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Campground Hosting Sea Rim State Park

Follow along as we wander the beautiful lands of liberty, next stop Sabine Pass Texas A year of hosting, From SC to Texas and back. Throw in a Grand Design Owner Rally with an eclipse and our wedding anniversary celebration in NOLA. Where Gulf Meets Marsh At the far southeast corner of Texas lies a remote and unique coastal park. Sea Rim State Park has nearly 2 miles of Gulf shoreline and 4,000 acres of marshlands. At this park, you can camp, go birding and beach combing, paddle in a canoe or kayak, swim, fish, hunt (in season) and walk. Stroll along the Gambusia Nature Trail Boardwalk, which takes you through the marsh. Visit our accessible facilities page to learn about our accommodations, including wheelchairs you can borrow to use in the park. Stay at one of 15 campsites with utilities or in our cabin. We also offer primitive camping on the beach. Fish in the surf or in the marsh areas. You do not need a license to fish from shore in a state park. We have a boat ramp, and we loan fishing gear for use in the park. Download Sea Rim's Fishing Tip Sheet. Paddle one of our trails, from the 1.79-mile easy trail to the 9.59-mile advanced trail. Experience the coast from a kayak or canoe. Take a virtual tour with our Interactive Trails Map. Horseback ride on over half a mile of Gulf Coast beachfront. Enjoy the Middle Beach with your favorite horse. You can primitively camp on the West Beach, but it has no facilities, so you'll need to bring a portable pen or tether your horse to a trailer. This coastal area has been home to people for thousands of years; only in the last 40 years did it became a state park. Coastal dwellers Paleoindians were the earliest known people in this area. Some 12,500 years ago, sea levels were much lower. These people lived further out in what is now the Gulf. They abandoned the area roughly 4,000 to 3,000 years ago, as glaciers melted and sea levels rose. Occasionally, artifacts such as projectile points and fossils wash up on the beach at the west end of the park. If you find an artifact, leave it in place and let park staff know. Please don’t pocket the past! Atakapa Indians and their relatives moved into Texas around 2,000 years ago, bringing pottery. By the 1820s, most were gone, probably due to smallpox or migration. France and Spain both wanted this territory. Spain claimed it by virtue of Cabeza de Vaca’s 1528 journey: France by LaSalle’s 1685 expedition. By the time the United States bought Louisiana in 1803, the Spanish had prevailed. In 1821, Spain turned the land over to Mexico. Anglo settlers began moving in, some settling in what would later become Beaumont. The park area was a cattle ranch from the 1870s through the 1950s. Hurricane damage at Sea Rim. The state of Texas bought the land for the park from the Planet Oil and Mineral Corporation and Horizon Sales Corporation in 1972. Sea Rim State Park opened to the public in 1977. Any site on the coast can be in the path of a hurricane. Sea Rim has taken two recent hits. First, Hurricane Rita ravaged the park in 2005. In September 2008, the park was two weeks away from reopening when Hurricane Ike arrived. After massive cleanup, the park opened on a limited basis in 2010. Visitors had to bring their own water and use portable toilets and a self-pay station. In June 2014, park staff unveiled new facilities, including a camping loop and cabin, an elevated dune boardwalk, and a walk-in day-use area. More park improvements are planned. -Information from Texas Parks & Wildlife Website