Bullards Beach State Campground

Stayed here for our yearly trip again. Great as always and decided this place really should be 5 stars. I spend a lot of time in campgrounds and this is always my favorite. The hosts are always friendly and helpful. The showers are clean and free. They keep the place looking good and I always feel safe leaving things out. My daughter is now grown but this is a great place for kids. It is right by the river for a nice and free boat launch. Also the boat dock is a great place for kids to throw out a crab ring.
Are things always perfect here? Probably not but then again I have never been in a public campground where they were. If have a bunch of kids running around is not your thing just wait until September. Weather and fishing is usually better then anyway.

Sheltered, spacious campsites. Paved, level parking pad, surrounded by grass. We camped two nights in a travel trailer in a full hookup site, I think it was site C-​16. There are sites with just water and power, as well as tent sites and yurts. A large, open grass field is encircled by C Loop. By the end of this year, 2014, I read that there will be 3 rustic yurts available to allow 2 cats or dogs inside to camp. A horse camp and rv dump station are also available. Showers and restrooms were clean. You can’t see it but walking a mile on a paved, ADA accessible path, will take you to the beach from the trailhead, by the registration station. Interpretive signs along the path explained the effects of time and sand claiming the shoreline. Tours of the Coquille River Lighthouse had concluded for the season when we were there. We drove out and around the campground to see the lighthouse. It’s a short 10 minute drive into Bandon to shop and dine.
Note another Unilocaler’s review about camping away from the huge, compactor dumpsters.

I stayed two nights with my family of four in a yurt at Bullards Beach State Park. I made our reservation approximately 8 months in advance through the Oregon State Parks website, which uses Reserve America. At a total of $ 88 for the two nights, I found it a good value. The reservation process was easy.
The campground has close waking/​driving/​bicycling access to a wonderful beach, as well as the Coquille River Lighthouse, which was doing free tours. I was happy to donate $ 5 to the lighthouse restoration fund. The park is a short drive from the town of Bandon, which has access to great rocky beaches.
Our yurt was in a «yurt village,» which was basically a group of at least 4 yurts in very close proximity with virtually no privacy. The porch on the front of our yurt was quite small, and the ground around the porch and picnic table and fire pit was covered with loose dirt that was impossible not to continuously track into our yurt. We drove through the park to check out the yurts that were not in the «village,» and they didn’t really have any more privacy.
All basic yurts in Oregon State Parks have electricity for lighting, heat, and outlets to charge our various devices.
There were flush toilets and running water with soap a short walk from our yurt, and free hot showers a little bit farther.
My kids enjoyed the «Junior Ranger» activities and got some great help from one of the park hosts. There was even a great interpretive program about bats one night.
The park was just fine overall, but we probably won’t stay at Bullards Beach again, mainly due to the lack of privacy mentioned above.

We stayed at South Beach for $ 21.00 a night and it had everything from bike rentals to free showers to coffee in the morning. This dump we stayed at had no amenities at all. They had 1 shower per gender and the bathrooms stunk like poop. They had no coffee, no bike rentals, no more than 2 showers, and the bathrooms are absolutely disgusting. The only thing nice I can say about this place is the space they give you to set up a tent was pretty good. Oh yeah, and did I mention it was $ 28.00 a night, what a rip! The only amenity was a 1.5 mile walk to the beach.

This campground could easily be 4-​star review. Two things could be improved. One is the garbage container is big and probably sits on the premises for a long period of time and, therefore, smells like pig poop and rotten eggs. Do not camp in sites A1 to A-​4 & A-​54 through A-​57 and you will be a happy camper. Next the Camp Hosts clean up vacated campsites with a gas powered blower (no-​no on emissions). I watch them blow dust through an adjacent campsite, over a lovely Casita trailer and picnic table. That would «PO» me!
Now the 4-​star part, camp sites are spaced nicely for privacy. Very level for tent camping or leveling a trailer and or RV. The campground is nestled in a cove and out of the headwinds. It is short walk or bike ride on a nice trail to the slouth /​river and 3 miles to ocean and a lighthouse. Bandan is 3 miles south and a nice resort town to visit. Clean bathrooms and showers.

Oh where do I begin? Well, it was my GF’s 50^th birthday and she wanted to go somewhere different than her normal birthdays… it’s not everyday you hit the big FIVE ZERO, hit the wall, leave the niceties of saying I’m only in my 40s and take a peek at the other side of the wall… So… on with a 15 hour drive from San Pedro, California.
She had heard me speak of staying in a Yurt before and since this campground offered the possibility, she booked one for us. We left at 2:00 A.M. and drove and drove and drove, arriving at 5:00 P.M. for a one night stay in a yurt… hoooray! We made it.
Actually I am an outdoors person and wish she had booked a whole week or more. Though I don’t need the paved roads and clean bathrooms, this place was amazingly clean. The yurt was very clean and the bathrooms were spotless. The neighbors were all very respectful and quiet at «quiet time» around 10ish.
They say the beach is 1.5 miles away but I think it’s closer. We, the GF, dog and I went for a morning run and it didn’t seem far. Actually, when I think about it… the beach they’re talking about is at least 1.5 miles but there is an inlet/​waterway that is closer if you wanted to launch a boat or kayak.
So we explored the beach and the lighthouse. There is a lot of driftwood and other scenic things to shoot if you’re taking photos. Make sure to stop in the small town of Bandon, also. They have a small fisherman’s wharf and it’s just a cool little town. If we’d had more time I would like to have eaten there or had a few beers with the locals.
I found everything about the campground, the local town and all of Oregon with its majestic trees and clean highways a pleasure. I look forward to staying at Bullard Beach again but for a much longer period. It’s that nice. From here we moved on to Yachats and stayed in the Fireside hotel.

Realy nice campground and well kept with activities every night and morning. Most sites with privacy and large enough to accomodate slide outs. We stayed in a 40′ motorhome and enjoyed the fresh ocean breeze as well as the bikingto town, along the river and going to visit the lighthouse. $ 28 for site with electric and sewer. Check out is at 1 PM