Best Oceanfront campground in Myrtle Beach??

wbwood wrote:

vinniechains wrote:
We're planning our first big camping trip and are leaning toward Myrtle Beach. We've heard great things about Pirateland. Any thoughts or suggestions vs. Lakewood or any others nearby?

Wouldn't mind hearing from any of you on your suggestions for other waterfront parks on the east coast.

Thanks!!

What are you looking for?

Paved pads or dirt pads?
Golf cart rentals or not?
Other amenities?
Location? North or south?
Price point ? Not much difference between the commercial parks the state park will be around half price, but lacking in amenities.

We've stayed at Lakewood and ocean lakes. Prefer ocean lakes with its paved pads and we have a golf cart that we like to use. Some will complain about how big or busy it is. But it's the largest rv park on the east coast. Lakewood is ok. But dirt pads and you are backed in to the camper behind you. Ocean lakes pads are pull through. Lakewood does have the new water slide though. Haven't been to Pirateland. Have only seen it from Lakewood and we didn't care for its look. Drove through Apache and it was run down and nothing but dirt. Drove through myrtle beach travel park and it's better than apache and where we would stay if we wanted to be on the north side and didn't take a golf cart. But the pads/roads are dirt and the sites closest to the beach flood.

Wow! People camping on dirt. Who would have thought. :B

Seriously though. Camping on cement at the beach. Is OK. If you don't like sand. But it is 10 to 15 degrees HOTTER than camping on the sand. That's why we prefer dirt / sand, sites. Plus the picnic shelters are great.

We have stayed in all of the beach front CGs, They all have their pros, and cons. We have friends that won't go anywhere but OL. But they take a Golf cart, and like to ride all night. Got mad when we told them PL allows no carts out after 11. Which is one of the reasons we like it.
OL does have great bath houses, as does MBTP, but the sites are much smaller than PL. OL also has a nice HB stand, and great store.
MBTP does have large sites, but the South end front row sites do flood. And Apache is very dated, has smaller sites, but has the largest Beach of any of the MB CGs, and a pier. However the pier is walking distance from MBTP.

PL, and MBTP both have a deserted beach to their North, with great shells, and that beachcomber feel.

As for Lake wood. It does have large sites. But like OL has no picnic shelters, but good stores, and most of the bath houses are very dated. It's nice. But for some reason we don't really care for it.

So you see. they all have their pros, and cons. Its all in what you want.