The grand reopening festivities will feature speeches, refreshments, prairie hikes, beach walks, fishing and more.
“We’re excited to invite everyone to come celebrate with us and see the results,” Park Superintendent Steven Kimbley said in the release. “It’s a small way to thank everyone for supporting us through hurricane and recovery. Galveston Island State Park is now fully open and our staff is excited to welcome all Texans to come experience the Third Coast.”
The beach section of the park opened in summer 2022, according to the release.
Improvements to the park include 95 new campsites, 20 new shade shelters, two new restrooms, two new changing areas with rinse-off showers, new roads, a new headquarters and renovations to safeguard the park from future severe weather events, according to the release.
“The new headquarters, campsites and day-use area are more elevated now,” Kimbley said in the release. “Structures are built to flex with the landscape and be more resistant to future extreme weather.”
Furthermore, the park also features a newly remodeled nature center in the bay section of the park, a new vendor area as well as three new group-use pavilions in the beach section of the park.
“If it wasn’t for our selfless Texans, and the countless volunteers over the years, we couldn’t have done it,” Kimbley said in the release. “We all seek to connect. It’s important to all of us. We have seen that connection here through friends, families and the community. Thank you all for gifting us with a park that we can share with pride.”
