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BurbMan
Explorer II
Aug 15, 2013

Looking for a Good Ocean Beach spot

OK, living in the midwest for two years and need an ocean beach fix before the season is out....

Camped at Montauk a lot when we lived on Long Island, but the non-resident beach fees are a killer! Thinking of going sometime in mid-to-late September. Also the thought of driving back through NYC with the camper doesn't thrill me....

Looking for alternatives...I'm willing to go the 800 miles back to NY so anything is in range except Cali....

Where can you camp on an ocean beach? Not "by" the beach or "near" the beach, but ON the beach? No hookups needed or expected.



Any good spots along the East coast, maybe Outer Banks or VA Beach? What about the Redneck Riviera down on the Gulf coast?
Boondocking
Dry Camping
Public Lands

10 Replies

  • huachuca's avatar
    huachuca
    Explorer
    Aug 18, 2013
    Portsmouth Island (Cape Lookout National Seashore,NC.)Twenty miles of unspoiled beach and no permanent inhabitants or roads or stores or.....


    Give Kari at Morris Marina a call (252.225.4261)and see of your rig will fit on the Donza Lee



    These guys made it over


    And this did too but was struggling a bit in the cabin area and tows over there ain't cheap
  • nina_70's avatar
    nina_70
    Explorer
    Aug 16, 2013
    Another one I just thought of. Hunting Island State Park, SC. You can't park "on" the sand, but there are a few smaller spots at the front of the park that are right there & have full beach-views (so, basically just a skip from your rig and you're there). Hard to get closer than this in SC. Paying sites only here.
  • nina_70's avatar
    nina_70
    Explorer
    Aug 16, 2013
    This is not exactly "east coast", but it's "east-ish". A couple of years ago you could camp on the beach at Sabine Pass, TX (Sea Rim State Park). It's right on the border between TX & LA. We boondocked there for a week (was free at the time), but rules may have changed since then. At the time you could either park on the asphalt lot right by the beach or drive your rig onto the beach (if you dared).
  • wbwood's avatar
    wbwood
    Explorer
    Aug 16, 2013
    Not on the beahc like in the photo you mentioned in myrtle beach. There are aocean front campgrounds, but you don't actually park on the sand.
  • BurbMan's avatar
    BurbMan
    Explorer II
    Aug 15, 2013
    yrusoslo wrote:
    Myrtle Beach, SC


    Can you give me some names of parks or CGs that I can look into?
  • BurbMan's avatar
    BurbMan
    Explorer II
    Aug 15, 2013
    Thanks for the info. TC's are popular for sure, but I can out there in the sand with the TT if they let me. :B

    Pic is Montauk Point, water is the Atlantic Ocean...
  • Big_Katuna's avatar
    Big_Katuna
    Explorer II
    Aug 15, 2013
    Huguenot Park in Jax has some. No hu. My buddy puts down his tailgate on his toy hauler and fishes off of it.
  • weathershak's avatar
    weathershak
    Explorer
    Aug 15, 2013
    I dont know of any places like your picture along the east coast. I have seen 4wd TC,s on the beach at Assateague Nat. Seashore though

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