texas state parks. Just be sure you stay within their boundaries.

You have to stop by the park office to get your pass. Sites are partner sites, so the site on the right has the picnic table and space on the right side, opposite for the left side. Sites are close together. Facilities and services are adequate. 50 amp electric and water worked well. No noise except the crashing waves. Beach is about 1/4 mile away, there is a parking lot near the beach. Beach is excellent, easily walk-able for long distances in both directions. There are grass areas around the camp sites.

AT&T cell coverage was good, streamed with no problem without a booster. 3-4 bars of 5G.

The campground is a large gravel “lot” with campsites. Electrical/water hookups with a dump station at the entrance. Sites are fairly close together & the structure for the picnic table will prevent most RV’s from being able to deploy their awning.

Easy access to the beech for walking & driving. (4x4 recommended) Corpus Christi is about a 10 minute drive for any service needed.

Internet Speed Tests

T-Mobile - Download - 55.47/Upload - 18.17
Verizon - Download - 10.69/Upload - 14.73
AT&T - Download - 20.90/Upload - 19.03 (Download capped 25.0)

We stayed at the developed campground with electrical and water hookups. Most of the time, you can boondock on the beach but at the time we were there, the tides were trending high and the park was not allowing beach camping.

The developed campground is a large paved parking lot with campsites located around the outside perimeter. Each campsite has a pergola, picnic table and charcoal grill. The campsites were adequate but not well-maintained. Kind of messy, actually. The bathhouse was clean and in good condition, with showers and flush toilets.
There is road noise from the nearby highway.

Arrived late at the park and checked in the next morning. Sites are basic with water and electric, no sewer but has a dump station by the gate. Campground has a Grill for wood or charcoal, picnic table with a permanent Pergola cover (6'x10'). Barefoot not recommended for grass area as there are burrs and other prickly things.

4th of July weekend saw high capacity crowds, but was quite quiet for busy in and out traffic. Restroom and showers were getting heavily used. Saw staff cleaning shower/restrooms at least twice a day (saw them three time one day)

The island is still recovering from Hurricane Harvey (2017) and the park rangers are still in temporary quarters since then. Texas needs to get on the ball and get the park fixed!

The bathrooms are horrible! Nasty, disgusting bathrooms with clogged, sand filled, nasty toilets.
We came for a wedding in July 2022 and always heard such great things about Mustang Island, but this park is GROSS!
It’s water and electric only, so of course we’re trying to conserve our black tank, but we will just use our dumper tank. I refuse to use these bathrooms, and they’re not really even bathrooms as the ‘showers’ do not have hot water. They are for rinsing off the sand and that’s all.

Nice level spot close to the beach. I called when I realized I'd be checking in after hours but the nice person who answered the phone told me to just check in the next morning.
The bathrooms were clean, the shower had warm water which was nice. It's a pretty quiet campground with lots of folks just chilling out, fishing, or walking their dogs. There's a little road noise, but not too bad. I had no problems getting enough TMobile 5G signal to run my hotspot and work remotely. I have a Verizon hotspot for backup and it had plenty of signal, too.