East Beach — Attraction in Galveston

Go 12 min west of Galveston State Park. Can drive on the beach at Beach Access #36. Can camp out there also. All free access. Please clean up after yourselves. Trash cans spread out along the beach for your use. Go to Galveston State Park afterward for $5 entry fee to take a warm to very hot shower. Can also camp at park for as low as $15 tent only site-get ahead of time or $20 tent w/electricty. RV is $35 and up. Check site for cost and to make reservations. Fri. and Sat. are likely filled up 2-3 weeks in advance. Weekdays they are even busy till Labor Day. But $5 shower/day pass is a great deal for the day. No parking a vehicle right on the beach, though. Be careful because there are a lot of beach access where you have to pay a fee to park or get a parking pass from the County. Not worth doing when you can just drive 15 minutes away and not have to...

You can drive onto this beach on a good sunny day. We went in the late afternoon and there were at least four other cars on the beach and another four in the parking lot. It was clean and while you had different groups like young college aged people, families, couples it was peaceful. Did not check for bathrooms. If you want to get away from the hustle and bustle of the boardwalk and tourist attractions, I recommend you check it out. It is a little drive...

I want to give East Beach 5 stars because my wife and I love coming here but the fact that there's only fishing between the posts and it gets super packed on the weekend sucks. So many people come piling in that they will try putting their tent or whatever on top of yours or in front of you and the water, or they end up blocking you in with their vehicle because they don't care about others. Overall it's a nice beach but it's...