The RV Park is fine, the best you could expect for a beach RV park. The reason for the 1 rating is the "campground manager" as he calls himself. This "campground manager" is brand new to this RV park and had only been there 2 weeks. I have never had any problems in 22 years of camping, Don't drink, smoke, I go to church, etc. The park is beautiful, but you cannot have any fun because the manager will ride around on his cart and harass every camper. I will NEVER be back. We camped here in a Motorhome.
My family and I stayed at this park for a weekend getaway. We live in Matagorda county, but we wanted to camp near the beach for the weekend. This is a great park situated where the Colorado river meets the Gulf of Mexico. The sites have concrete pads and are level. There is lots of room between each site so that you don't feel cramped by your neighbors. It is a short walk to the beach and the jetty pier. If you are accustomed to having lots of entertainment by way of restaurants and shops, this is not the place for you, but if you want a peaceful beach setting and fishing opportunities within a few yards of your rig, this is the perfect place. There are a few restaurants to choose from that are good including the Reef and Riverbend, but if you normally do the cooking, be warned that the grocery store is several miles back into town. LCRA has a lighted pier within walking distance of the park and there are lots and lots of birds to watch and take pictures of if you are a bird watcher. Beware during the summer months that mosquitos may be a problem; so, come prepared. Also, as with anything near the beach, be prepared for wind gusts. If you have small children, take care to go further down the beach away from the jetties because of strong rip currents. The only reason this park did not recieve a 10 rating from me is because while we were there, we had a very bad thunderstorm and about 5 inches of water was left standing in our site. We had several objects floating around because of it. I did notice that the other sites did not have the same problem; so, we must have been in a low area. We stayed in site #39. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Excellent, very well maintained park. Concrete, level pads throughout. The park is operated by LCRA and that's a pain, but overall, excellent. We camped here in a Motorhome.
This is a nice site on the Colorado River. A short walk takes you to the beach on the Gulf of Mexico. Very clean and quiet site with nice people in the office. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
This is a Lower Colorado River Authority Park (LCRA) built with taxpayer dollars. The very nice concrete sites have patios and tables. It was extremely windy and the sea spray mixed with the sand left a gritty film all over the rig. It is close to the beach area and public parking, etc. There is surf fishing and river fishing. Make sure you are fully supplied as it is a long way to the store. If it wasn't for the wind it would have been OK. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
This was our third time to go to Matagorda and now the park is finished but not complete. I was told that Wi-Fi would be coming soon and they are still getting the nature area set up (but it is open....sometimes) no regular hours yet. The park is getting better all the time, the mosquitoes were not bad at the time we were there and I was told that the fishing was great on Friday but it went downhill on Sat. when the cold front blew in. A great time was had anyway. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
This is a new park, only opening Summer of 2006. we were very impressed with the spaciousness of the campsites and there were quite a few waterfront sites. The fish were not biting but others have told us the fishing is really good. Our only compliant was not with the park but with the swing bridge to get there. The bridge master did not have the bridge adjusted properly, it was a low tied, and that cost us over $750 in damage to our 40' coach. Needless to say we will not be returning until a new bridge is built, they say in about 2 years! It is a shame with the park being so nice, also beach combing was great! Anyway, motor coaches beware the swing bridge! We camped here in a Motorhome.
This park was still under construction at the time we were there, rest rooms/showers and nature center were not finished but sites are very nice and completed. Great fishing both on the river and on the gulf pier, both are free. The grounds are well kept but the mosquitoes were real bad at times, make sure to take repellent and/or something to treat the grounds, the campground tries hard to treat them but it is a losing battle. Will definitely go back for the fishing. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.