There are 3 campgrounds on the National Seashore and this one is definitely the best. You've got to drive almost to the end of NC 12 but it's well worth it. The campground has rolling hills or hammocks with small but fairly private campsites. There are no hookups and only cold showers but the views from the hills are gorgeous. read more

Absolutely awesome campground on Hatteras Island. I was up at the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse National Seashore and talked to some rangers about the campsites they have available in the park. There was one quite close to the lighthouse with a great view of it and then this one way down in Frisco. I was surprised by how far away it was. I took a look at the closer campground and found it to be, as assured, washed out and flat. When I arrived to this site I knew for sure I was going to stay. They had recently repaved about half of the roads here and updated all of the bath houses with what looked like nice new tile walls. It being the off season the gate was not staffed. There was a straightforward process of signing up for a spot on the sheet by the window. Since there weren't many people here I had pick of the litter. I drove around the campground, picked out my favorite three spots and went back to the sheet to put an X by my favorite. Several on the back row sit on the top of a hill and have excellent ocean views. The ones nearer to the entrance are down low but well within earshot of the nighttime ocean waves. You have to watch out for sandspurs. Don't run around (or let your kids run around) barefoot basically anywhere here. Wait til you get to the beach to take your shoes off and enjoy the sand. In late fall the weather can still be firmly in the 50s-60s. It was incredibly beautiful and clear out. Bright stars, a moonless night and basically no other campers made for the best camping experience I've ever had! It's $28 for a site and they trust that you'll pay in the morning before leaving. It's very relaxed in the off-season and I highly recommend it. I would like to come back for a longer stay. Best campsite around! read more

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Frisco Campground couldn't have been nicer! I would give this place 10 stars if I could. This was the first campground where I heard more noise from the outdoors than from the other campers. I literally fell asleep to a "frog & circadian orchestra." I enjoyed seeing the bunnies on my morning walk. I was wowed by the sunrises! There are many very private sites, with shade and most seem to have easy trails to the bathrooms / shower house. The bathrooms & showers were clean. Two well maintained boardwalks from the campground lead right to the beach. The beach was pristine! It was the nicest "wild" beach I've gone to. Everything about this place was good, even the park ranger was really helpful and friendly. Be warned though ... none of the sites have electricity or water. There is water at the bath house, if you don't bring your own. The showers are cold water ... which to me felt great after a sandy, humid, 85 degree day. Many of the sites have small "driveways" so if you aren't tent camping check the dimensions of the driveway. I also noticed that the "tent" areas at sites really vary in size so if you have a larger tent check the size of the "tent pad." read more

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The worst place I've ever experienced. To start with I'm a disabled vet and I let them know when I went on line and that what size rig and that I had a golf cart, that's how I get around. When arrived there was no one there, so we drove around found our spot and nope we were not fitting there. An hr later after calling someone called back cool. It sucked every thing off the road stuck you. Were cool made do that night. That morning 8am after sleeping all night with out electrical, park ranger Karen I thought the VA was rude she made the DMV look like Disney.. No golf carts it's registered, no trailer in the grass it's thorny said.. I didn't not care I was a Disabled Vet to her..move or get tickets.She acted like she was out of her mind We left forget that we paid for another night. Nope not me read more

Frisco Campground - Campgrounds Near Me - Frisco, North Carolina

I loved camping here! It was a great experience. I didn't have a chance to catch any of the three park rangers' names I saw while there, but they were all very courteous. When you arrive at the campground, a park ranger explains to drive around the campsite and pick out three sites you'd like to camp at (just in case someone ahead of you has decided they want that campsite first). While you can pay at the front after picking out a campsite, I appreciated the ease of paying online at recreation.gov beforehand. The bathrooms are kept very clean, which I was pleasantly surprised at! There is a skylight in the bathroom, as well as in the showers; however, there is also a light in the bathroom for when night falls. Bonus if you're like me and have to use the bathroom at 4am, you'll see a ton of small frogs gathered around the outside of the bathroom! The showers are cold water only, but I found that refreshing after being in the hot sun all day. If you have any questions like where to eat or what you can do, the rangers are more than helpful to answer any questions, but also hand out a prewritten FAQ paper with good breakfast spots and fun things to do (like climb two out of the three lighthouses on the beach!) Within walking distance is a beach, which can be accessed by foot or by off-road vehicles. There were a few trucks on the beach, but enough space so that no one felt like they'd be trampled at any moment. While no wood fires are permitted at your specific campsite, they are allowed on the beach with a permit. At each campsite, there is a small stove that you can have a charcoal fire in - perfect for s'mores or hot dogs! All in all, this campsite is planned out beautifully and is the perfect spot to camp at. I can't wait to go back and have another adventure there. read more

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Let's cut to the chase: If your idea of RV Camping requires you to have electricity and/or full hookups, and worse yet, to run your RV generator all day and night, this is not the Campground for you. There isn't even a Dump Station here and if you need one, you will have to drive nine miles to the Cape Point Campground! The beach at its closest point to the Campground is about a thousand feet away and there must be about a billion sand spurs you will step on to get there. On the Walkway to the beach you are likely to be bitten by a thousand mosquitos and once you get to the beach you will have to put up with obnoxious drivers driving on the beach as if they were on a desert race if it happens to be a Holiday weekend like Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day. One last thing: if your idea of fun involves things like people singing Karaoke or shooting fireworks in the middle of the night, you will again be better off nine miles up the road at Cape Point Campground. And that right there is what makes the Frisco Campground a HEAVEN for those of us that come here to enjoy the solitude of the beach as well as the quietness and politeness that comes with the types of campers that want to enjoy nature. No loud generators, no humming of Air Conditioners at night, no obnoxious groups partying all night long or leaving their campsite trashed as they leave. I honestly do not know how much longer it will be this way because as you can imagine, there is more money to be made if they were to add full hookups or electricity. Until then, enjoy the experience you will have at this wonderful campground because it is one of the few last National Park Campgrounds where you can still enjoy nature at its possible best. read more

Frisco Campground - Eleven days in this heavenly place living on nothing but solar and wind power (May 2018) - Campgrounds Near Me - Frisco, North Carolina

This campground is different from the frisco woods campground... Know that know because it can be a little confusing when your driving there and you see signs for the frisco woods campground... This campground is further down. This campground is technically a national park and it's secluded compared to others. But its very primitive, it only has cold water shower and scattered bathroom huts (which were very clean). No electric but there is water you can get next to the bathroom huts. When you go to register they tell you to drive around and find a site that's available that you want so that's nice that you can choose whichever one you want when you get there. It's also walking distance to the beach. There are two boardwalks that were closed down for repairs when we were there 5/25/15 but should be opened soon after that. The one major drawback for me, hence the 4 stars, was they had prickly cactuses everywhere!!! You really have to be careful were you're walking... Try to stay on the paved roads. We had to tare cactuses out of our dogs' paws :-( But the major up side is we could bring our dog and she was also welcomed on the neighboring beach. read more

Frisco Campground - The beach you can walk to from your campsite - Campgrounds Near Me - Frisco, North Carolina

This is a beautiful campsite in a historical part of the Outer Banks, in a convenient location for traveling to several beaches, as well as Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. It's a fairly large campsite. All of the sites are unique, and like others have said, contain natural barriers that create privacy. Conveniently located, the facilities are clean and well-kept. However, our experience with the ranger that day, Ric Smith, was very unpleasant. Upon arrival at the website's check in time of 1pm, a sign was posted at the ranger station that stated the ranger was on patrol and that we should find a vacant spot but wait to set up camp. While looking for a spot we ran into Ric, who was immediately rude and condescending. He gave us little instruction other than "you'll just have to wait until about 2:30, when I'm done". Apparently he was working on a very inefficient process of manually changing the signs on the sites from occupied to vacant. While you think this would work, this process wasn't started until right before 1pm. This left us with no clue as to the status of the sites. We ended up waiting until after 2:30 for him to finish. When we went up to the station to pick a site, he had read off a list of the open sites for us to pick from. Why wouldn't he post the list for everyone to see? We left the map with the open sites for the people behind us, but what if we hadn't? He'd have to spend the time reading off 50-60 sites to everyone, further delaying the start of everyone's trip. The most disappointing thing about this was that it cut almost three hours off of our limited time to spend at the beach. The beach itself was mostly pleasant. The only complaint we have is that the beach is pretty busy. It's accessible by four wheel drive, so there are a lot of trucks. All of the vehicles kind of killed the vibe for us, but we realize that this is how some people like it. Just something to be aware of. Also, the beach is pretty far from the campsite itself and the boardwalks weren't in great condition. Other than that, it was clean and enjoyable. We took away a star because of our experience with ranger Ric Smith, and another for the proximity of the beach. Everything else was great. read more

The campground is actually really nice, with recently very nice bathrooms and showers. The staff were very friendly and helpful. However, the mosquitoes were bad enough to get us to leave 2 days into our 3 day prepaid trip. It just was not worth it. You could not cook anything in your camp because you would be eaten alive. The only safe place was at the beach (which was close and very nice) or in your tent. However all it took was one tiny baby mosquito to manage to sneak into the tent and evade all our checks, and it was all over. Woke up in the morning bit to peace's, and decided to head anywhere else. read more