Eel Creek Campground in OR -- Campground & RV Camping in Oregon

Eel Creek Campground sits among dense coastal shrubbery, rhododendrons, and salal at the edge of the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. Divided into north and south loops, the campground offers 51 reservable sites, including four set directly on the sand. Amenities include picnic tables, fire rings, flush toilets, drinking water, and an outdoor amphitheater. The 2.7-mile John Dellenback Dunes Trail departs from the facility, guiding hikers through conifer forest and across massive open sand dunes directly to the Pacific ocean beach.

Road difficulty 1 of 5 -- an easy drive in. Recorded as maintained for passenger cars, paved, pitching to 8%.

Crowded here -- the nearest through road is 0.1 miles off, a 52-site campground. Most of them shaded. A pond lies 0.7 mi off. Night skies measure Bortle 3 -- a dark rural sky. The nearest town, Lakeside, is 0.9 mi off.