Flanners Beach Campground

This is a quiet and lovely place with spacious sites and clean bathroom/shower facilities. Two hosts on site. Beach is still closed years after Hurricane Florence, but has a nice day use picnic area and walking/biking trails. The government needs to invest in restoring the beach and erosion control. Close to New Bern and Havelock for modern conveniences. Would have given five stars except for the beach closure and the groundskeeper was rude and aggressive about flagging down and yelling at cars he felt were exceeding the speed limit on his "watch." Some were clearly not exceeding the limit. Although I certainly understand the vigilance and the need to enforce rules, as a lady camping alone this aggressiveness made me uncomfortable. The nastiness is completely unnecessary and if speeding is such an issue, be proactive and encourage the NPS to install speed bumps instead of cursing and screaming at guests. Hosts should be approachable and a resource, and proactive and positive in enforcing rules. Sarcasm and rudeness should NEVER be tolerated, and gets most people fired from their jobs. Please check the Google reviews for this campground - the rudeness of the hosts here is notorious and needs to be addressed.

The privacy at Flanners is perfect. It was a great stay to escape the hustle & bustle of the real world. The host family is awesome & very accommodating.
This is hands down my favorite spot

Nice trails, varying terrain and vegetation

Great campground

We enjoyed our stay at Flanners Beach Campground. It is a very nice park, sites are a good size, and seems to be very well maintained. Only negative was it rained the day we checked out causing some tree limbs to hang lower over the road onto our motorhome roof and sides when departing through the park. It's very convenient to New Bern, Atlantic Beach and other local attractions. We would definitely stay here again.

Nice, well maintained, quiet campground !

We really like this place. We loved all the hiking trails, and the campground itself was really nice. The sites were spacious and private with lots of trees in between there are many interesting places to visit nearby. We definitely would come by again when we’re in the area.

The campground was nice and very quiet. The problem is simply the campground hosts. They might be the laziest hosts we've encountered in over 5 years of full time rving. They require that you keep the gate closed at all times which is an incredible PITA. Despite their site being literally right next to the gate, you simply have to call them so they can tell you not to speed and keep dogs on the leash. I want that job where I get to stay for free and don't actually do any work. Trails were great but the beach is closed. Cell coverage was good with AT&T. Bathrooms were acceptable but but very clean for hosts that don't do anything else.

The gate. Did I say the ridiculous gate? Or maybe it was the gate.
The hosts demand that campers have to get out to open the gate to come in and then get out again to close the gate. The gate halves are 2 feet apart, you can't latch or lock them if you wanted to. It aggravated everyone in the place every time we went in or out during our stay.

The local area is great. Lot's to do and see. We toured historical New Bern, Havelock, Beaufort, and other small towns. We really enjoyed the area.

Nice location, clean, well maintained, helpful host.