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patperry2766
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Aug 18, 2015

A week in Top Sail

Just got back, and we had a wonderful time.

While a man made the statement that he has been going for the last 5 years and he can see a decline in the park (mainly the concrete pads) we found it to be very nice and centrally located for our trip.

We did notice a few sites that did have broken pads, including ours (site #127) this in no way would deter us from going back.

While several of the sites are IMO kinda close together, we waited 10 months for our site which gave us no immediate next door neighbor to the right.

We drove thru St Andrews and weren't very impressed...but again, that's only our opinion.

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  • patperry2766 wrote:
    Just got back, and we had a wonderful time.

    While a man made the statement that he has been going for the last 5 years and he can see a decline in the park (mainly the concrete pads) we found it to be very nice and centrally located for our trip.

    We did notice a few sites that did have broken pads, including ours (site #127) this in no way would deter us from going back.

    While several of the sites are IMO kinda close together, we waited 10 months for our site which gave us no immediate next door neighbor to the right.

    We drove thru St Andrews and weren't very impressed...but again, that's only our opinion.


    We are heading to Topsail in September. This is our first time and we have site 127 as well!

    How bad was the pad? Looked like it was a fairly easy site to get in based upon the photo.
  • We love it. Been going for 6 years and yes there are some spots that need attention. The 100's loop is in good shape, but the others need some attention. Next year we are going to try Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores. It will be our first time there. We have friends who go there every year, so we're going down with them. Just time for a little change up.
  • We love Topsail as well, the pool is a bit small and the tram is slow at times but a bike ride to the beach is nice. You will love it there, lots of things to see on the trails.
  • I just booked twelve days in June 2016 on site #79. It is a tough place to get a reservation at. We have been to Grayton Beach State Park before and liked it there. Anxious to check out Topsail. The reviews are all quite good from what I have read.

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