Patrick's Point State Park

This is a lovely state park. Our site was the most private, expansive site in the park. We had some cell coverage. Water spigots we’re close by. Rest rooms were clean and well maintained. We can’t give the park a 5 star because the dump station was closed. There is a dump station close - go 1 exit south on 101, get back on 101 North, the exit at the next rest area - free dump here. Enjoy your stay!

After spending a month in many beautifully maintained Oregon State parks, it was incredibly disheartening to be back in my home state and see how poorly maintained and neglected Patrick's point state park is. The trails and scenic wonders of the beach , bluffs, and forest did much to revive our spirits but the campgrounds are disgraceful. We asked to be moved to a different site after finding that our reserved site reeked and was disgustingly FILLED with feces, urine stench, and rotting fruit. Agate loop is dense with over grown shrubbery and vines, sites are small, not level, and the restrooms were horrible. The bottom of the stall doors are higher than the toilet seat, they are dirty (not in a nature campy way) and dilapidated. The showers are on par with the bathrooms. Walls that were way too short, I would not have been able avoid seeing the entire upper half of a person in the next stall. A quarter buys you 30 seconds of COLD water. The wooded, more spacious Abalone loop was better, but still had lots of trash around, poor bathrooms and even poorer showers. The roads within the park had areas that were very narrow and rough with some tight turns that would be difficult to impossible for bigger rigs and no signage to alert visitors of this. The park web site and reserveamerica both list a dump station as an amenity but the dump was not working and clearly hadn't been for some time. Since we boondock on BLM and FS land interspersed with state parks in order to get access to showers and a dump station, this was a problem for this visitor's well planned trip. This spactacular place deserves better treatment and the high fees in totally full campgrounds sure don't seem to be going into the park facilities.

Patrick’s Point is the favorite campground of my youth... probably mostly due to the hours and hours of scouring the Agate Beach for the elusive beauties. I have spent many a damp night camping in a tent and cooking cowering under a makeshift tarp. Agate fever I suspect.

It was nice to experience it again from the comfort of our RV even though there are no hookups. You drive through the day use parking area to get to the Agate Beach Loop. A number of the sites have good privacy, some are more level and deeper than others. It appears that four rentable cabins have been added opposite the dayuse parking lot.

Having just worked our way down the Oregon Coast we couldn’t help but compare the price and amenities of Oregon and California State Park Campgrounds. In the last two parks in Oregon we had electric and water hookups for less than nothing here. I never thought that would matter, but it does.

There are several state and federal parks along the northern California redwood coast. This is one of the best. Fantastic ocean views and sunsets from bluffs adjacent to the campground. A fabulous beach over 5 miles long. If you chose to walk its length you are nearly guaranteed to be the only person for miles in either direction the further from the campground you hike.

The campground is like many California State Park campgrounds. Heavily used and facilities somewhat dated. The main access roads are paved and easy to navigate with a longer trailer in tow. The pads are gravel and as level as gravel pads go. Expect to do a little leveling work. I'm sure the park was designed with tent camping in mind. Not all sites can accommodate longer RVs and trailers so check prior to reserving. Regarding reservations, these are mandatory if you need to have availability on a specified date during the summer. Sites are taken quickly as they open. Good luck just showing up.

The park itself is very large. There are two campgrounds separated by a large open area. I prefer to camp in the Agate campground as its closest to the beach (Agate Beach). It also have more of the larger and flatter campsites. There are numerous hiking trails within the park. It's a great place for kids to ride their bikes.

I give the park a five star. The campground and campsites themselves, maybe deserve three stars, but the park, the beach, the surrounding redwoods is all five star. No cell service, but so what.

We were staying at the nearby Sounds of the Sea RV Park and frequently checked reserveamerica.com to see if a spot opened up at the park directly. We got lucky and were able to snag a 1 night stay. Our site (98) was one of the larger, more secluded spots we saw in the park.

This park is beautiful and there is plenty to do! There are a lot of Jr. Ranger Programs during the summer that the kids absolutely loved, you can look for agates on the beach, hike along the bluff, visit the Sumeg village, and check out the tidepools.

The only thing that would make it better would be Verizon signal, but we made the most of the night we spent there and caught up on work the next day.