I have to say how much I loved the Malaquite Beach Campground. I live in San Antonio, but love spending as much time as possible at the beach. Malaquite & South Beach are my favorite stretches as I can drive, park, play & leave. I went for the day the previous weekend, already had a hotel room booked for the following weekend, but I decided at the spur of the moment to go to South Beach for the this weekend & being the frugal (cheap)person that I am, refused to pay excruciatingly high last minute hotel prices. So...... I decided to sleep in my car at the campground. First of all.....when I drove up to scope it out, there were (2) park rangers making their rounds of the place so I immediately felt safe. There is a wonderful campground host that stays onsite & this added to the interest. They have facilities such as bathrooms, showers, pavilions with grills, picnic benches & a beautiful pier walkway to Malaquite Beach. There were families, young adults, senior adults & lots of cute pets camping. I never leave home without my travel bud, Sven, a tiny Chihuahua, so it was nice to see this being a pet friendly campground. There was a variety of camping choices such as tents, cars, & RV's. Needless to say, I chose to attempt the sleeping in my car experience without hesitation. I have limited mobility because of arthritic knees & couldn't walk from either end of the campground to utilize the facilities, but the host has spots reserved just for this reason. I was able to parallel park right across from the facilities. Of course it's full blown Texas Heat temps in August, but the breeze from the water was pleasant. I'm extremely hot natured, so I probably won't attempt it again until the weather cools, but I will definitely use this campground again.
There are no electricity or sewer hook-ups, but there is a gray/black water dump station and potable water filling station off of the entry road to the campground. From the number of people there, this wasn't an issue at all. What more could you ask for in a primitive campground? If you love to camp, do yourself a favor & try this place out. You're completely off grid without cell or wiFi service, but.....this is so amazing for family time or me time! Once your on Park Rd 22, the campground sign is to the left just before the turn into Malaquite Beach Visitors Center. read more