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An Easy Trip to the Beach with Kids (& Stuff): Jamaica Beach

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Jamaica Beach Galveston Island
Address: Jamaica Beach, Texas 77554

After exploring West Beach (and figuring out the best beach access point), we came across Jamaica Beach, a small city on Galveston Island.

Like West Beach, this little section of beach has drive-on-the-beach access. The public beach is the area of sand from the vegetation line to the water’s edge. (North of the vegetation line is private property.)

Jamaica Beach Galveston Island Cars on Beach
Cars on the beach are not beautiful… but it sure does make beach trips easy with kids. We just drove up, backed up to the water, lifted up the tailgate and had everything we needed. Water, snacks, sunscreen, shovels, trucks, towels, chairs, umbrellas… all right there!

We splashed, played, grabbed snacks and repeated. When we had had enough sun, we packed up and drove off.

On the way home, we took a very scenic route down San Louis Pass/Bluewater Highway all the way to Surfside (and then north on 332/288 to Houston). This was a beautiful way to go, with water on both sides, if you have the time!

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Filed Under: All, Beach, Galveston, Parks, Things to do July 14, 2016

About Jill Jarvis

Jill Jarvis is the owner of JillBJarvis.com, a BigKidSmallCity.com and Things to Do in Houston, with Kids, blog!

She is the mom of 4 and started the website years ago... when she was tired of constantly cleaning up the same mess in the family room.

Another mom showed her that you could just go do fun things in Houston, without hours of planning.

This inspired the blog and changed everything about how she enjoyed life in Houston, with kids!

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