Sun Outdoors Coos Bay
62 RV Sites, 1 Cabin, 9 Tent Sites, 6 Cottages
At 90281 Cape Arago Highway in Coos Bay, Oregon—on the central Oregon Coast where the Cape Arago headland, the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, and the most productive Dungeness crab fishery on the Pacific Coast converge in an environment of sea stacks, beach, dunes, and estuary that makes the Coos Bay area Oregon's most oceanographically diverse coastal destination—Sun Outdoors Coos Bay positions premium pull-through RV sites within three minutes' walk of the Pacific, offers complimentary crab pots with designated cooking and cleaning areas, and provides the cottages and seaside shanty rentals that give guests who came specifically for the crabbing, the tide pools, and the Cape Arago viewpoints the range of accommodation options that a multi-day Oregon Coast stay requires. The beach is three minutes by foot; the crab pots are loaned at no charge; and the tide pools at Shore Acres and Cape Arago State Park are 10 minutes by car.
Premium pull-through RV sites with full hookup service—50-amp electric, water, and sewer—accommodate rigs up to 60 feet, the largest motorhome configurations in current production, with the site infrastructure that the Oregon Coast's year-round camping population requires for extended stays in the maritime climate. Each site includes a leveled gravel pad, cable and WiFi service, a picnic table, and a fire pit. Well-maintained bathhouses and laundry facilities handle the practical daily needs, and a dog wash station keeps the sand-covered beach dogs manageable for the next morning. Complimentary crab pots available for guest use, alongside designated crab-cooking areas and cleaning stations, give the campground its most functionally specific amenity—the gear and the infrastructure to bring Dungeness crab from the water to the table without driving to a seafood market. Cottages and seaside shanties provide the enclosed accommodation options, and tent sites with capacity for up to five tents serve the primitive camping population.
The Coos Bay area's coastal environment organizes itself around three distinct natural features that most Oregon Coast destinations can offer only in pieces. Cape Arago State Park, at the end of the cape road, provides the viewpoints above Shell Island's Steller sea lion rookery and the gray and harbor seal haul-outs that give the cape its specific wildlife character. Shore Acres State Park, the ornamental gardens occupying the former estate of timber baron Louis J. Simpson on the cape's highest point, manages the botanical gardens that bloom in extraordinary color from spring through winter holiday season.
The Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area—stretching 40 miles north of Coos Bay as the most extensive coastal dune system in North America—provides the off-highway vehicle terrain, the sand boarding, the dune hiking, and the freshwater lakes nestled within the dunes' interior that give the central Oregon Coast its most geomorphologically unusual landscape. The pet-friendly beach adjacent to the campground, with its tide pools exposed at low tide, provides the immediate naturalist experience that the central Oregon Coast's rocky intertidal system makes genuinely rewarding for guests who arrive with a tide chart.
Sun Outdoors Coos Bay is open year-round in the central Oregon Coast's mild maritime climate. The Dungeness crab season, the winter storm-watching culture, and the summer beach season create three distinct demand peaks across the calendar. Reserve early for summer and crab season, pick up a tide chart at the camp store, and let Cape Arago Highway deliver what the Oregon Coast looks like when it's showing off its full ecological range.
from $29/night