Beachside State Recreation Site

No walk ins, you have to reserve online, but same day reservations are available. Signal here is weak (one bar with Verizon) so you might want to grab reservations before arriving in case of insufficient signal.

Beach is beautiful, restrooms are clean. You can hear Hwy from all campsites except perhaps the ones right on the beach, and one or two jerks honk their horns as they pass in the middle of the night just to wake up campers.

Unless you are fortunate enough to get one of the sites right on the beachfront where the ocean waves will drown out the traffic noise, it's like being in a wooded highway pullout. That said, the beach was great. The park does offer flush toilets and a small number of showers. While not anything extraordinary, the restrooms were clean. I would go back for the day use area, but not to camp w/I a reserved site on beachfront.

The location on the central Oregon coast makes for convenient day trips both north and south. The enormous beach is but steps away. The sites are modest but surprisingly private. The hosts were friendly and the bathrooms kept clean (free showers too!).

While there is water and 30 amp electrical at many of the sites there is no sewer nor is there an RV dump at the campground; the nearest is about 18 miles away.

It is close to HWY 101 but the noise wasn't too bad at our site; there's very little traffic during the night and the roar of the ocean provides a nice background.

Verizon service is non-existent. AT&T is much better. We got 3.1 MB/s down and 0.4 MB/sec up while inside the Airstream. The WeBoost Drive RV increased that to 6.5 MB/s down and 7.1 MB/sec up. A later test the next day was an astounding 52 MB/sec down and 2.1 MB/sec up.

So here's a place we lucked out on getting last September. It's called Beachside, Oregon. As we have found, it's a difficult spot to book. Fortunately, someone cancelled their reservations and we got in! It's a few miles south of Waldport. The campsite is right next to the beach and ocean, so you can see it right from most campsites. If you are staying in a tent, you may hear road traffic as this place is right off the highway. We only heard the ocean waves crashing from our travel trailer. The campground is open March 15 - October 31. They have 32 Electrical sites with Water, no sewer. There are very clean bathrooms with hot showers too. (There is a dump site at South Beach Campsite or in the town of Newport if you need it.) We enjoyed our morning and evening walks on the beach and taking my kite out and flying it. The people staying there were all very friendly and it was pretty quiet for the most part. It's a great place to stay! By the way, if you get a chance, go eat at Bridgewater Fish House and Zebra bar in Florence, Oregon. It's about a 40 minute drive heading south from Beachside. It was the best food we've ever had on the Oregon Coast!