Oregon Hwy 101 Coastal Road

We spent a week in early June this year driving 101 on the Oregon coast and loved it. The scenery is just great and there are countless pull-offs to enjoy it. Lighthouses, sea lions & seals, rocky beaches. Bring your camera.

It shouldn't be hard to find a site at the huge Fort Stevens State Park campground to visit Astoria, a nice town with an excellent maritime museum. You can also visit the Lewis and Clark national historic site.

My favorite part of the coast was the middle to southern section, less traffic than around Cannon Beach. There are several great small, uncommercialized waterfront towns where you can buy fresh fish from the fisherman who caught it.

We stayed in five State Parks but especially liked Beverly Beach SP (booked far in advance to get a site a very short walk to the beach). Also liked Harris Beach all the way south.

Never had any problem finding diesel. Gas Buddy was useful, as always.

Great trip Only problem is some overlooks are dead ends. Great state parks.

Been several years since I took that route, and the only issue I recall was mentioned earlier: finding diesel. I came close at one point to dropping the trailer to go search for fuel, as I was running on fumes when I finally found a pump. No place else have I ever had that issue.

Driving 0regon 101 is a great RV trip as long as you "slow down and smell the flowers". If you are in a big hurry you will be frustrated!!! Personally, I prefer to make reservations along the way especially on popular routes like 101 and during the summer months. Reservations can always be cancelled or changed if needed. I really choose not to wonder and hope at the end of each day of driving that I am going to be able to get a RV site. Life is too short to add unnecessary stress and anxiety to my RV life:(:(

We spend a lot of time on the Oregon Washington Coast.
Driving you rig on 101 will be no problem...getting a campsite in the summer months without a reservation might be a problem.

Oregon Coast is a fantastic RV trip...a must for any serious RV'er.

US 101 is not risky for any RV at any place. Avenue of the Giants...any camp site. All those mentioned by others.

US 101 is a great road. Don't worry about size.
Careful going through some of the towns. Streets can be narrow with street parking. Use inside lane!

You will not have any problems driving HWY 101. We had no issues with ours. If yours is diesel I would make sure that you start out on 101 with a full tank of diesel and fill up when you can. For some reason most diesel stations are membership fleet stations which will not sell to the public. Several RV parks that we enjoyed are:
Cannon Beach City Park- Lots of beautiful evergreens
Winchester Bay - Part of the Marina and close to the Oregon Sand Dunes
Sea Perch in Yachats- Some sites pull right up to the ocean
Redwood RV Resort in Crescent City- Camp between the redwoods
Enjoy

101 is just fine for your big RV. We've done it many times with our 40' towing. We really enjoy the state parks. Pick up at the northern part; one in the middle and one in the southern part and it will be very easy to cover the whole coast with day trips.

With our 40' we've stayed at Beverly Beach, Bullards Beach, Cape Blano Carl Washburne, Fort Stevens and Harris Beach (A Loop #15 is awesome)

We've done them all without reservations in all seasons. Pull in before noon makes it easy. Don't waste time siteseeing as you drive. Get parked first then head out.