South Beach State Park Campground

Located just south of Newport South Beach State Park is a great base for exploring the north-central Oregon Coast. Newport is a cute coastal town with a lot of services and the wharf is very fun to explore. Yaquina Bay has some great clamming (our first time and we got a few).

The campground is very pleasant; it's far enough from the beach that the wind is reduced and much warmer; but it's around 1/3 of a mile hike to the beach (a bit much for our 14 year old dog.

Showers are will maintained and clean. Staff friendly.

Like many Oregon State parks, it's like a small very organized camping city. We had to hop spots because our Class A could not make the cut into the spot we had reserved. I want to make a special thank you for the campers that would not help in the slightest by offering to get up out of their chair to move a vehicle. I appreciate the slack jawed yokel look for sure. Regardless the Oregon rangers cheerfully moved us to a site that worked. Easy walk to the beach through a sea of campers and dogs and playgrounds. Some folks like this style, I mean who doesn't like instant eye contact (even through your windows) right ? Right next to Newport for that tourist experience. Writing this review with blazing with Tmobile 5G 350 M down 50 up. Yikes ! Disabled vet rate was $8 for the reservation tax.

First time camping here in the last week in August 2023. The sites on the inside of each loop are exposed to one another as our site F19 was and are close together. The outside sites on each loop have more shade, more privacy and are much better to camp at. The week we were camping the campground was FULL. So over 350 camp sites were being used. It rained the first 3 days of our camp trip and when we arrived no camp fires were permitted. On the 4th day camp fires were allowed, but we only found out when we stopped a park ranger and asked. They said they would notify all campers about fires but did not. On the 4th day we road our bikes on some trails. This was very nice. On the 4th day W\we also went to the beach via the day use area because each loop access was from a 1/4 of a mile to 1/2 a mile hike to the beach. Very nice beach for sure! Newport was really close and handy to get food and other items. We stopped and ate at the South Beach Fish Market on the south end of Newport. Really great food but costly. We spent $40 for two meals. The campground bathrooms stalls were tight but clean. Showers were hot but some what dirty from all the mud after the rain. The wife said she would camp here again, I'm not so sure I would.

I love that this state park is within walking distance of the coastline, which is clean, beautiful, and not terribly crowded. The sites are VERY close together. It was a challenge to back in my camper, not because I have no backup stills but because the sites are tight. My friends and I were camped bordering the playground and everybody and his dog, brother, sister, and parents felt compelled to parade though our campsites instead of using the sidewalk provided to enter the play area. Even with those issues, I still liked camping here and would be back again.
The dump station has only one site so you might want to leave at a less popular time so you won't have to wait in a long cue. Although my camper has a nice head, the public rest rooms and showers were nice, according to my friends who used them.

We enjoyed our stay here. The site we had was large and spread out nicely. It was always full during our stay and seems to be quite popular. It is a large campground with a day use area near the water and some walking paths throughout.

Did not record speeds, but Verizon and/or Tmobile had been plenty fast enough for us to work full time, steam, and game online.

We camped here over Thanksgiving 2022 and had a wonderful time! The spots are close to each other, but that didn't bother us.

In winter half the park is not open, so it was nice to walk our dog with nobody around. We lucked out with beautiful sunny weather too!

We went out to eat for Thanksgiving dinner at Clearwater and it was really good.

We love camping here even in summer when it's busier.