First Landing State Park

First, the reservation system for this park was clunky. If you are familiar with the park and the sites, it might be fine but we were not so we reserved a non-specific site. This was a mistake as most (and the only ones left when we arrived) backed right up against a busy road! We were able to select a site specific site for a nominal ... more

Our campsite at First Landing State Park was on the bay side. It was sandy and un-level but was one of the bigger sites that easily fit our 27' Airstream and F-250. The best part about this site was the short walk out to the beach. The downside was that it had some sort of goat head prickers in the sand that got on my socks and pants ... more

The first thing you notice here is that the RV sites are very close to the beach. But we enjoyed the hiking trails here more. They are on the south side of the park and include the "Bald Cyprus Nature Trail". That goes thorough lagoons filled with Bald Cypress and Spanish Moss. We joined a ranger led trail on it and it was excelle... more

Loved this campground! If you want to camp in the dunes only minutes from the beach with easy access to miles of forested trails, this is the place to come. We spent a week here enjoying our site, long walks on the beach, and some great hiking and biking trails. The campground has a lot of sites, but be warned that the magority are on ... more

I've stayed here three times now, and enjoyed all three visits. As with all the beaches on the Atlantic seaboard, there are dunes which basically prevent you from actually SEEING the beach from any campsite unless you're really high (like on top of your RV) but most of the sites are literally a five minute walk over a crossing point fr... more