Brownsville
Port Isabel South Padre Island
Laguna Heights
Laguna Vista
Laguna Atascosa NWR
Port Mansfield
Padre Island National Seashore
Riviera Beach
North Padre Island
Mustang Island State Park
Corpus Christi - on bay, 600-foot beach
Corpus Chisti Beach
Corpus Christi Bay
Portland - on bay, no beach
Ingleside on the Bay Ingleside - on bay, no beach Port Aransas - ferry
Aransas Pass - no beach Rockport - one-mile swimming beach Fulton - no beach
San Jose Island
Goose Island State Park
Aransas NWR
Matagorda Island State Park
Matagorda Lighthouse
Port O'Connor
Magnolia Beach Port Lavaca - no beach
Matagorda Peninsula
Big Boggy NWR
San Bernard NWR Freeport - inland, no beach
Surfside Beach
Christmas Bay State Park
Brazoria NWR
Jamaica Beach
Galveston Island State Park Galveston - seawall and beach
Galveston Bay
Port Bolivar - free ferry
Crystal Beach
Anahuac NWR
McFaddin NWR
Texas Point NWR Port Arthur - up river, no beach
Louisiana Border - Sabine River
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The earlier in the afternoon you check into a hotel, the more likely you will get a room or suite that matches your preferences.