Morro Strand State Beach

We’ve come back and while the facilities are a little old and the grounds have small bits of camper trash, we keep coming back to this unique beach front but protected campsite. We love the sites at the front parallel to the beach - but these sites are dry camping.

Easy access to San Simeon, Cambria, Hearst Castle etc. we will be back again in a few years time. We love walking the beach.

The campground is a parking lot, but we had two large spaces in which to park with a large grass strip/island in between. The strip is large enough for our 12’ canopy, which we placed over the provided picnic table. There is also a large firepit. Each grassy island has a water spigot to share (not a hookup). There are large bathrooms with flush toilets near by. You can’t see the ocean from many sites - from what I could tell because of the sand dunes. It is a short walk on paths to the ocean.

We had one of the longer sites parallel to the beach vegetation for our truck and trailer. No hookups. The trailer was on asphalt and the site was sandy with a firepit. The tall vegetation protected us from the wind yet we could see over it from inside the trailer. People passing by walked right next to the trailer often looking in the door instead of giving it a wide berth. Rude. Otherwise, all were enjoying themselves. No rowdy campers. Quiet at night. Great sunset. Grocery store nearby and quick drive to downtown Morro Bay.

We have stayed here multiple times now on trips up and down the coast. It’s great if you get a beach front spot. Some offer nice views some have sand dunes. Middle rows are decent and you get both sides of middle island, Which is good if your going with friends or family.

Beach is real nice and great spot to find sand dollars and shells when tide is out. Nice view of morro rock and great for walks or runs. Very close to a brewery and town is a short drive.

Cellular access on Verizon is great so can easily work remote etc if you need to

First time dry camping in our travel trailer. I booked a month in advance since they are only taking online reservations due to Covid-19. They do provide full hook but they were all taking. We stayed on site 20 which was great for us. The site has two separate parking spaces that will accommodate a 24ft RV and vehicle.The site also has a picnic table, burn pit, and the shared water value is about 5ft away. Clean restrooms which are about 50ft away. Great experience will book again!

This is a great spot by the beach, just a few miles north of Morro Bay. Not all sites have hook up, I stayed in a spot that didn’t. It is essentially a parking lot. You cannot fit rigs bigger than 24’ in the non hook up section, the hook up sites also will not easily accommodate really large rigs. Pricey at $35 for no hook up, I think full hook up is $50. You have to have reservations as they will not accept walk ups or adjustments due to Covid-19. Fairly quiet. I had good cell and WiFi here, albeit slow.