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"Friendly staff!! Just a little tight for my liking!! Would go back in the winter months!"
"It feels very safe and secure. There are boats to rent for crabbing and clamming and shellfish licenses for sale. The staff was very helpful and accommodating."
"Small but clean and nice the shower/restroom is a converted motel room so it’s super clean and nice. Has a few pull-troughs for smaller set-ups, back in for the rest."
"In the cute little fishing town of Garibaldi, on the Oregon Coast, we found this gem of an RV park."
"We are full-timers in a 36 ft Class A with a Cherokee Trailhawk tow. We were in site 8 for 4 days in mid September."
"This is a well-run and nicely appointed RV site with clean showers and rest rooms and an excellent laundry facility. Yurts are available."
$50 - $350 / night
"In November 2020 the road into the park was rough and full of many pot holes but had lots of drive space."
"The annual "Sunsets and Crabs" event by the Teardroppers of Oregon and Washington has been held here for a several years, and it is an amazing event."
$20 / night
"$20 a night now
Windy, tents should choose sites near wind break/camp host."
"I was able to fit my 13ft pull behind with a canopy, a 2nd canopy and a 3 person tent as well as two SUV’s. The sites are grassy and many have a view of the bay."
"Small but nice, and trailer & RV friendly. Very friendly & helpful staff. Nice & clean restrooms. Fires allowed. Pets allowed at site but not on beach. Seemed a little expensive."
"It's nestled in the woods next to the beach with the cute little town of Pacific City just 5 minutes away. The staff was very friendly."
"The campsite does tents, rv, and travel trailers. Full hookups, bathrooms.
Bunny rabbits run around there's a pool game area. Beach is maybe a mile away plenty of restaurants and things to do"
$45 / night
"Sites are all gravel and level. Reservations and check-in was done all online. No host was at campground but there is a phone number for contact. WiFi was good. Dump station is available."
$30 - $95 / night
"The park is in a beautiful location (right on a river) and staff is very nice. Cons: over half the park live there (and a couple residents were interesting…) and the highway noise is loud all night."
$30 - $45 / night
"They have a bunch of feral rabbits around the place, fun to watch. Facilities re clean and well maintained. Easy access on and out, most sites are pull through. Sites are close"
"Several trees around for shade. We were there for a month and had no issues. WiFi not the best but it did ok. Other than that, we would definitely stay there again if back in the area."
GuideLoved this State Park! The trails around it were fun and led from the camp right up to the beach by the old ship wreck. My kids ages 2-14 always had something to do and we brought our bikes. The camping sites and RV sites are cheap compared to Utah, Washington and Idaho rates, but they were also very nice! A little close together but nice. You have to book your site months in advance at this place because it fills up fast. So much to do in this area! Close to seaside, the fort Stevens retired military site was free and interesting-with a scavenger hunt and prize at the end for the kids who complete it. Also, close to Astoria which also has many things to do! Loved that it was close enough to drive over the Columbia River to get to Washington to see the light houses!
Campground info
174 full-hookup sites (36 pull-through) 302 electrical sites with water (11 pull-through) Six tent sites with water nearby 15 yurts (7 pet-friendly) 11 deluxe cabins (5 pet-friendly) Hiker/biker camp Flush toilets and hot showers RV dump station Adult and Youth Bike Rentals 9-hole Columbia Shore Disc Golf Course
GuideJust east of Hwy 101 in Cannon Beach, this RV resort is an easy (really!) 10 minute walk to the beach, just north of Haystack Rock. A sidewalk underpass under 101 and a path through a small city park makes it a family-friendly, dog-friendly walk to the outstanding beach sunsets. A bit longer walk (or easy bike ride) takes you into the heart of Cannon Beach with all the restaurants, ice cream shops, galleries, coffee shops and candy stores. Campground is open year round, has full hook-ups, good wifi, well managed and maintained, has an indoor pool and hot tub (pool facility was closed during covid, check on availability) decent bath houses (also closed during covid), nice sites with lots of tall trees. They also sell propane, firewood and have a gas station. (And they even have an electric car charging station, if you need it) Fun fact: In the winter months you will likely see the local elk herd around town. Note: no tents allowed and our ATT service only has one bar at our site. Would definitely recommend this place for RV camping.
TravelerOur stay at the Lincoln City Premier RV Resort was good. The space was clean and the utility hookups were well maintained and functional. And, staff were very nice and accommodating. We upgraded to a pull through and in hindsight should not have. It was close to the road, and many of the trailers in the pull through section appeared to be long term occupants, at least a couple left early in the morning for work and returned in the afternoon. The location although easy to get both north and south from because it is adjacent to the highway, was in a part of town that seemed a little economically depressed. I would have rated it higher but for the price, I expected more. UPDATE We visited this park for a second time in 2023 and selected a back in site near the north east section of the park and loved it. We are changing our rating to five stars.
RangerLarge RV campground just south of town. Very quiet. Friendly staff. Dog friendly including a fenced off dog run! The pups were happy to stretch their legs. Clean bathrooms and warm showers. Laundry on site. We stayed on the grass over in boondock side. Level sites. If you need power/water...those sites looked large and had decent amount of space between. We showed up after office hours and we’re still able to snag a spot.
GuideClose to town biking or walking. Nice well kept grounds. Cable tv hookups WiFi (although not very robust) Ethernet jacks at power posts, so you could make your own WiFi I guess. Great spot for camping and working. Nice friendly staff. It has the only gas station in town also has air and propane stations.
GuideTucked away in the trees of Cannon Beach is this nice little RV Resort. All amenities were top notch for your needs at a park. The Elk greeted us and were eating all the flowers as we entered. Gas station, propane, laundry, showers, convenience store, pool and two shower/restroom facilities. Paved parking spots with fire pit, picnic tables and full hookup.
LegendThe state park (SP) was fairly easy to find as there are SP signs well before the park, and all the way to the park regardless of which direction you are coming in from. WAZE and our RV GPS wanted to take us down other streets, but we held the course following the signs. There are multiple ways to get to the park, but the signs lead you to the most RV friendly roads. We turned into the park entrance, where there was a huge parking lot and a sign to register. Check-in was quick and easy. Our cost was an $8 online booking fee, with both of us having the Oregon State Park Disabled Veteran Pass. This pass provides 10 days of free camping per month to disabled veterans, resident or non-resident. We proceeded right out of the parking lot and to the H loop, where we drove to site H10 with FHUs. This is an old loop with lots of trees, but the road was passable with our 40’ fifth wheel. However, site H10 has a brush on the driver’s side and low-hanging trees on the passenger side. It’s a tight back-in, and you have to hit the pad exactly to keep from scraping the driver’s side, and we brushed branches on our 13.5’ roof. After several tries and some minor scraping, we got into the site. We asked a park ranger if we could trim the branches so they wouldn’t scrape the roof, especially in the wind. The ranger gave us permission to hand trim. On select loops(there’s a sign as you exit the registration parking lot on where) they sell firewood by the camp host areas for $7 a bundle. They also sell kindling for $4 a bundle. The water pressure was okay, and we had no issues with the sewer or electric. As we were here for two weeks and football junkies, we tried to get Starlink to connect with no luck as there were too many trees. We had 2 bars on Verizon, so we were able to get some internet with our MiFi. Fort Stevens is a huge campground with a variety of site sizes and utility options. The best loop for big rigs, in our opinion, is the newer O loop(water and electric 50/30/20 AMP only) that doesn’t have as many trees or shrubs between sites. The O loop’s even-numbered sites 2-26 are big-rig friendly and open enough to provide satellite shots, especially for Starlink. In general, just our opinion, loops B, C, D, E, F, G& M, are better suited for tents and/or shorter rigs(up to 35’). Class A's and 5th wheels may have trouble with overhead branches. Loops I, J, and N have plenty of sites that will fit big rigs, but read reviews as loops I and J are heavily wooded with overhead branches and brush/shrubs separating sites like in the H loop. There are a ton of trails to walk or bike. We really enjoyed all that Fort Stevens State Park has to offer, with a side benefit being all the elk roaming around the campground and deer hanging out at our campsite.
GuideThis is a split park 30 amp on one side 50 amp on the other. Right close to town and shopping, restaurants etc. the park was nice and well kept. The laundry was decent. Lots of sights to see around there. Astoria is a short drive away with many scenic spots.
TravelerWe are a group of two traveling with a truck towing a 21 foot trailer. We booked a pull through site (plenty of these and more back-ins) and it fit boats the truck and trailer. All parking spots are well marked. Clean area with picnic table and fire pit. Something to note is we wish we brought our bikes. The park is so big and we didn’t get to explore beyond the RV parking area into the state park area. If you have a chance visit the maritime museum in Astoria. There’s also a laundromat outside the park that we’d definitely use again. It was super clean and convenient to get to.
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