Pacific Beach State Park

Fabulous staff & hosts. Yes system can be funky to get a site. Suggest just getting there during staff hours and dealing with a professional. 9:30-11; 1:30-3:30 - ish. Staff shortages sometimes lead to the "ish". We walked in, no reservations, had to stay longer than planned to access pet care, but I was there at 9:20am & with daily ca... more

The park was spotless and the neighbors quiet. Rolling in without a reservation requires a goofy process of walking to a self-service registration area where one finds a list of unreserved spaces for the day. This list seems to be static throughout the day so it requires the transient camper to drive or walk around checking each site t... more

Pacific Beach State Park, Grays Harbor County. Where is the line between camping and beach party? Well, here it is. This is the only Washington State Park with camping right on the beach. The explosion of color from the kites and windsocks seem to pay homage to this beautiful stretch of beach, where beach fires are not only allowed, bu... more

This park is all about the beach and is very popular with families. The sites are very close together and site 13, where we stayed, backed up to the day use area parking so there was a lot of vehicle traffic. Site boundaries were not respected, we continually had people walking and kids biking through our campsite, right past our bac... more