TILLICUM BEACH, Yachats, OR

TILLICUM BEACH, Yachats, OR

RUN BY: Contractor of Nat'l Forest Service

LOCATION: Yachats, OR

UTILITIES: Some sites have electricity

COST: $26 regular. $30 with electricity

DISCOUNTS: $13/$20 with Senior Pass

OUR RATING (1-5): I - 4.0

NOTES: Tillicum is a very small campground with a smaller day-use area that is wedged between US-101 and the Pacific Ocean. In fact, the gate is not 10 yards off the highway. It is a lovely wooded campground where probably a majority of sites have an ocean view. I would guess that somewhere between 15-20% are actually on the bluff just above the beach. Our site, which was on the bluff and had its own private balcony above the ocean, was the corner site in the CG and in sight of an enormous private ocean-side estate. The host told us that they have about 40% first-come sites and 60% reservable. We don't like reservation CGs because we want to be free and spontaneous. We do, however, realize that there are those who only have a short window of opportunity and reservations work for them. The sites are all rather short. We were fortunate to find one that was long enough for Sinni and the truck. Sinni is only 24 feet long counting the hitch! We pulled into a couple that would have been long enough for Sinni but there would have been no place to park the truck. There is access to a lovely beach.

Environment: Forest area right on the Pacific Ocean. Beach access. Many of the sites have ocean view.

Amenities: none

Dump: No

Public Water: Yes

Toilets: Flush

Showers: No

Laundry: No

Phone Service: Poor Verizon

Location: On the west (ocean) side of US-101 3.8 miles north of Yachats, OR and 4.9 miles south of Waldport, OR.

Proximity to shopping: Waldport is the better shopping arear

Camping Population: mixed.

Sites: most are rather short. Seemed that most were made for vans and truck-campers. #48 was nice and long enough for Sinni and the truck. (We're 42 ft when connected.)

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RATING KEY: category - score

Categories: I - established campgrounds where one might spend a vacation or several days

II - boondocking, dry camping where there are no designated sites and no amenities but

one might choose to stay for more than a night.

III - over-night areas

You must remember that we are scoring 1 thru 5 according to things which are important to us: the environment, cost, amenities, location, safety, camping population, site, phone service