Huntington Beach State Park Campground

We stayed in Site 20, a level and flat parking pad. Water and electric hookup. Very clean bathroom and showers. We stayed with our tween boys who loved riding their bikes around the various loops of the North Campground. Very easy access to the beach. Great bird watching in the marsh. Friendly staff in the visitors center. Several short walking and biking paths. Easy drive to restaurants. We also drove to Georgetown one day to explore the historic town.

We would definitely stay here again. We stayed for five days and feel like we still have other bits to explore.

We stayed a week in early February. Our stay was peaceful and quiet. Campsites in the North Campground back loop are spaced well apart and have trees and bushes in between that give a nice sense of seclusion. Easy walk to the beach. Staff was very friendly and the park was well kept and clean. Grounds and Brookgreen Gardens were beautiful. We highly recommend Huntington Beach State Park

Site 123 has nice screening even from the bathroom that it's across from. Also had excellent Wifi service being close to the bathroom. Good for Zoom meetings. We used the WiFi as it was much better than Verizon.

Site 76 has no screening, a tiny bit of shade, though not over the pad nor over the picnic table. Most sites in this area had little shade.

At the end of April campground was full and quiet. Bathrooms and showers clean and functional. Outstanding access to beach from both North and South campgrounds.

WiFi also available at tables with power outlets near visitor center. Very nice playground. A few short trails in the woods. Great wildlife viewing for alligators and water birds along causeway in and out of park.

Note: no sites have beach view, there is screening all the way along.

Site 123 has nice screening even from the bathroom that it's across from. Also had excellent Wifi service being close to the bathroom. Good for Zoom meetings. We used the WiFi as it was much better than Verizon.

Site 76 has no screening, a tiny bit of shade, though not over the pad nor over the picnic table. Most sites in this area had little shade.

At the end of April campground was full and quiet. Bathrooms and showers clean and functional. Outstanding access to beach from both North and South campgrounds.

WiFi also available at tables with power outlets near visitor center. Very nice playground. A few short trails in the woods. Great wildlife viewing for alligators and water birds along causeway in and out of park.

Note: no sites have beach view, there is screening all the way along.

We stayed here in February and we’re super happy. It’s just very hard to find a free spot on a short planning horizon. Bathrooms were pleasant. Short, easy walk to the beach on a concrete slab; Wide, empty beaches and a park like, widely spaced campground.
I can recommend lee’s farmers market for outstanding meets, cheese and other hard to get foods.

We had a wonderful stay at HBSP and would recommend it to anyone looking for a clean, easy-to-access, affordable, on-the-beach campground. The campground is split between the north and the south (5 minute walk between the two). We stayed on the north campground and found most sites were spacious and well maintained. Most have electric and water, although some in the north are also full hookups. We stayed on site 123 and thought it exceptionally quiet and well shaded. The south campground is all full hookups, but the sites are much closer together (think KOA / commercial campground layout). Still very pleasant with its own direct beach access, but we preferred the space in the north. The beach is a very short walk along dedicated access points. There’s a lovely gift shop, and a variety of walks / state park activities. We immediately booked to return!

I understand rising costs, perhaps even the 75% increase in 2022 to 2023. I understand 2024 price will increase to $80. With that increase should come improved and better services however this is not the case:
1) Bathroom showers are decreasing in hygiene, with hair & other debris left in the shower floor despite being the first one in there after cleaning. This happened 2 of the 3x I took a shower. 2) Staff had been previously good about making sure campers departed at noon. This time we were moving from one site to another directly next to us. At noon, the campers who were supposed to depart started to prepare lunch, finally departing at 1:30. This despite the fact that we informed the hosts who drove by in carts. Another cart driven by a ranger drove by 3 times & didn’t stop to inquire about urge campers to get along. 3) More trash & debris in sites than we’ve ever seen (this is our 8th stay).

So if the price is to increase almost 100%, then be prepared to up your attention to campground.

This is one of our favorite places to go. The rates are higher than most state parks, but there's also more there, beach, marsh, wildlife (especially birds!), hiking, Atalaya Castle, plus the fabulous Brookgreen Gardens right across the road. Our only downside on this trip were the bagworms in the trees around our site that made a mess on our roof.

(We actually stayed here last year (10/18/21) and I am going by my notes)
BEAUTIFUL Park!! Hard to get into. I was lucky and someone canceled while I was checking for a cancelation! Our neighbors were their friends and said they got Covid and had to cancel. Listed as one of the best sites at the park also! VERY LUCKY!
A short walk thru the woods on a path and you are at the beach. You can actually hear the waves crashing at night.
Lots of beautiful hikes. The salt marsh hike is lovely. We took a 4 mile hike and came upon a VERY large alligator!!!! The causeway is a good hangout spot. You'll see gator, fish jumping and several different birds. There are other hikes around town and lots of neat shopping areas. (Harborwalk, Marshwalk, etc,)
There are places to Kayak, but because of seeing that huge alligator, I chose not to. :)
Will DEFINITELY stay here again!!!