Waxmyrtle Campground

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

It was horribly noisy.

It was ok, but people were loud.

It was very noisy all around me.

Nice paddling on the river.