South Beach State Park

Nice State Park CG. Friendly rangers, great trails, beach access, clean.

This is a huge campground (227 E/W, 60 tent, 27 yurts, plus group sites) and most of the traffic passes along a main two-way thoroughfare. Even early in the season, the traffic was near constant so pick a spot on the far side of the loops if you can. The sites are paved and level but relatively close together without much in the wa... more

Good sites, though not a lot of trees to obscure the campsites.

Nice park that's close to all of Newport's sites. Even in the late season drive-up campers can only pay/reserve their site one night at a time as they take online reservations on all the loops. Sites we're pretty nice, though some lack privacy.l, bathrooms in good shape. The beach is fantastic and there are lots of trails through... more

We camped at this campground for 5 days. It is a well kept park. The campground is about 1/3 to 1/2 mile from the beach and has several pave pathways to it. The showers are clean and the water is warm. The sites are level and the driveways are paved. There is a hospitality center near the entrance that has information about the area an... more

This is a huge campground and was intimidating at first. The sites are fairly close together and wide open with dried grass fields and scrubby pine trees. It was quieter at our site than we expected and there was natural foliage at the back of our site. There is a playground structure in the middle of the loop. The shower has dual cont... more

This wasn't one of our favorite state parks. It's in a great location and that was the part we did like, but what we didn't like is how crowded and noisy it is and how close the sites are together. We are used to having some sort of privacy at state parks, with trees and space, but this park was not like that. The sites are really clos... more

We had a great, wooded site on the outer rim of the circle and it gave us a lot of privacy in such a large campground. I don't think we would have liked it as much if we had camped in one of the inner circle sites that are more open. We loved riding the bike trail to the south jetty, under the bridge, over to the aquarium, the marin... more

We definitely enjoyed our stay here. Our site had tons of space. There were a great many families when we were here the week after 4th of july. The playground had decent equipment, and served as a great gathering area for all the park's many children. Our site backed right to the playground so this was perfect. The showers were clean a... more

This is a big campground, multiple loops, with a big set of yurts and a half-dozen camp hosts for various areas. The rangers on check-in are thorough and the map is really helpful. Each loop has toilets and free showers (yay!) and a play area for kids. There are several trails to the beach, and a paved bike trail to the aquarium an... more