Horsfall Beach Camping
nearest town: North Beach OR
part of: Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
A Forest Service Campground in the Oregon Coast region.
Number of visits: 3
GPS: 43.4531,-124.276
Bathroom: pit • Water: no
Down Horsfall Road off of 101 are OHV camps and trails, equestrian camps and trails, day use areas, and general use camps and trails.
Wild Mare Camp - set up for camping with horses - was empty and very, very nice, but the mosquitoes were just brutal, so I moved to the OHV camping at the coast, where the breeze keeps the little buggers moving. Very pleasant here.
Just a parking lot with large camping-only RV sized slots on three sides and parking for the beach on the side next to the ocean.
I've stayed here three times now, and there's always a few OHV folks. Their pleasantness or rudeness and the amount of general hubbub varies greatly.
The general rules is that the warmer and nicer it is, the more constant and unending and annoying will be the sound of unmuffled small engines.
ATT cellphone reception was good.
Notes on each visit (posted cost • senior cost):
South side again. First time here in the summer season.
Bad News: Price has gone up $5 ($2.50).
Good news: The actual bathroom is open and has running water! Other times it's been boarded up and porta-potties are the only option.
Very handy place now that I know about it. I am on the other side of the parking lot this time (north instead of south). I should have a better angle for morning shade over here.
The huge campers with their little fleets of noisy OHVs have self-sorted to the north side, we few non-OHVers are on the south.