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Stay at one of 48 water and electric campsites or 50 drive-up primitive sites. (The water and electric campsites are 1/3 mile from the beach.) We have portable toilets along two miles of the beach. Full restrooms and showers with hot water are located near the water-electric campground.
To reach the park, travel southeast from Corpus Christi on State Highway 358 to Padre Island; cross the JFK Causeway; continue one mile to the traffic light; turn left onto State Highway 361 (formerly Park Road 53); and go five miles north to park headquarters, for a total distance of about 22 miles. The physical address of the park is 17047 State Highway 361.
Absolutely beautiful beach! My first time going to corpus, and just so happened to choose this spot to go to the beach! And Im oh so happy i did! Nice laid back spot. The security guard was amazing! He was very friendly and informative! Gave good directions because I can get lost I'm a heartbeat without the map on! I drove down the beach for a little while then got on out and enjoyed myself!! Left for lunch and came back for a couple more hours! I truly enjoyed myself and I will definitely be coming back soon!
This is a neat and nice beach. The beach is clean and the surroundings are also nice for some photography. Although the water was too cold to handle (we went there in winter break), this is fairly nice spot for a day trip or camping. The park rangers are nice too and the headquarters/ gift shop is probably worth visiting.
Very cool beach with 4x4 vehicle access to the sandy beachfront. Cost was 20 dollars for 4 adults for the day. We found some great sea shells, enjoyed the birds, and walking on the beach. Sand is pretty soft, I would definitely recommend a 4x4 to go out and get back.
I recently took my kids at the end of January. The water was clear and we went during low tide. We found so many whole sand dollars and other huge clam shells. Since it was low tide, we explored the tide pools and saw some cool sea anemone. Even saw a puffer fish. This has easily become my new favorite beach.
We went tent camping at the end of the year with the kids and our dogs, and that was also perfect. They lend out Jr. Ranger backpacks with tons of things to help explore the park like binoculars and info cards.
The park staff, both seasonal and regular have always been friendly and helpful.
Our second night of staying here and I am already booking another trip for April. We are staying here in our pop up camper. Once you wake up, you can walk right to the beach and find the most beautiful seashells on all of Texas. Also going to sleep at night listening to the ocean is amazing.I love seashells and collect them, I will say this beach has the best ones as well!
