Frisco Campground

Frisco Campground was really nice, we certainly plan to visit again. Sites are well protected (unlike other CGs in the area) and only a short walk to the beach. Visitors are really friendly and unpretentious.
My only criticism is that the site we were in wasn't very level (hence 4 stars on Quality), about 5" off in one corner of our 144' wheel base van. But if you can level things up, you should be OK.
Note that the sites farthest away from the beach are higher in elevation and sometimes have a real nice view towards the ocean.

Campground was mostly empty in mid Nov. Very quiet and peaceful. Sites have reasonable separation for some degree of privacy, even though all are close to the roads. No hookups or dump station. The showers are cold and not fully enclosed. There is a 1/3 mile long boardwalk and sandy path to the beach, which is beautiful. Only complaint were the sand spurs that stuck to our shoes, clothes, bike tires, etc. and were painful to remove.

We took our trailer on the free ferry from Hatteras to Ocracoke Island for our next stop. Be sure to monitor weather forecasts before and during your stay here, as Atlantic storms can be serious.

Gorgeous spot.

A little bit of a drive out but still worth it.

All the sites are very different. Some have shade, some have none, some have their picnic table way back in the trees, some (like ours) had the grill stuck in the bushes.

Our site 61 was great. The seating was next to the RV instead of behind it. Also, we were high enough up we could see the water and hear it at night.

Beach access is just a short drive away.

Good food at the tavern on 12 near by.

15 mins to Cape Hatteras.

Showers are only cold! Plan on just using them to rinse off sand.

If planning on driving out on the beach, be sure to check permit requirements for when you will be there.

Frisco Campground couldn’t have been nicer! I would give this place 10 stars if I could. This was the first campground where I heard more noise from the outdoors than from the other campers. I literally fell asleep to a “frog & circadian orchestra.” I enjoyed seeing the bunnies on my morning walk. I was wowed by the sunrises!

There are many very private sites, with shade and most seem to have easy trails to the bathrooms / shower house. The bathrooms & showers were clean.

Two well maintained boardwalks from the campground lead right to the beach. The beach was pristine! It was the nicest “wild” beach I’ve gone to.

Everything about this place was good, even the park ranger was really helpful and friendly.

Be warned though … none of the sites have electricity or water. There is water at the bath house, if you don’t bring your own. The showers are cold water … which to me felt great after a sandy, humid, 85 degree day. Many of the sites have small “driveways” so if you aren’t tent camping check the dimensions of the driveway. I also noticed that the “tent” areas at sites really vary in size so if you have a larger tent check the size of the “tent pad.”

Visited June 2021. Showers are cold water only. Frogs hang out in showers and restrooms. Short walk or drive to beach. You can drive on beach with a permit. 5 mile hike to lighthouse, but bugs on trail were horrible. Campsite is hot in summer, little shade. First 2 nights it rained and we got too hot with windows closed. Don’t walk barefoot( cacti and sand spurs). We have seen deer, rabbits, birds, fish, and lots of bugs.

We like the openness, proximity to the beach, and historic sites in this area. The outer banks are a photographers paradise. We were very surprised by the amount of cactus and bull thorns here so this is not the best barefoot/bike/dog friendly campground. Wear shoes and keep Fifi on the pavement and you will have a great time.

Our particular site does not have an ocean view but many on loop P do towards the top. Price we paid reflects the Senior Pass 50% Discount.

The basics: the campground is clean, the bathrooms are clean, the sites have some privacy, and some sites have shade but most don’t. The beach is close but not right next to the campground. The campsites might require some leveling blocks, ours did. The campground is a bit hilly.

What does this campground have? Cooking grills at each site, picnic tables at each site, garbage dumpsters, free permits for beach campfires. The campground only has cold water outdoor showers with lockable doors. If you need a water fill and dump station you’ll actually need to drive over to Cape Point Campground and use it there. It’s the sister campground to the Frisco Campground. As far as I could tell this campground doesn’t have water, power or sewer hookups. At the time this review is posted there’s warning signs everywhere telling you the water in the campground isn’t potable due to high chlorine levels. So plan your water carefully.

Much like in Ocracoke, prepare for your trip. If it’s cold, you probably don’t want to use the ice cold water outdoor showers. In the summer the water might feel nice. But then it’ll be hot and you’ll need to prepare for some shade. This campground had some mosquitos and it was only about 75 at the warmest. Be careful of the sandspurs EVERYWHERE. Even at the path to the beach because people brought them over on their footwear.

I give this campground 5 stars because it fulfills every need. But to be honest we really didn’t spend much time at the campground. In this location, we stayed away most of the time doing stuff elsewhere.

Internet. At campsite P038, we had bad cell signal. As we discovered, your location in the campground dictates your cell reception because the campground is hilly. The higher in altitude your site is, the clearer line-of-site signal you’ll have. The speeds were pretty fantastic with good line-of-sight. But at campsite P038 with Verizon on an iPhone 12 we had 1.6 Mbps down, 0.4 Mbps up and 61 ping. With a cell booster I had a much better connection but I wouldn’t have been able to video chat.

Big campground with decent space between sites. Watch out for cacti and other prickly things in the grass.

Parked on the P loop to be closer to the beach boardwalk. He sites at the top are up the hill and have a nice view of the water.

Two of the bathrooms were open (post-Covid). They were ok. A used tampon on the floor of the shower turned us off!

They don’t have first come, first served anymore. Every site has to be reserved in advance.

The beach was pretty with lots of shells, but tons of 4x4 trucks and jeeps driving around was less than appealing to those who just want to walk on quiet beach.

One bar of Verizon service.

Absolutely nothing to complain about here. Beautiful and fairly secluded campground. While we were there, they were repaving the whole campground (Oct 19) and the repaved sites looked nice and level. A short walk to the beach on the boardwalk. There is also a 4 mile, fairly packed road that goes to Cape Hatteras which would be convienent for fat tire bikes but we were too lazy. There is also a hiking path through the woods. Close to town for your seafood fix. Verizon, AT&T and TMobile all suitable for streaming, unboosted.