Sand beach Campground, Oregon any suggestions

mtnbbud wrote:

jerryspoolman wrote:
Heading up from Newport and would appreciate any comments about the campground and area

Do you mean Sand Lake CG? It is an big ORV spot. Good spot for that, but I wouldn't camp there if I wasn't there to ride the dunes.

Whalen Island county park is close by. It's a small county campground -no ORV's - quiet, but no services. It's too much money for what it is, but the location is real neat. You're on a small island with a nature trail and a small day use area. A constructed narrow spit of land connects the "island" to the mainland.

Cape Lookout State Park is just north of Sand Lake. They have electricity and water - showers in the rest rooms. It's a pretty area, but every time I've been there it's been windy and/or foggy. there's real nice hiking trail on a ridge that juts out in the the ocean in the Cape Lookout Trail. (The trail is 3 miles away from the campground.)

x2. Sand lake is a state designated ORV park, If you camp there expect ORV's in the campground and ORV use nearby, quite a bit on weekends. IMHO it is a campground for easy OHV use, that's what I've used it for.

If you want other campgrounds, yes Whalen island is a good one nearby.

We go to Cape lookout quite often. it can be cloudy and windy, or beatifull, calm and sunny, kinda like any oregon beach campground.

Heads up on Cape lookout. about 1/4 of the campsites have full hookups, some have water/electric, and over half are campsite that will take a trailer often any size you have but no water/electric/sewer, although water is nearby. They do have showers in all the campground loops. And the hiking trails are really nice.