Galveston Island State Park

We stayed at Galveston Island State Park in Galveston, Texas. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A nice waterfront state park. We had the best site, with nobody other than some tent sites between us and the gulf.

Dates:

  • Check in: 2024-12-01
  • Check out: 2024-12-08
  • 7 nights

Weather:

  • Lots of wind, some rainy days, some partly cloudy
  • High temps 62-72°F, lows 56-64°F
  • Daily wind, gusts to 24 MPH

Noise:

  • Little road noise
  • No train horn noise
  • Occasional helicopters going over
  • Little neighbor noise

Site:

  • #60, back-in, concrete
  • Needed to disconnect toad, parked in front of coach
  • Mostly level site; high in front; used hydraulic leveling
  • Concrete driveway about 60 feet long by 12 feet wide
  • 22 feet to neighbor on driver side, offset
  • 80 feet to tent pad on passenger side
  • Separation between sites: just grass, and a little slope on passenger side
  • Picnic table on covered 16 by 16 feet concrete patio
  • Fire pit
  • No trees
  • Mostly clean site
  • Elevation 10 feet, front facing due East
  • Beach view

Utilities:

  • 50 amp power, conveniently located
  • 60 PSI water, conveniently located
  • No sewer connection

Internet (in usage priority order):

  • T-Mobile: 160 Mbps down, 30 Mbps up, 25 ms ping
  • AT&T: 120-130 Mbps down, 24 Mbps up, 36 ms ping
  • Verizon: 5 Mbps down, 20 Mbps up, 40 ms ping
  • Starlink: not used
  • Campground Wi-Fi: none

Amenities:

  • Garbage dumpsters
  • Beach

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Beautiful beachside camping

This is a beautiful state park campground with nice, large sites and easy access to the beach. The concrete pad was mostly level (just a bit high in the front). The covered patio area had plenty of room for tables and chairs, with hooks on the supports for hanging a hammock or windbreak. There are no sewer connections in the campground, but the dump station is very conveniently located on the way out of the park. We camped at Galveston Island State Park in a Motorhome.

Campground map:

Park map

An interactive map:

Our site:

Our site

Our site

Our site

Our site

View of the gulf out or side window:

View out or side window

Neighboring site:

Neighboring site

Tent sites, mostly empty — unsurprisingly for winter — though the second one was occupied the whole time:

Tent sites

Bathrooms:

Bathrooms

Noticeboard:

Noticeboard

Surf conditions sign:

Surf conditions sign

Path to the beach:

Path to beach

We’d be happy to stay here again.