Parker’s Cut
Parker’s Cut is a great place for fishing, birding or just a peaceful paddle. Put in on the Colorado River near the LCRA sign. Make a short paddle across the river to the earth dam in Parker’s Cut. Stay to the left of the fence as this provides the easiest path for portaging your kayak, but you can portage on either side of the fence. The portage is approx 500ft to the bayous of West Bay. Watch out for rattlesnakes during the portage. Use your paddle to poke around in the grass ahead of you to keep from stepping on one.
Getting There:
From Matagorda drive south on FM 2031 across the bridge. Go past all the houses on the Colorado River. Shortly you will see a pull off on the side of the road just in front of the blue Matagorda LCRA sign.
Coordinates: 28.61821, -95.97308
Parking & Facilities:
There is some parking at this site as long as the tide has not been high. Sometimes this parking area can be flooded. There are no other facilities at this site.
Facebook Posts
High Tide Warning! We are experiencing 16mph onshore winds in Matagorda today. The tide is already high. The forecast for tomorrow is for 35+MPH winds which we expect will drive the tide even higher than today. It is possible the tide will push all the way to the dunes overnight and tomorrow. We recommend you pay close attention to the conditions if you plan to head down beach today or Saturday. Be especially careful if you plan to camp on the beach overnight. Also the driving conditions are 4x4 only right now.
Same for Palacios bay...the bay looks like a beach now.
Thank you for the heads up
Karen Wagner Hamilton
Laura Elkins see not a good beach day
So you are saying No Mosquitoes 🦟 today 🤓
Thank you to all who came out and made the Adopt-A-Beach beach cleanup a success! Special thanks to LCRA for providing, cooking and serving the hotdogs and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and Stanleys General Stores for the refreshments.
Jessica Robinson
Don’t forget this Weekend is Adopt-A-Beach beach cleanup Matagorda Beach, SATURDAY 9-12