Tyee Campground - Oregon Dunes

Enjoyed my stay here, no problems at all.

This is definitely close to the road, but also has really excellent access to the Siltcoos River, which allows paddling to the ocean in a really wonderful trip. Bathrooms are vault toilets that are kept pretty clean. Camp host was friendly and helpful. If your main goal is water access, this place is great!

Very nice place to camp.

The campground was beautiful but that’s the only good thing I can say about our experience.
When we arrived, our site was littered with trash… as was the fire pit… and it’s clear that no maintenance has been done to tent pad sites. It took a lot of prep to get it ready for our tent.
We stayed a total of 3 miserable nights listening to extreme Highway 101 traffic noises (since the campground is right next to the road and it sits about 10 ft below it as well which amplifies the reverberation from people driving on the rumble strips) and that alone would’ve been tolerable had we not had to buy earplugs after the first night in an attempt just to drown out the drunken partying/yelling/fighting from the camp hosts and their friends (or who ever was using the host site) that would go on until at least 3am each night.
The toilet paper had run out in both bathrooms and was not replenished by the time we left. And the bathrooms were so stinky I would have to drive my daughters to the neighboring state park in order to use the restroom.
This place would be great if not for laziness and neglect. I’m completely appalled at the lack of consideration from the hosts for other campers and we will never be recommending this place to anyone

I love the camp ground. We have spent years comping there. With no camp host this year wasn’t pleasant. Forestry staff were nice but the campground was full and both bathrooms were always out of tp. I rented 4 camp sites. This is the first year I’ve been disappointed

We were looking for a quiet campground, and though this was close to Highway 101 the activity at the campground was nice and quiet. However our site was unbelievably close to the site next to us with no trees or bushes for any separation/privacy. There were three sites in a row: 8, 9, and 10 like this. Maybe if it was just two sites it wouldn’t of been so bad, but since all three were occupied it was pretty uncomfortable. I won’t stay at this campground again.

There is only one set of M/F vault toilets for this campground, and this is insufficient when the campground is full, which it was on Mon. July 26, and apparently was over the preceding weekend. It appears the toilets were not serviced over the weekend, as there was no toilet paper available on that Monday! The USFS did not arrive at the campground until about 3pm on Monday! Afterwards, the men's toilet was locked later that afternoon, somehow, until someone forced it open with a screwdriver. The campground layout is poor regarding privacy as several sites along the river are open to each other. This important detail is not available from the USFS or recreation.gov, so one cannot choose a site based upon this info. There was no volunteer host, and that site was closed. We appreciated the maps posted at the boatramp, however the one describing the floating toilet on Siltcoos Lake was incorrect, as the toilet was not found at the specified location on that map.

The actual campsites are nice, but this is lots of highway and ORV noise. When we were there 7/29-30/2021, there was no camp host and some extremely inconsiderate, clueless and dangerous campers and squatters. One guy was squatting without a reservation at a reserved site, left when the party with reservations arrived, then but came back the next morning with a huge pile of firewood and built a huge smoky bonfire next to the party with reservations, then left without extinguishing it. The campground does have a good kayak/canoe launching area to explore the Siltcoos River Canoe Trail which is really great except for the horrible ORV noise pollution in the lower stretch below the dam. ORVs need to be removed from this section of the coast next to the Snowy Plover refuge, in my opinion.

Clean, quiet and nicely groomed! Will return.

First, the good: 1. I was able to reserve a spot here late in a very busy day along the Oregon Coast and did not have to sleep in my truck. 2. The site was relatively flat. 3. My tent stakes went into the ground easily.

Now the rest: 1. The site is literally within a few dozen feet of Highway 101, the main drag through Siuslaw. Highway 101 does not observe quiet hours. I am grateful to learn though that I am not the only driver to routinely hit the rumble warning strips on the edges of the road lanes. 2. The sites are all pretty close, but 8, 9 and 10 are more like a group site. 3. The dumpsters were overflowing.
4. Behind the sites is a nearly fetid body thing f water. 5. A previous site occupant dumped what appeared to be kitty litter in the weeds behind the site.

This should be your last resort at Siuslaw.