Waxmyrtle Campground

Restrictions on access to the beach due to the Snowy Plover limited our recreation opportunities. And our site was connected to the adjacent one so no privacy at all.

The campground was very quiet. The bathrooms were kept very clean. We enjoyed our visit on the coast.

I would have given 5 stars however, you really need to highlight the fact that the beach at the campground, and the trails are closed for 6 months out of the year for the Snowy Plover nesting. It makes a real difference to those of us who travel with our dogs, as we were extremely limited on the places we could go with our dog. So, if you travel with a dog, this is not the place to go between Sept 15 thru Mar 15 (6 MONTHS!) We enjoyed the campground itself though. Very nice, clean and well spaced for privacy. But the dog restrictions were a bummer for us, so we will not come back.

Reserved 48A and 48B double site. Bathrooms were generally kept clean. However, our sites were not ideal. We are tent campers, not RV people. There was no room for a tent in 48A, it would have been too close to the fire pit. We would have expected more "living space" from a double site. One side of the picnic table was only a few inches away from the fire pit. On the last morning before dawn, our large cooler full of food was stolen. If you are hungry, please don't steal food from others. Get help from your local community. We likely won't return to this campground.

There's a sand trail along the Siltcoos River (a small and calm river that we saw people kayaking in) to the beach, about a mile away. We walked to the beach in the evening to catch the sunset. The next day we rented ATVs at Torex, 8 minutes north. We loved riding the trails and up and down the beach, but the dunes were very difficult to handle and navigate. We visited Florence in the evening, which was a short drive away. This park might not allow loud ATVs, I heard only distant ATV noise while we were there.

We stayed at this campground for 3 nights over 4th of July at campsite 38. The site was so small that we could not safely enjoy a campfire due to it's proximity to our tent; so we went without having a fire during our entire stay. The campsites are very crowed and on top of one another. You feel as though you are sharing a site with your neighbors. This campground was extremely loud. Quiet hours were not being enforced by any camp host or staff so it was an unpleasant night's sleep. Also, while walking around I notice several campfires that were left unattended. Many sites had fires burning after guests went to bed and I even noticed fires burning in sites that were unoccupied completely (guests had already checked out). This was extremely alarming as this is a safety hazard. The positive to this campground: the bathrooms were well kept. Overall -- it is unlikely I would stay here again.

This is one of my favorite campgrounds in Oregon. We go for a week every year. There are so many positives about this campground: the proximity to Florence and the rest of the central coast, the trails, the river, the wildlife, the beautiful beach full of gulls, shorebirds, agates and more.

The site we stayed in was excellent, clean, shady, and close to the estuary. We enjoyed walking along the water, even down to but not on the beach, and given the odious heat wave we came from, the cool temperatures were a relief. Less enjoyable were the dune buggies (though we've been in much noisier places) and the fireworks. We would recommend this campground to others and would return ourselves.

My favorite river to kayak

Great location, most sites have a lot of privacy even though they're pretty close together. Not many mosquitos in late June when we went. ATV noise from dunes is ever present during the day, but fairly distant and didn't really bother me. Kayaking is excellent, although the launching point from campground (behind sites 4 and 5 or under the bridge) was fairly muddy. Bathrooms clean and well stocked. No glass recycling on site, but aluminum recycling was available. Snowy Plover nesting closes off large swaths of the beach during part of the year.