Oregon Coast Trip

Any of the Otegon State parks will accomodate you. In addition there are some nice private parks worth visiting. Netarts Bay RV west of Tillamook, and Salmon Harbor at Winchester bay are two that come to mind. Be sure to start your trip with Ft Stevens for the history. Ft Clatsop is close by besides the nive museum at Ft Stevens.
Guaranteed you will need reservations if your visiting during the peak summer season.

I would start browsing reserve America and see what parks are beginning to fill up. Always gives me a good idea of how popular an area is - and at what time of year.

Haven't seen any boondocking areas along the coast. Great State Parks and plenty of RV parks along the way.

All serious RV'ers must do an Oregon Coast trip. It's an awesome RV destination.

But, mid August....Coat and tie are not required, RESERVATIONS are.
Any and all of the Oregon State Parks are where you should start.

Oregon State Parks...LINK

Fort Stevens at the mouth of the Columbia river is a very nice campground.

Oregon has some of the best State Campgrounds in the country. At the bottom of the state - try Harris Beach SP. In the Newport area try Beverly Beach ... at the top of the State try Fort Stevens. Canon Beach is a great place to visit - no state park but nice private owned campground. I don't camp much in August because I don't like crowds ... I wait till kids go back to school .. suggest you make reservations. Not much (if any) boondocking on Oregon Coast.

We lived in Lincoln City on the central Oregon coast and go back often. Including next week

The Whale watching tours in Depoe Bay are great

Any one of the Mo's restaurants on the coast is great. For the view we like the one in the south end of Lincoln City on Siletz Bay - from the restaurant we always see bald eagles and sea lions on the sand bar across the water.

You will also see lots of sea lions on the water front in Newport.

Of course no trip to the coast would be complete without going agate hunting on the beaches.

For the view go to the Inn at Spanish Head in Lincoln City and go to the top floor. I was GM there in 1972.

Pier 101 in Lincoln City has razor clams to die for. I attended the opening of the restaurant 40 years ago.

A free attraction with a world class view is The Lookout Observatory & Gift Shop 3 miles South of Depoe Bay @ Cape Foulweather


Oregon State Parks - north to south
Park Full Hookup Electric Near City Region
Fort Stevens 170 300 Astoria North
Cape Lookout 35 1 Tillamook North
Devils Lake 25 5 Lincoln City North

Beverly Beach 53 75 North of Newport Central
Washburne 50 5 Florence Central
Honeymoon 45 120 South of Florence Central
Umpqua Lighthouse 10 9 Winchester Bay Central

Sunset Bay 30 35 Coos Bay South
Bullards Beach 100 82 Bandon South
Harris Beach 35 50 Brookings South

You will see that there are no complaints about the Oregon coast trip you are planning. Only great tips.

The only thing I want to add....is plan to go to the coast at the north end of the state. That will have the water and views on your right as you drive down. Going the other way, has you having to cross the highway often...like every 2 or 3 miles...to go look and that is a tough bit of pavement. Getting off the highway is not so bad but getting back into traffic is bad...even dangerous because people see an RV as an obstacle to NOT allow in. Even other RV'rs will accelerate to get in front of you as you are trying to pull out thru traffic and into the north-bound traffic flow. I kid you not and have done the drive many many times.

Yes..reservations in State parks. They are truly the best. There will be no boondocking to be found. (there are a coupe of beaches where there is parking lot camping and a couple of highway rest areas but as was said..August? ha...

Book as soon as you can to avoid the camp ground grind. (That's driving in and out of every campground looking for a vacancy.) There are only a few cg's at the beach, so do your research now.

http://www.oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=visit.dsp_find


Gary Haupt

Amazingly, some of the Oregon State Parks have partial hookups -- this photo was taken on the beach at Nehalem Bay State Park in late September of 2014:



And if you like seafood, don't miss Kelley's Crabs in Brighton.

rr2254545 wrote:


You will also see lots of sea lions on the water front in Newport.

I think you mean the "bay" front, don't you?

d-mac1...in addition to Beverly Beach just north of Newport, there is also South Beach just south of Newport. Also, there are many, many private rv parks all along the coast. In our first trip down the coast we stayed at Premier RV Park in Lincoln City....high on a bluff with a pretty good view. We have also stayed at the Newport Bay rv park that is just over the bridge and right next door to the NOAA installation with direct access to the Yaquina Bay. Crab, Salmon, Halibut fishing is plentiful. Winchester Bay is another very good private rv park worth staying at.

As for boondocking.... most (if not all) of the casinos offer free parking. I know both the Chinook Winds (Lincoln City) casino and Three Rivers in Florence offer this. I'm sure others do too.

I second the motion to do your best to travel the coast from North to South for the reason given previously.

Ron

rr2254545 wrote:


Any one of the Mo's restaurants on the coast is great.

Sorry,but I have to disagree 110% with this comment. Mo's has to be some of the worst chowder on the west coast bar none! Gracys Sea Hag in Depot bay or Chowder Bowl in Nye beach are by far better.