Matagorda Bay Nature Park

Nice quiet park with knowledgeable, friendly personnel. We planned our camping first trip to this LCRA park by making reservations 182 days prior to arriving, which we incurred a $6 online registration fee. Arrived to a friendly and quick check-in on Friday at 230pm, where we also received info on a Saturday morning guided beach walk ($5/pp), free Saturday morning coffee and pastries and a goulash cook-off ($8) Saturday evening (we did not attend). Kayak rentals also available. The LCRA campground is along the Colorado River with "waterfront" sites viewing the Colorado River. We could certainly hear the roar of the ocean in our North Loop campsite, but there is no ocean "view" from any of the campsites. Absolutely no trees or vegetation between sites within this campground. Brisk ocean "breezes", made it impossible to deploy our trailer awning. Some sites are closer to one another than others. Our back-in campsite was a very level concrete pad with two sewer outlets, electric and water, a large concrete picnic table and a lantern pole. No fire pit, but campfires are permitted with your own off-the-ground screened fire pit, which we had. Bring your own firewood as none sold by LCRA. Very nice and very clean toilets/showers in an elevated building, accessible by a ramp. Code required for entry. Laundry facility in the same building as toilets/showers. It also required code for entry. Nice Colorado River fishing piers with fish cleaning tables with freshwater spigot and a super pier over the beach/ocean. Daily we saw the camp hosts working diligently, even hosing down and scrubbing bird poop from campsites. Everything was very well maintained. Complimentary LCRA provided WiFi was weak and unreliable. When the ocean "breeze" died down and the humidity was up, we were attacked by swarms of mosquitos (it was bad) which required us to heavily apply repellent. Campground dark sky view impacted greatly by campground street lights and fishing pier lights. The Saturday morning guided beach walk was an exceptional experience thanks to the two great guides. The walk was 1.5 hours for approximately 2 miles. Throughout the walk, Paige was getting pelted with questions from the 20 or so participants and she never missed a beat when answering! There was a plethora of information provided, not only about the sea life and beach shells but also about the area and the park. Bay City, 20-minute drive, for the closest Walmart, HEB and other retailers and restaurants. Not much in the town of Matagorda and of those, not many operating in February.