Padre Island National Seashore southern end | Wild Camping

United States

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Verified:
11 months ago
Altitude:
-18.3 masl
Website:
None
Contributor:
thomas.juli22

Amenities

Electricity:
No
Wifi:
No
Kitchen:
No
Restaurant:
No
Showers:
No
Water:
No
Toilets:
No
Big Rig Friendly:
Yes
Tent Friendly:
Yes
Pet Friendly:
Yes

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This area is the end of the 60 mile beach in the National Seashore. We drove down hoping we would find a place to camp and we were a little worried because before this area, the beach gets very narrow. It does open up and there is plenty of room to camp on firm sand. Beautiful spot next to the Mansfield channel with lots of birds. We walked up the beach of the channel and saw several species of birds that we hadn't seen along the ocean. Would highly recommend this spot, we have a high clearance 4x4 van. We didn't need the clearance but did use the 4x4 because there are some areas of soft sand on the "road". It takes about 2.5 hours of driving to get here but the solitude is worth it. I have several bars of LTE and occasional 5G but nothing you could use for remote work. Pick up some trash bags at the visitors center and haul out what you can. Trash clean up is a constant battle between the wind, ocean currents and the beach goers who leave their broken items behind...

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4x4 a must. Be sure to air down your tires for better traction. I used a painters extension pole/handle to raise my weBoost antenna above the dunes. Was able to have a strong cell signal and work remote from south end. Please be a good steward and haul out more trash than you create.

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This area is the end of the 60 mile beach in the National Seashore. We drove down hoping we would find a place to camp and we were a little worried because before this area, the beach gets very narrow. It does open up and there is plenty of room to camp on firm sand. Beautiful spot next to the Mansfield channel with lots of birds. We walked up the beach of the channel and saw several species of birds that we hadn't seen along the ocean. Would highly recommend this spot, we have a high clearance 4x4 van. We didn't need the clearance but did use the 4x4 because there are some areas of soft sand on the "road". It takes about 2.5 hours of driving to get here but the solitude is worth it. I have several bars of LTE and occasional 5G but nothing you could use for remote work. Pick up some trash bags at the visitors center and haul out what you can. Trash clean up is a constant battle between the wind, ocean currents and the beach goers who leave their broken items behind...

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