Coos-County of

Bastendorff Park is a great place to camp. First come First serve and the Hosts are great. We where driving through after no being happy with sunset bay’s Small State Run Prison I mean Campground. John the host was really easy going and very nice. the grounds are not as nice as the state run campgrounds but Bigger and more private. Has a very nice park that is with in Sight of our campsite. will be coming back

The number of stellar sheltered harbors on the West Coast is about a handful and a half, border to border. Coos Bay is one. The area has quite a few communities beyond the namesake Coos Bay, including North Bend, Cooston, North Bay, and others including Charleston. Charleston is a set of rolling highlands that separate Coos Bay from the ocean.
So if you want ocean, go West! There you will find state beaches and the Bastendorff Park of Coos County. There is an overlook of the beach, down the cliff. To get to the beach, walk back down the road. There is a children’s play structure, parking and a grassy area at the overlook.
Continue up the hill for RV-​type camp spots with water and power hookups and a bathroom structure. The individual camping areas are shaded, and carved from the brush, providing some privacy from adjacent campers. The group area is at the top of the hill and largely unshaded, grass covered and sunny when it’s clear. Though there is not a view of the ocean from there or any of the camping spots, it can be heard. It’s the gem of the park camping areas, with its own bathroom shower structure, clean and with a huge supply of hot water. There is also an electric cooktop, sink and kitchen counter under a roof with picnic tables for your group. Each camping spot has a fire grate, but bring your own cooking grate with a finer mesh to hold whatever you are grilling. Great and unobtrusive park staff.
We had a great get-​together here to honor a local fisherman friend lost at sea with 3 generations of families participating, from up and down the Western states, Coos style.
We are all Oregonians. As a Portlander I honor all the people all over the state. I understand that they cut trees, graze cattle, grow crops, mine, fish, hopefully over the long term. We are all in it together. I like to support the small businesses when I get a chance to visit too. Like in Coos where fishing has had some tough times with the closure of the Sacramento River salmon seasons and some slim fish runs for the Klamath basin. Sounds like those fish are back strong this year.
So thinking of all you in Coos, and encourage Unilocalers to visit the Southern Oregon Coast and the small towns supporting its awesome oceanfront!