Drum Bay

Drum Bay: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this beach: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Drum Bay

Season: October to March; rough seas and lifeguard warnings June to September.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Drum Bay — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 29.01608, -95.22632. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Drum Bay

• Follets Island · river spot · Brazoria · ~8 km · Must-see
• Cedar Lake · lake · Brazoria · ~30 km · Must-see
• Galveston Island State Park · park · Galveston · ~41 km · Must-see
• San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Brazoria · ~42 km · Must-see
• Middle Deer Island · river spot · Galveston · ~52 km · Must-see
• Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site · park · Brazoria · ~54 km · Must-see
• Moody Gardens · park · Galveston · ~58 km · Must-see
• Crockett Place United Methodist Church · church · Galveston · ~62 km · Must-see
• Broadway Cemetery Historic District · fort · Galveston · ~63 km · Must-see
• William Bryan · museum · Galveston · ~63 km · Must-see
• Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier · park · Galveston · ~65 km · Must-see
• Iron Shark · temple · Galveston · ~65 km · Must-see
• Texas Heroes Monument · fort · Galveston · ~66 km · Must-see
• Saengerfest Park · park · Galveston · ~66 km · Must-see
• Brazos Bend State Park · park · Fort Bend · ~67 km · Must-see
• Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig Museum · museum · Galveston · ~67 km · Must-see
• 1892 Bishop's Palace · fort · Galveston · ~67 km · Must-see
• Texas City Prairie Reserve · sanctuary · Galveston · ~67 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Drum Bay

Other beaches & coast near Drum Bay

• East Matagorda Bay · beach · Matagorda · ~84 km · Must-see
• Tres Palacios Bay · beach · Matagorda · ~129 km · Must-see
• Surfside beach · beach · Brazoria · ~10 km
• Christmas Point Reef · beach · Brazoria · ~12 km
• Bastrop Bay · beach · Brazoria · ~12 km
• San Luis Beach · beach · Galveston · ~17 km
• Bryan Beach · beach · Brazoria · ~22 km
• West Beach · beach · Galveston · ~33 km
• Carancahua Point · beach · Galveston · ~37 km
• Carancahua Reef · beach · Galveston · ~39 km

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