Bird Island Basin Campground

Bird Island Basin Campground is a National Park Service campground near Kleberg, Texas. Reservation, fee, and season are not on record yet.

National Park Service · Kleberg, Texas

A flat sandy area that juts out into laguna Madre is a place for tent campers to set up camp and day users to fish

Converted school buses are parked at Bird Island Basin Campgound

Camping side by side with unobstructed views of Laguna Madre, its wildlife and windsurfers

For more information about camping and registration at Bird Island Basin, stop at the kiosk

Accessible vault toilets are available at the north and south ends of Bird Island Basin Campground

Camping at Bird Island Basin is a bit primitive but it offers a relaxed view of Laguna Madre

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A flat sandy area that juts out into laguna Madre is a place for tent campers to set up camp and day users to fish. Photo: NPS photo, via Recreation.gov, Public domain (US federal government work)

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Bird Island Basin Campground sits inside Padre Island National Seashore. Its entrance fees, current alerts and fire restrictions, and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com.

Getting a site

Managed by: National Park Service
Fee: Fee unknown, see agency

Source: recreation.gov, accessed 2026-09-29

Access and cell service

Elevation: 4 ft

27.4668, -97.3137 in Kleberg. Open in OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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Around Bird Island Basin Campground

Malaquite Campground Kleberg · National Park Service · Not on record

Sites: Not on record
Season: Not on record
Fee: Not on record

More campgrounds: camping near Kleberg and campgrounds in Kleberg.

Sources

recreation.gov (name, coordinates, manager), accessed 2026-09-29
epqs.nationalmap.gov (elevationFt), accessed 2026-10-01

Photo credits

Photo 1: NPS photo, via Recreation.gov, Public domain (US federal government work)
Photo 2: NPS photo, via Recreation.gov, Public domain (US federal government work)
Photo 3: NPS, via Recreation.gov, Public domain (US federal government work)
Photo 4: NPS, via Recreation.gov, Public domain (US federal government work)
Photo 5: NPS photo, via Recreation.gov, Public domain (US federal government work)
Photo 6: NPS Photo, via Recreation.gov, Public domain (US federal government work)

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