Looking for a park on / close to the water in mid to late January. Is the Galeston SP of value? Do you have good recommendation based upon your experience?Thanks

Very nice if you can get in the Ocean Front loop - the area on the other side of the highway not so much unless you can get one of the few sites on the bay.It is really quite south of town

We usually camp on the beach at Crystal Beach. Galveston county allows dry beach camping for $10.00 PER YEAR> every 10 days or so we go to Sand Dollar RV resort for a day and do laundry, dump, refill. Nice bar restaurant across the street. FREE ferry ride to Galveston (BIG FERRY) while we watch dolphins etc.Pretty good shelling on beach Look at http://crystalbeach.com/ for more infoPM me for more infoI do take my 27 foot Class a on the beach without problem. Sand is a very hard pack

spent a week at Dellanera rv park on the island ,it is at the west end where the sea wall ends. you are right on the beach paved sites and roads small store and is very close to the city. check it out.

Dellenera is nice. Right on the beach at the west end of the seawall. Sandpiper is very nice and a bit pricey. Right on the east end of the seawall. There is a park on Offats Bayou in town. Don't remember the name. It has some fulltimers in it. Decent but nothing special. Galveston Island State Park about 6 miles out. Haven't been there since the hurricane and then Jamaica Beach RV park just past GISP. Have never been but heard its nice. That's about it for the immediate Galveston area

any rd but main rd wrote:spent a week at Dellanera rv park on the island ,it is at the west end where the sea wall ends. you are right on the beach paved sites and roads small store and is very close to the city. check it out.We stayed at Dellanera back in October and would recommend it. Close to the beach...easy back into town and very nice people to deal with.

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sayoung
Explorer
Dec 15, 2014
Over on Bolivar/Chrstal Beach is Paula's Vinyard
KBfiredog
Explorer
Dec 15, 2014
Sandpiper RV Resort, KB
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wbrown62
Explorer
Dec 15, 2014
Scott, the name of the park Bumpy writes about is called Bayou Shores. Its an OK park. Have been there once. The restaurant is good and has live music at times. Not on the gulf or by beaches. It is on Offats Bayou. Go to rvparkreviews.com to read other folks reviews.
Bumpyroad
Explorer
Dec 08, 2014
evidently it is ave P 1/2 :???? that the campground is off of. IIRC, that turn onto P 1/2 is sort of tight and I think I went a few blocks further to make my right to get over to 63rd? st. Boudreaux's on Bayou is evidently the current name of that restaurant. if you put that name in google earth it will show that campground. 6310 heards lane?
bumpy
Bumpyroad
Explorer
Dec 07, 2014
TexasPhillip wrote:
Bumpyroad wrote:
we used to stay at dellanera but it was way too windy. started staying on the other side of the island, at a park just to the right as you cross the causeway. can wade , etc. in comfort. dish does not blow over. nice restaurant adjacent.
bumpy

Bumpy, not sure which campground you are talking about but I am interested. Is is west of the state park?

thanks,
Phillip

no where near the state park. just after coming across the causeway it is a few blocks to the right (South?). it is on the bay side of the island, not the gulf side. they changed names since I was there, maybe heaven something? will go to google earth and see if I can find it. I did post the gps coordinates here a long time back and will see if I can find those again. there is a restaurant adjacent .
it is on 63rd st., after getting off the causeway/road it is right (W?) on 61st and just past the bay.
on google earth it is easy to spot, they have added two piers since I was there.29-16-43-28 and 94 50 08 42 are as close as I can guess for gps coordinates.
just thought of another reason I didn't like the gulf side of the island, the shore line was choked with seaweed/kelp/whatever. a stinking terrible mess to try to wade in.

bumpy
nazpaz
Explorer
Dec 07, 2014
This is quite a ways from Galveston, but a lot of people don't know that Sea Rim State Park is now open again. It was closed for years due to hurricane damage but it is open now, right at the top of the Texas gulf coast near Port Arthur. Even if a person intends on continuing to Galveston it's nice knowing this park is open - and providing lots of nice beach access.
TexasPhillip
Explorer
Dec 07, 2014
Bumpyroad wrote:
we used to stay at dellanera but it was way too windy. started staying on the other side of the island, at a park just to the right as you cross the causeway. can wade , etc. in comfort. dish does not blow over. nice restaurant adjacent.
bumpy

Bumpy, not sure which campground you are talking about but I am interested. Is is west of the state park?

thanks,
Phillip
kiwidancer
Explorer
Dec 05, 2014
We prefer the state park. Although it is much reduced in size since the hurricane, it has covered picnic shelters and decent space between sites. The beach is much less crowded than any closer to town.
Bumpyroad
Explorer
Dec 05, 2014
we used to stay at dellanera but it was way too windy. started staying on the other side of the island, at a park just to the right as you cross the causeway. can wade , etc. in comfort. dish does not blow over. nice restaurant adjacent.
bumpy
chris3403
Explorer
Dec 05, 2014
They are currently rebuilding the beaches in Galveston. Lots of noise if on the water.