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SwanInWA
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Jul 10, 2015

First-come, first served campsites along Oregon Coast

We'll be camping along the Oregon Coast next month and plan to stay at Cape Blanco State Park. We're interested in moving North partway through the week, to another first-come, first-served campsite. We're open to anything between Port Orford and Lincoln City. We don't need hook-ups or amenities of any kind. We prefer primitive campsites that offer privacy and seclusion. Any suggestions? Heartfelt thanks!
  • Sutton is a short distance to the beach. It has been improved in the last few years.
  • The forest service campgrounds inland will be more primitive than the state parks. But check with the districts. Concessionaire operated ones might be on the ReserveAmerica network.

    http://www.reserveamerica.com/

    Even if you don't reserve with them, the site gives details that you might not get on the FS site, including a sense of how full/reserved they will be for your target days.
  • This site may be of more help as it shows federal, state, county and city locations.
    US Campgrounds
    There is a forest service site across from Darlingtonia State Wayside north of Florence. Not many know about it. Sutton Campground
  • Thank you, Paula! :) I've been to the state park site, but besides Cape Blanco the only other first-come, first-served state park along the coast is Carl G. Washburn. We checked that one out on a dunes drip last month and the sites are tiny and very close together, with barely a spindly tree or two between you and your neighbors.

    We're picky about privacy and I know it's a tall order given the destination. BUT, I thought it was worth asking. RV.netters know their stuff and have pointed me to some awesome places. Thanks again for the suggestion!
  • try this site. Someone please make a clicky!


    http://www.oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=reserve.dsp_firstcome