Parking at Port Aransas is free at several lots. Compare 5 nearby lots and garages by price, walking distance and how full each one is right now, plus metered street parking. Lot locations, rates and hours are real and geocoded. Tap a pin for driving directions.
5 lots · 1,220 spaces. Scrub the time slider for the crowd estimate.
On-street parking
200 metered spaces · $12 annual permit · A $12 annual sticker covers all drive-on beach parking between mile markers 0 and 62; downtown streets are free. Pay by plate or ParkMobile.
Rates checked Oct 20, 2026; not confirmed: I.B. Magee Beach Park, Horace Caldwell Pier, Fisherman's Wharf, Roberts Point Park. Posted prices at the lot always win.
Local moves
The $12 beach parking sticker is annual, valid January 1 through December 31, and is sold at City Hall, Family Center IGA, local convenience stores and vendors on the beach.
Parking is free on the beach between the Jetties and Marker D near Horace Caldwell Pier, and between Mile Markers 52 and 58, so no sticker is needed there.
The same sticker covers beach parking from Marker D south to the Kleberg County line past Bob Hall Pier, so it is valid in both Port Aransas and Corpus Christi.
The city's Port Street lot is pay-by-phone only: park in a numbered space and pay with the Honk Mobile app or the QR code on the sign, from $3 for 2 hours. It is towing-enforced.
Parking at Port Aransas is free at several lots.
Yes. Port Aransas has free parking at I.B. Magee Beach Park, Roberts Point Park. Free spaces are limited and fill first, so arrive early or have a paid backup in mind.
Port Aransas has 5 lots within walking distance; the largest is Port Aransas Beach (Access 1A) (500 spaces). The lots nearest the sand fill first, so the ones a block or two back usually have room. Use the live map above to compare walking distance and how full each lot is right now.
On warm, sunny weekend days the closest Port Aransas lots fill by mid-morning. Arrive before 10 AM or after 4 PM for the easiest parking, and scrub the time slider on the map above for the crowd estimate hour by hour.
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Lot locations, counts, rates and hours are real, geocoded from each address. No live space-count feed is published, so availability is estimated from typical beach crowds and today’s weather. Your location is used only in your browser to sort by distance.
Main parking at Port Aransas: I.B. Magee Beach Park (Free) and Port Aransas Beach (Access 1A) ($12 annual permit), plus street parking at $12 annual permit. Check today’s water, surf and UV on the conditions page.