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Oregon Coast Campgrounds
Yahoo Message Number: 56534
Anyone have favorites they can recommend?  Hookups not required.

Joe Hamm-San Jose
Re: Oregon Coast Campgrounds
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Yahoo Message Number: 56537
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Anyone have favorites they can recommend?  Hookups not required.

Joe Hamm-San Jose
We just came back from a trip along the middle section.  In Florence, we parked at a nice park near the wharf.  It's the only one near there and has a few full-hookup water spaces at $22 a night (I know, you said hookups not required but the water spaces are quite nice).

We also stayed at the Newport Marina in overflow parking (no hookups) for $16.50.  Great big parking lots with plenty of view parking.

Up in Lincoln City, we parked our rig in the upper level lot of the big Indian casino for free.  However, as we were in our truck camper, security said we were not considered an RV.  Actual RV units are not permitted except in the astoundingly unlevel RV area.  Do NOT attempt parking there!

Chris
Re: [Life With A Lazy Daze RV] Oregon Coast Campgrounds
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Yahoo Message Number: 56539
Without question, the best is South Beach State Park in Newport.  Beach is a short walk over the dunes.  Lots of space.  Best beach of any of them.

Dick Former Oregon resident
Re: Oregon Coast Campgrounds
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Yahoo Message Number: 56555
Joe,
 You are heading to an area that is so full of beauty that it is nearly impossible to pick one spot. Harris Beach SP is one of our favorites, as is Fort Stevens SP, Umpaqua Light, Heceta Light, and on & on & on!.

If we could only visit one place it would be Sunset Beach SP out of Coos Bay.  Camp at Sunset and either hike, bike or "Toad" to the nearby parks: Shore Acres (a great botanical garden); Cape Arago (excellent tide pools) and also stop along the way to Cape Arago to look at the seals sunning themselves on the rocks at the Simpson Reef Wildlife viewing area.

Come to think of it, extend your trip and stop at every campground along the way to Fort Stevens.

Dave & Paulette
Re: Oregon Coast Campgrounds
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Yahoo Message Number: 56562
Just looked at a cg map and realized that I had posted the wrong site #s. Looks like what I really meant were #46 & 48
Re: Oregon Coast Campgrounds
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Yahoo Message Number: 56563
We just got back from a vacation going down the Oregon coast from Newport to Brookings.  Beverly Beach State Park is outstanding. We also enjoyed Honeyman State Park (near Florence) and the sand dues and nearby lakes.  Harris Beach State Park
Oregon Coast Campgrounds
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Yahoo Message Number: 56700
Thanks to those who offered info.  Looks like you could spend entire summer in this area.
Off I go
Camp Guide Recommendation (long)
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Yahoo Message Number: 56714
We recently discovered a great campground guide and are eager to share.  It is "The Unofficial Guide to the Best RV and Tent Campgrounds in the U.S.A..  It includes "candid reviews & ratings of 2500 campgrounds" and "listings and locations for more than 5500 others."  (There are regional editions, one of which we received as a gift last year.  It is good, but the national one is even better.)
 One unique feature is the editors' listings, by state, of their Bests, with entries such as Best RV (or tent) Camping, Most beautiful, Most private, Quietest, Best Family-Oriented, etc.  Obviously, such entries are sometimes arbitrary, but they are great guidelines.
 In addition to the normal statistical info like number of sites, type of hook-ups, amenities, etc, there are also great descriptions such as this one I transcribed for Great Basin National Park:
 "One of the eight least visited National Parks in the nation, Great Basin's four campgrounds usually fill up only on weekends and holidays like Memorial Day, Labor Day, 4th of July, and Utah Pioneer Days (July).  Lower Lehman campsires offer ample privacy where the desert sagebrush, greasewood, and rabbit brush five way to evergreen pines and aspens in this vast park that includes apine meadows, cool streams, Lehman Caves, and nineteenth-century mining remnants like Osceola Ditch.  Lower Lehman Creek (six pull-through sites) and sites 1-8 of Upper Lehman Creek are best for RVs and trailers.
Upper Lehman has tent-only sites and the road narrows too much for all but the smallest trailers on the secluded loop with sites 17 – 24.  Wheeler Peak campground, further up a steep (8% grade) scenic road, is not recommended for long vehicles.  Four miles of sagebrush-lined dirt road lead to Baker Campground, which has seven pull-through sites."

Now, there's good news/bad news coming.
 The bad news is that this 1175-page guide, copyright 2002, is apparently already out of print.
 The good news is that there are used (including barely used) copies available over the internet.  We got our copy recently from A_Book_Place_4_U out of Portland OR,  which we found through Amazon.com.   The book, originally $21.99 cost only $1.75, for a copy that didn't look used at all!  Adding $3.49 for shipping and handling brought our total to $5.34 for a guide that I think runs circles around Woodalls, Trailer Life, etc.
 Disclaimer – I have no connection to Frommers, Amazon, A Book Place 4 U, or anyone else iinvolved here, except to share what I think is an incredible find with my Lazy Daze buddies.

/noel/