Best Cabin Camping near Brownsville, TX

Cabin Reviews near Brownsville, TX

41 Reviews of 19 Brownsville Campgrounds

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  Steve & Ashley G.

  Legend

  Jun. 8, 2019

  Isla Blanca Park

  Large County RV and Day Use Park

  The park is located on the southern end of South Padre Island. It’s a very popular RV campground with hundreds of sites and multiple loops. This very large site is a little overwhelming in size but offers a number amenities for the RV and camper community. The park has a new outdoor picnic pavilion with the bathrooms, outdoor showers, grills, and a huge picnic table area under a large canopy. They offer parking areas for boats and the camp has ample restroom and shower facilities. The sites have picnic tables, water, and electric. The sandy beach is huge and great for families. They provide lifeguards during the summer months. This park is very crowded on weekends and holidays and reservations for RV sites are highly recommended. Just outside the cafe they have pub but most of the restaurants and other sites are a few miles to the north by car or bike. This is also the dock for ocean site seeing boats. This may be a good choice for RVs looking for long term stays or locals enjoying a day at the beach.

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  Steve & Ashley G.

  Legend

  Jun. 6, 2019

  South Padre Island KOA

  Nice Place for Big RVs

  KOA do a nice job catering to the RV and family camper community. This location is no exception and is loaded with amenities and a great location as a full service RV resort. This place is nearly full most of the year. So, reservations are a must here. The campground is located on the Laguna Madre side of the island near the bridge leading to South Padre Island. They have a variety of camping option for RVs, campers, tents, and cabins. The site has a great boat dock for those wanting to try their luck at fishing. The ocean is about 1/2 mile walk across a couple of busy roads. The sites have sewer, water, and power for even the largest RVs. They even have spaces to walk your dog and a pet playground. Like many RV resorts, you do not have any privacy and most of the sites are in the direct sun. Tenters and campers without AC will need to time their visit around the hot spring and summer temperatures. The night time temps average around 85 degrees and over 90 in the daytime in the summer. The Pier 19 restaurant is next door. Otherwise, you will need to bike or drive to restaurants.

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  TSA A.

  Traveler

  Dec. 18, 2020

  Tropical Trails RV Resort

  Tropical getaway - just a short drive from South Padre

  Great new RV resort close to everything, easy access, and Fiber optic internet.
  We really enjoy the large heated pool. Our dog enjoys his walks to the dog park.
  It's a short drive to the beach and SpaceX is close, we just watched the latest test flight.
  A big plus is a space between lots here, your neighbors are not 5 ft away like the island parks, here it is more like 50 feet.
  Our lot has room for our truck and a picnic table.
  We learned how to play Pickle Ball- what a hoot and good cardio also.
  Plenty going on to stay busy-we took a dolphin watching trip and saw plenty of them.
  Next up is fishing from the pier,

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  Emily B.

  Traveler

  Jun. 24, 2021

  Isla Blanca Park

  Huge park

  The sites were fairly level, but with some broken concrete areas the need for levelers were necessary. Sticker burrs were legit and everywhere. I liked the fact that you could easily access the beach or the bay. The beach was not too busy during the week when I was there. Umbrellas and beach chairs were available for $30. I’m not sure there are any sites that can actually see the water, maybe a couple. The dunes and the other 599 campers block most all views. Close to neighboring campers, but to be expected I guess. My particular site did not have a picnic table.

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  Meandering Life

  Guide

  May. 9, 2019

  Encore Sunshine

  Nice amenities, quiet for off-season

  We stayed here a month in April 2019. We originally were going to stay two weeks, but we extended due to the great birding in the area. It was off-season and the park was very quiet. Many times, it felt like we had to place to ourselves. We are not 55+, but according to the office staff they are an 80/20 park so up to 20% of occupants can be less than 55. They do, however, restrict people with kids. Doesn’t hurt to call and ask if you are interested in staying. The park has many amenities, including, mail room, pool, spa, showers, laundry, pickle ball courts, horseshoe courts, and shuffleboard courts.  Many of the occupants are full-time residents or winter-only with permanent structures, but they had numerous sites available for short-time stays. Our site was nice and level and we had full hook-up. The staff was very nice and accommodated our last-minute stay and our change to a monthly visit. This was a great spot for us because we were close to many good birding spots. Estero Llano, South Padre Island, Santa Ana, Hugh Ramsey Park, and Laguna Atascosa NWR are within an hour drive. The park is also close to grocery and other stores. Nearby is everything you need. As I said, the park was quiet, but there is a train nearby that would come through in the early morning sometimes which was annoying. The park was well maintained, but there were some potholes that need to be fixed. They were doing some sewer pipe construction when we were there, so hopefully some of those roads will be patched. The price for a month stay plus electricity was reasonable. It was starting to get a bit warm while we were there, but they do have a nice breeze most of the time, so mosquitoes were not an issue. Overall, we enjoyed our stay and will stay here again.

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  Patrick O.

  Traveler

  Dec. 25, 2020

  Tropical Trails RV Resort

  A true 'Resort', well-spaced lots super well maintained!

  Check-in was a breeze. The lady in the front office was very nice, and told us everything we needed to know about the resort. 

  The one thing I absolutely love about Tropical Trails(if I had to pick one) is that the spaces between sites are some of the largest I've seen. It's so refreshing not to be right on top of your neighbor, even if they are super nice(which ours were). 

  Some of the other benefits that I thought were noteworthy: 

  High Speed Internet(ethernet from the pedestal) was very fast(over 100mbit). No issues with multiple 4k stream, and/or Zoom/Teams calls. It's been an absolute joy to carry out my daily work without any network disruption. 

  Cleanliness of the park is incredible, staff is more than welcoming and ready to address any needs. 

  Gated access with PIN code entry is a plus, even though the area seems very nice, and somewhat remote. 

  They provide you with a newer(and clean) picnic table and a nice covered fireplace(and wood!). 

  If I had to find something negative to say it'd be that I wish there was more grass and less dirt between the sites. 

  That said, it's a pretty new park, and I am sure they're working on that. Also, this is TX, not MN. I bet it's harder to get grass to grow due to lack of precip. 

  They have planted a lot of palm(and other) trees, but they're still growing so there isn't much shade at the moment. 

  There are train tracks on the north end of the resort, and we were very close(as close as you can be) to them. Train seems to roll through at about 1030pm every night, but you honestly don't even notice after the first night. 

  We kept extending our stay by a few days here, a few days there as we didn't want to leave, but alas, people are finding this place, and we weren't able to keep our spot any longer. 

  We're heading to FL very soon, but we'll definitely be back to Brownsville and we won't even consider another RV resort.

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  Gerard K.

  Scout

  Jan. 7, 2020

  South Padre Island KOA

  WeWillReturnHere

  Well-run RV Park. Excellent support team/staff, excellent utility hookups, located literally near/on the sound side, our site has plenty of room for our 43’ ClassA and tow/suv, site trash pickup, community center/bldg with a social calendar of things to do, great pool, satellite friendly, good WiFi, good cellular reception, pet walk with waste bags and trash container, small dog fenced pet park, overall clean and friendly place to park the rig for awhile. You're on South Padre Island here and it feels good!

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  Whitney R.

  Guide

  May. 29, 2019

  South Padre Island KOA

  Beautiful

  We have stayed at this park twice and it's been fantastic each time!  The bathrooms and showers are always very clean.  The outdoor pool is a nice size and clean. 

  Some of the sites have water views.  

  My kiddo loved the playground and the ice cream socials on the weekends.

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  Shane M.

  Guide

  Aug. 23, 2019

  Isla Blanca Park

  4 star stay on a 5 star budget

  The park was nice, close to the beach, and had pretty low traffic compared to the rest of the island. The roads weren’t great and needed to be resurfaced. I picked a premium site that didn’t happen to be very premium. While the location of the site was perfect, all of the sites around me had concrete pads but mine... (I guess they hadn’t upgraded my site pad yet) the online map was showing a finished park with a boardwalk, showers and restrooms right behind my site (hints: the reason I chose this site) but it was all still under construction and not available for access. Other than those minor issues, it was an okay experience and for the size of the park, it was pretty quiet.

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