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Campsite #11 at Oyster Point Campground, NC
$10
Tent Site #11
| Drive-In | 9 people |
| 70 ft | Back-In |
| 4 | good |
5/22
6/5
Campsite #11 Features: Drive-In access, Back-In parking, 70ft driveway, Accessible, Fire ring, Picnic Table, Tent Site, Trailer Site, Pets Allowed
Campsite Reviews (8)
4.0 out of 5
| 5 star | | 75% |
| 4 star | | 13% |
| 3 star | | 13% |
| 2 star | | 0% |
| 1 star | | 0% |
@TimothyC204641 · Camped on Mar 19, 2025 at Campsite #11
Great place, quiet and peaceful. Good midpoint for the hiking we are doing on the Mountain to Sea Trail.
@RogerB3749935 · Camped on Nov 21, 2024 at Campsite #11
As always the sites are well kept and scenery is beautiful in late November.
@joshuaa5803700 · Camped on Jul 2, 2024 at Campsite #11
Awesome place. Its right on an ocean inlet so you have a constant breeze coming in. It was mostly shady all over the campground. Tonia and Will the camp hosts were super easy to get along with. You couldnt have asked for nicer people. Tonia and my 5 year old son developed a unique bond while we were there that just warmed my heart. We were on a trip for his 5 birthday on the 4th of July. Watching the tide come in and out at the kayak launch was pretty neat to see being from the mountains. My boys played with the fiddler crabs catching and letting them go. The campsites were very clean and maintained. They all have circular fire pits with grills, a good long picnic table and places to hang lanterns. Our site had a nice lil tent pad outlined with wood but we had brought a camper. The bugs werent too bad. Certain times of day these lil biting flies would be around. Bug spray helped. Tonia told us the more you swat the more aggressive theyll get. It was a hard discipline to learn lol. It wasnt all that bad really dont let the inlet bugs deter you. The south bound trailhead of the mountains-to-sea trail extends through the campground to the coast. It was kind of neat because it runs through our home town in western nc. My oldest son and I did a little bit of hiking on the trails. They were also well maintained. The campground was 30 minutes from the beach stuff but only about 10 minutes from a bp gas station. The cell phone service was just fine and no different than being at home. They had bathrooms on each end of the grounds and a water spigot about every 3rd campsite. Bear proof trash cans also. Gates stay open from 6am to 10pm. I guess you could park outside the gate and walk in if you came in late. All in all we had a great time and will definitely be going back to Oyster Point. I told Tonia they should rename the campground after their last name followed by island. When you meet them you will get a laugh at that.
@MichaelW725874 · Camped on Feb 6, 2024 at Campsite #11
Great stay at Oyster Point! Camp host was awesome, sites were well maintained.Plenty quiet except for occasional flyover from Cherry Point.Well return for sure!
@HeatherD8929E9 · Camped on Sep 29, 2023 at Campsite #11
The campground was beautiful, quiet, clean and Tonia was a wonderful host. Even though its dry camping, the hut bathrooms were clean, well stocked with toilet paper and didnt smell at all. There were water spigots to fill your water jugs close to a few sites. The sites were large, clean and quiet. We didnt have firewood to start and Tonia was sweet enough to give us a few starter logs until we were able to run to Walmart and get some. We went for an early trip for my husbands birthday and learned that Tonia shared a birthday with my husband. We went in early October and bugs werent an issue and no problems at all. Hands down the nicest dry camping campground weve stayed in. We will definitely be back.
@EdwardG4063779 · Camped on Feb 17, 2023 at Campsite #11
Oyster Point had extensive work done over the winter. They put in new picnic tables, fire pits and removed the standing dead trees. When they did all this work they removed all of the low growth. We loved all of the low growth because you could not see another site from your site. Oyster Point is now open like many other National/State parks. For us it has lost it's rustic and wilderness atmosphere.
@KirkD950 · Camped on Oct 27, 2020 at Campsite #11
Oyster Point is a small National Forest Campground on the Newport River in Eastern North Carolina. The sites are private carved out of the woods with some directly on the water. Registration is self-serve, but there was a campground host on site. Our site had some trash in it when we arrived, but other than that we had a great time.
@SarahB492 · Camped on Jul 3, 2019 at Campsite #11
Enjoyed campsite near the water, excellent spot to launch a canoe. Campsite was spacious and had some shade. My partner and I got engaged at our picnic table!
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