State: Texas
Address 1: 330 5th Street
Address 2: Brazoria County Park
City: Quintana
Zip: 77541
Phone: 979-233-1461
Open all Year: Yes
Number of Sites: 56
About: Quintana Beach County Park is a 51-acre beachfront park located on the upper Texas gulf coast with day-use amenities and overnight facilities. The park features paved full-service RV campsites, self-contained cabins, tent camping, restrooms and showers, a meeting/party house complete with kitchen, covered pavilions, picnic tables, grills, playground, volleyball court, horseshoe pits, paved trail, pedestrian beach, wooden lighted fishing pier, access to the west jetty, and paved parking.
Natural attractions include bird watching, fishing, nature viewing, swimming, surfing, beachcombing, and shelling. The historical aspect of the park includes the site of Fort Bates (1862), the remains of the Freeport Harbor Defense (1942), and two historically significant houses inside the park.
Day use hours 8 am – dusk.
Directions:
From Houston: HWY. 288 south to Freeport, until it dead ends. Turn right on F.M. 1495 and cross bridge. Turn left on C.R. 723 (2 miles). Turn right at dead end. PARK ENTRANCE.
From Galveston: Cross toll bridge at west end of island. Travel 15 miles south on C.R. 257 to surfside. Turn right onto HWY. 332 and go approximately 8 miles. Turn left onto C.R. 523 go 2 miles, the road veers left and changes to F.M. 1495. Stay on 1495 and cross two bridges, turn left on C.R. 723 (2miles). Turn right at dead end. PARK ENTRANCE.
From Corpus Christi: HWY. 35 intersects HWY. 36 at West Columbia, Take 36 south to Freeport and it dead ends at F.M. 1495. Turn right and cross bridge. Turn left on C.R. 723 (2 miles). Turn right at dead end. PARK ENTRANCE.