Sunset Bay State Park

Pros: Beautiful setting 12 miles west of Coos Bay.
Sites have enough privacy and elbow room.
Grounds well kept.
Verizon cell service is better than last visit. Was able to stream Netflix.
Staff very friendly.

Cons: One bath house closed for repair. The bath in loop “A” needs to be remodeled/torn down!
The remaining bath house in loop “D” is decent enough, but hot water is problematic.

Would we stay here again?
Yeah, with full hook-ups.

Pros: Beautiful setting 12 miles west of Coos Bay.
Sites have enough privacy and elbow room.
Grounds well kept.
Verizon cell service is better than last visit. Was able to stream Netflix.
Staff very friendly.

Cons: One bath house closed for repair. The bath in loop “A” needs to be remodeled/torn down!
The remaining bath house in loop “D” is decent enough, but hot is problematic.

Would we stay here again?
Yeah, with full hook-ups.

First, there is no dump station at this park despite it being listed in the amenities section. Have notified Campendium to correct. Full hookup sites are available. We arrived with full tanks and needed to dump prior to going to our E&W only site. Ranger said they do not have one. The county park up the road a bit will let you dump for $10. It is up a very steep hill and located towards the back of the campground.

Overall, it is a very nice park. A little tight, but there is a large amount of well trimmed vegetation including large rhododendron bushes between sites. Will be beautiful when they bloom. Our site had quite a slant to it so we could not stay hooked up for the night. Most of the sites are short. Would have had trouble putting our 26 footer on most of them.

Fire wood is available for purchase. There is an decent interpretive center. There are yurts to rent! No T-Mobile service.

We lucked out with the quiet and private spot A29. It was peaceful and relaxing and the beach outside the entrance was beautiful. Loved that we had privacy on our driver side and didn’t need to pull down the blinds! Bigs rig’s may find it tough to park. We have a 40’ fifth wheel and it was very tricky to fit in the spot. Luckily we arrived right at check in and the spot across was opened, which we needed to utilize in order to back into our spot.would recommend this for a quiet getaway.

This is a sweet little campground that has the bay in fairly easy walking distance, a State Park with a botanic garden down the road and another state park with incredible sea lion viewing a little farther down the road. Not the nicest or most modern in terms of amenities but nothing to complain about. It has a little learning area/interpretive center but it wasn't open when we were there.

Sunset Bay is shallow, fairly warm (by Oregon standards) and has some great tidepools and rock formations. I can see that it would get quite busy in nicer weather, it was drizzly and foggy most of the time we were there. Highly recommend going to Cape Arago to see the sea lions and seals. And the Shore Acres garden was cool too, as was the viewpoint to the Cape Arago lighthouse. Coos Bay wasn't really all that interesting, a short boardwalk but stick close to the park there's plenty to do.

We stayed here a few years ago - no reservation, just pulled in and grabbed a site. Can't remember how much we paid... had electricity and water. The sites were "ok" - smallish and nothing to write home about, BUT the walking to the bay, the greenery, the creek and a really nice ranger that "allowed" us to let our old Lab off leash for about 15 minutes on the beach when NO ONE was around made it great! A very cool bay - pretty day use area.