Sea and Sand RV Park

—————INTERNET—————

Verizon via iPhone 12: 29 mbps down and 3 mbps up with 30 ms ping. T-Mobile via Nighthawk MR-1100: 7.5 mbps down and 0.00 mbps up with 476 ms ping. RV park Wi-Fi across from the laundry (site 64): 5 mbps down and 0.50 mbps up with 19 ms ping.

——REASONS I STAYED HERE——

I needed a campground that was between Newport and Garibaldi (where I had campgrounds). I made reservations for this portion of my road trip a month in advance, so campground options were limited. Plus, I don't normally stay at RV parks unless they are a last option because of the expected higher price.

—————BASIC FAQ————— 

[Rig. Mercedes Sprinter. 22 feet]

Dump station? - Yes

Water fill or hookup? - Both

Electricity? - Yes

Clean site? - Yes

Clean bathroom? - Yes

Flush toilet? - Yes

Showers? - Yes

Laundry? - Yes

Dish washing sink? - not that I saw

—————PROS—————

→ The laundry facilities were great. I specifically chose site 64 to be across from it.

→ The front-desk lady was nice. She let me know that sites in oceanfront were available in case I wanted to upgrade. (This was early May.) I declined since I wasn't really there for the ocean.

→ I can see why people love this RV park. It feels safe. It's clean and well-manicured. I see complaints about all the rules but I'm sure they exist for a reason. The rules really aren't that bad. But be aware! For sewer hookups, you must have a screw down sewage connection! We only have one of those rubber sewer ends that squishes itself into openings but the connection was secure.

→ The RV park property is beachfront. The actual beachfront sites have one heck of a view. Even if you don't have a beachfront site, you can walk down there and sit on the bench and enjoy the view.

—————CONS—————

→ A quasi-con was that you have to pay quarters to operate the shower in the upper section. The showers down by the ocean were free. I didn't use either shower, though, as I used the shower in my van because I had sewer hookup.

—————OVERALL—————

5-stars - It’s a safe, inviting and well-manicured. It has all the amenities you can need and the property is well situated.

March 2021. This park is right off HWY101. Upon entry is a very nice view of the center of the park and a few speed bumps you have to really slow down for. Upon check in at the office 2 very nice lady’s where working where one greeted me and checked me in and gave me a bag of salt water taffy as a newcomer to the park along with papers of the park rules and TV cable channel listings and more. We had made previous reservations but the first 3 days we could not make it to the park, so the lady asked if we would like to start our weeks stay that day…“sure I said”. That was very unexpected and gracious of them! The area we stayed in was in the tree area and park rules said you could have wood camp fires. After we backed into of space#67 that was very easy because of the road in front of our space to the left. The site was gravel and almost level but sort of small in width and length but enough for our 21’ trailer and pickup. There was a 5” high concrete fire ring and a picnic table to the right of our space but that was all the room we had and no shrubs’ or anything between sites. It also had water and cable TV hook up along with a sewer that required a screw on sewer connection that in some sites were 25 plus feet from the rear of the site. The sites next to each side of us were very close about 3 feet apart. There were two parking areas for extra rigs. One was it the upper tree area and the other was just above the ocean site area as most of the sites in this area were only large enough for the RV and the toad or pull vehicle where as in the upper tree area there were many pull thru sites large enough for both rigs. The park was very-very clean and well kept. The both bathrooms were spotless and the upper bathroom had 3 showers with plastic curtains for.50 cents for 5 minutes time with really nice hot water. The lower bathroom toward the ocean was newer and the wife said the showers there had doors for privacy and were a lot nicer inside. The upper park area had a laundry room attached to the bathroom. To wash was$1.50 and to dry was.50 for 5 minutes time and had a large folding area. All the outside staff were very friendly and caring about their jobs. There was a path about half way down the park on the left side that went to the beach area access which we took and walked on the beach during low tide, but during high tide there is no beach access. The lower ocean site area has 3 levels that over looked the ocean. Very nice and more costly. At the 3rd lowest ocean site area there was a set of stairs that also went down to the beach area access. Park rules say the upper ocean site area could not have any wood fires and could only use propane fires with the exception of on the beach. The 4 rating was because of the closeness of the camp sites and the$26 nightly cost is because of camping off season. This RV park is a wonderful place to say at! We camped at Sea and Sand RV Park in a Travel Trailer

We enjoyed ourselves well enough at this location. It was pleasant finding a campground that didn't require you to cross the highway to get to the beach- we have small kids and you can see the problem there. The Forest area IS right next to the road though so you CAN hear traffic driving by, but it wasn't a deal breaker (for double the cost, you could have a beach site and be spared the noise if it really bothers you). 

The lady at the front was a bit gruff, but did give us a bag of salty water taffy for our first stay there. 

Overall, it did the job by giving us a place to stay so that we could be on the move for most of the day- but not much ability to play out and around our 5th wheel during downtime. 

Pro: 

-clean sites

-electrical and water

-no crossing the highway to get to the beach

-pretty trail to get to beach

-ocean area bathrooms are nice

-very close to stores and Lincoln City

-washers and dryers available

Con:

-"forest" bathroom requires payment for showers

-sites are VERY close to each other with awkward place of fire pits (forest area)

-front desk staff...little rough around the edges. 

-Pitbull dog ban. What year are we living in? (we don't own one currently, but this is a dated practice)

In February 2021 this park is right off HWY101. Upon entry is a very nice view of the center of the park and a few speed bumps you have to really slow down for. Upon check in at the office 2 very nice lady’s where working where one greeted me and checked me in and gave me a bag of salt water taffy as a newcomer to the park along with papers of the park rules and TV cable channel listings and more. We had made previous reservations but the first 3 days we could not make it to the park, so the lady asked if we would like to start our weeks stay that day…“sure I said”. That was very unexpected and gracious of them! The area we stayed in was in the tree area and park rules said you could have wood camp fires. After we backed into of space#67 that was very easy because of the road in front of our space to the left. The site was gravel and almost level but sort of small in width and length but enough for our 21’ trailer and pickup. There was a 5” high concrete fire ring and a picnic table to the right of our space but that was all the room we had and no shrubs’ or anything between sites. It also had water and cable TV hook up along with a sewer that required a screw on sewer connection that in some sites were 25 plus feet from the rear of the site. The sites next to each side of us were very close about 3 feet apart. There were two parking areas for extra rigs. One was it the upper tree area and the other was just above the ocean site area as most of the sites in this area were only large enough for the RV and the toad or pull vehicle where as in the upper tree area there were many pull thru sites large enough for both rigs. The park was very-very clean and well kept. The both bathrooms were spotless and the upper bathroom had 3 showers with plastic curtains for.50 cents for 5 minutes time with really nice hot water. The lower bathroom toward the ocean was newer and the wife said the showers there had doors for privacy and were a lot nicer inside. The upper park area had a laundry room attached to the bathroom. To wash was$1.50 and to dry was.50 for 5 minutes time and had a large folding area. All the outside staff were very friendly and caring about their jobs. There was a path about half way down the park on the left side that went to the beach area access which we took and walked on the beach during low tide, but during high tide there is no beach access. The lower ocean site area has 3 levels that over looked the ocean. Very nice and more costly. At the 3rd lowest ocean site area there was a set of stairs that also went down to the beach area access. Park rules say the upper ocean site area could not have any wood fires and could only use propane fires with the exception of on the beach. Lincoln city was only 15 minutes away to the north by car and Newport was about 25 minutes away to the south but there was a grocery store about 5 minutes to the south from the RV park the had a good selection of items. The 4 rating was because of the closeness of the camp sites and the$26 nightly cost is because of camping off season. This RV park is a wonderful place to say at!