Waxmyrtle Campground

Awesome campground. Very quiet, friendly camp hosts and super clean restrooms. We will be back!

Waxmyrtle Campground is a nice facility in a great location in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. The staff made a great effort to keep the facilities clean and well-maintained. The sites are spacious, and ours felt quite private. The Siltcoos River was close by. The Waxmyrtle Trail led a mile through the dunes to a lovely section of beach that was uncrowded because not that many people want to hike a mile through the dunes. There is another dunes train called Chief Tsiltcoos right across the access road, and a third trail follows an old oxbow of the river, now a wildlife haven slowly becoming a meadow. Our party enjoyed kayaks and paddleboards on the river, from the lake to the ocean surf.

The only downside was that, if there are shower facilities, they were closed while we were there. Well, and this is next to an OHV recreation area, so if you are hoping for quiet wilderness sounds, you'll be hearing dune buggies and ATVs instead.

For us, it was a blessing. While it was 115 degrees in Portland, it never got warmer than 82 along the Siltcoos, and was mostly in the 60s-70s.

Wonderful campground, nice large private sites, quiet campers. A super location near but not on the beach. About a 3/4 mi walk to a very quiet beach, or you can drive a short distance to the parking lot and walk over the dunes.

Our campsite had a good separation from next door campsites because of the dense shrubbery. Clean bathrooms and campsites. We had some coverage with Verizon. It's a great paddle up to Siltcoos Lake and down to the beach on kayaks. Can be shallow depending on tide. The bank was not ideal for launching kayaks and varies alot with the tides. You can hear the ATV's in the distance so I wouldn't call it a quiet campground. Overall, a great place to camp, especially when it was hot in the valley.

Great stay; close to dunes and beach.

Most sites are good for RV's but #16 has a lot of green space for tents as do some others. Only the first 1-10 ish sites are close to water. We thought it would be a good spot to put in kayaks, but not so much. It was still a great time and we really enjoyed going to the Sea Lion Caves and Heceta Lighthouse in lieu of boating. Be aware, #16 is next to the bathrooms, which are infrequently visited because I guess RV folks use their own, but there is a bright light on the back of the building all through the night. GREAT camp host! And the hike to the beach was beautiful, wish I had more time to hike up and down the beach (wet sand only!) Also, for some reason, the RV across from us ran an insanely loud generator ALL NIGHT. No other RV's did this and the OGV's were silent after 10pm so they didn't bother us at all.

Cell phone service not very good, so if you are on site and are trying to make a reservation it is best to call the number on the sign. All of the volunteers were great and very helpful. Will be back again.

The camp site was good.

Even though there are no water or electric hookups at each site, this is a very good camping experience. Close to the beach and river with plenty of trails to walk. I would camp here again.

It was well maintained. We had plenty of space and pretty good privacy (at most of the sites we looked at). Easy to find. The site map on rec.gov needs to be updated, the restroom locations are misleading. The camp host and wildlife volunteer were very nice.