25 Great Beach Camps

[Patrick M.]

Someone mentioned Camping Life Magazine from Woodall's so I went to their website and found this great list. Be sure to go to the article and read about each campground, as there are some great ideas there!

25 GREAT BEACH CAMPS
http://www.campinglife.com/output.cfm?ID=1269415

WEST COAST
Fort Flagler State Park, WA
Cape Disappointment, WA
Nehalem Bay State Park, OR
Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, OR
Carter Lake in Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, OR
Gold Bluffs Beach in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, CA
North Beach Campground in Pismo State Beach, CA
Oceano Campground in Pismo State Beach, CA
Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area, CA
El Capitan State Beach, CA
Refugio State Beach, CA
Leo Carillo State Beach, CA
San Elijo State Beach, CA

GULF COAST
Padre Island National Seashore, TX
Mustang Island State Park, TX
Grand Isle State Park, LA
Gulf Islands National Seashore, MS-FL
St. Joseph Peninsula State Park, FL
Bahia Honda State Park, FL Keys

ATLANTIC COAST
Cumberland Island National Seashore, GA
Cape Hatteras National Seashore, NC
Kiptopeke State Park, VA
Assateague State Park, MD
Delaware Seashore State Park, DE
Hither Hills State Park, NY
Rocky Neck State Park, CT
Cape Cod National Seashore, MA
Nickerson State Park, MA
Lamoine State Park, ME

[Bigfoot Mike]

Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area, CA.

This is a favorite of young families and their Dune Buggies.





Corvette LS 1 motor with over 410 HP





The suspension has over 21” of travel.

[Frederick L. Simson]

Leo Carillo State Beach is 24 miles north of Santa Monica along California's Pacific Coast Highway (Highway 1). Surfing, sandy shores, tide pools, sea caves and coastal bluffs are what you can expect. Leo Carrillo's seaside campground has 135 family sites that can handle rigs up to 31 feet; a group site that can handle 50 persons sits in the back of the canyon. Giant sycamore trees shade the main campground. A tree-lined, stream-bottomed canyon penetrates deep into the surrounding hills. More information: call 818/880-0350 or navigate your way to /parks.ca.gov/.

Jam-packed on summer weekends, visits during mid-week and off-season are best for San Elijo State Beach, just north of San Diego near Cardiff-by-the-Sea. It's worth it, though. The 170-unit campground is a narrow gem nestled against a coastal-cliff shoreline, offering superb views and great year-round surfing, snorkeling and diving. Catch the ranger's campfire lecture on marine life. More information: call 760/753-5091 or click on /parks.ca.gov/.

The campground at Leo Carillo State Beach is on the [b]east side of Hwy 1, across from the beach, and the ocean.

The campground at San Elijo State Beach is on the [b]west side of Interstate 5, right next to the ocean.

[Greg A]

Frederick steered us north to San Elijo to recover after a harried kid filled week at Campland in San Diego. Absolutely an awesome site hanging on a 100' cliff overlooking the Pacific. You could have parked three rigs in the site it was so big. It was a fantastic stay there and if Marriott had that location I doubt we'd ever experienced it.

[Huck]

I stumbled on this old thread. Here's the current link to the article referenced in op.

25 GREAT BEACH CAMPS | Camping Life Magazine