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    Morro Strand State Beach Campground

    3.8 (14 reviews)

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    Site #61

    Site #61 shade under tree, slope behind tree, has showers, only dollars accepted for shower tokens, Nice place

    Darla A.

    Low key Anniversary camping trip. Lovely views walking around the park. Easy walk to get on the beach. Nice size camp sites with options for placing your tent on the paved surface if sand area isn't large enough to accommodate it. Our site #5 was good for us, on the beach front side so we could look out on the water if we took a few steps up the small dune. Clean flush restrooms, no showers but easy enough to take a wash cloth and wash your face and hands at the sink. And you can drive to Morro Bay State Park with your pass and take a hot paid shower. Friendly ranger at the front gate. The camp host was a lovely nice lady, who we purchased fire wood from. Fun trip for our 3 days. We will be coming back

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    Nicole D.

    We camped here from 9/28 - 10/1 in SITE #35. This campground is easy to find and check in was a breeze. It is just below a neighborhood but not walkable to local restaurants or grocery stores. The camp host is awesome and very friendly. He will deliver wood to your site or you can pick up at the host site. The beach is probably 300 yards from the campground but you can see and hear it from most of the beachfront sites. There are a lot of squirrels running around, ALOT, so I'd advise not to leave out food or things you don't want carried away. I have never seen so many unafraid squirrels. They go thru the fire pits also so be careful not to put things in there as they make a huge mess!I did see maintenance workers putting something down all of the squirrel holes tho. The bathrooms are super clean but no showers. You can drive to Morro Bay and use the showers there for free. There is no dump station or tank water fill up here but free at Morro Bay Campground. Our "beachfront" site was on the end, all sand and had a table and fire pit. The have painted hash marks on the pavement to designate where your rig can be parked. The sites are very close together and you don't have much distance between you and your neighbor. It reminded me of the Rincon Pkwy sites. If you have a long coach, it will be a challenge for you to get in the spot if in between two others who have already arrived. Id suggest an end spot to reduce your odds of issues. The middle sites are a no way for me as you only have a small strip of grass/dirt shared with the site on the other side of you and there isn't enough fire pits or tables for each site so that is a first come first serve type of a deal. The hook up sites are even smaller and you can see directly into your neighbors pop outs without much of an ocean view. The hook ups sites also back up to a hill that is used for the locals to climb down and access the beach. There are signs everywhere in regards to generator thieves. There is a local trail above the beach that has amazing views. It can be found just up the road and turn left on the last street before the traffic light. In order to access the beach you must walk a long way thru the sand so it isn't right there right there. If you have littles Id suggest you bring some sort of a wagon to tote supplies to the beach with you for the day as it isn't an easy trek back and forth with small ones. The beach is huge, clean and amazing! Beautiful shells and the waves looked great for surfing and paddle boarding. You can see Morrow Bay rock and I believe you can walk all of the way down to it. Id recommend sites #35, #1, #11, B,C & D.

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    Danielle W.

    The layout of the campground looks like a parking lot. Our site was in the median which isn't very pretty. There's no privacy between sites. The bathrooms weren't the cleanest. The people checking us in were very nice. There are picnic tables and fire pits for every site. The beach isn't visible from the sites but is a very short walk. Very beautiful beach. Overall I think the campground is overpriced especially considering the lack of beauty.

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    Very boring and dirty bathrooms. No showers. It's a dump. The only reason this thing stays open is that it's on the beach.

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    Location makes this 5 stars. Right near the beach and flat. Bathrooms are not clean

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    3 years ago

    I think it's a nice place to see and we stayed at the campground on other side of morrow rock

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    4.0(98 reviews)
    1.5 mi

    There is a beach right next to the behemoth Morro Rock in Morro Bay, CA. The beach access and…read moreparking is totally free. Yup, FREE. Sandy three mile stretch of beach from the Rock to the camp grounds. There are lifeguards on duty, all ready with their gear ready to save a life. I know they are there daily in the summer, not sure about the other months. This is a popular spot with surfers. Good waves. Another tidbit to know is that there are restroom located in the parking lot. Also smack in the middle of the lot is the California State Historical Marker #821-Morro Rock. I think it's worth a quick stop to read the plaque, take a quick moment to soak in the gorgeous direct view of the rock and not to get all sentimental but also reflect on the past, present and future. Another another tidbit is that dogs and horses are not allowed on the beach due to the protected shorebird habitat such as the western snowy plover that nest from March-September and live here. Service dogs on a leash are allowed though. But so many folks broke the rule once the lifeguards left for the day. Ironic, people want wildlife and nature to be able to visit and enjoy but don't want to follow the rules that protect all those things they enjoy. Go figure?!

    The last time I was at this beach, I was only 2 years old, so I don't have any memory of it. Last…read moreyear, I decided I wanted to take a trip here with my family. I've lived in California most of my life and have been to almost every beach, so it's funny that this one in Morro never really came to mind especially since it's not that far from us. When I finally came last year, I really enjoyed it. The beach was clean, beautiful, and peaceful. There were lots of sand dollars along the shore and even some wildlife, which made it feel even more special. Since that first trip, we've come back about four more times. There's just something about this place that makes me feel calm and at peace every time I'm here.

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    4.8(25 reviews)
    1.0 mi

    I'm road tripping and happen to be in Morro Bay along the waterfront, Embarcadero Street. On the…read morefarthest side from Morro Rock is the Tidelands Park. "Aarr Matey" . Locals call the park, Pirate Park, due to the child's pirate ship play structure and nautical theme. The park is two acres advertised as having a children's play area, picnic tables with BBQs, green lawns, public parking lot (2), fish washing station, boater side dock with pump out for waste and access to fresh water, public restroom with showers, walking path towards the waterfront shops, boat launch, and stairs accessing the mud flats. The boat launch parking lot is not free anymore. Effective March 2026, ya gotta pay. Pay varies based on lot size. You can pay daily or get an annual pass. But it's free to launch your boat if that's any consolation. If you're looking for a place to launch your personal crafts (small skiffs, kayaks); this is the place. There are two parking lots. One on each side of the park. The lot furthest south has the boat launch and the lot has spaces large enough for trailers. Plus I gotta comment on the children's play area. It's not a typical park like playground, there are no swings or play equipment. They do have a sand filled area with a mini pirate ship and cute nautical themed concrete statues (octopus, seals, whale tail). What can go wrong with rambunctious kiddos and concrete climbable statues?!

    I am so glad we discovered this park as it is my favorite park thus far…read more It had the best view of the Morro Bay rock as well as that boat. The kids can climb on with so much fun. It was clean with lots of little squirrels and places to sit.

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    Morro Strand RV Park

    Morro Strand RV Park

    2.9(52 reviews)
    2.4 mi

    Identification of ownership places run like a circus the showers are difficult because it's only…read moreone layer from plastic as a divider between the showers so my sons did not want to try to bathe in there because the toilet stall opens right next to the shower. This is the problem we had on lot 2 with the Facilities aside from the non ada compliant restroom with a non function non tested ADA wheel chair lift. They had employees that never identified herself just leaving her poor dog inside all day is pretty much animal cruelty all day long those dogs barked at everyone Ang everything and the " non identifying lot manager " even apologized to me about the non stop bark. I cannot believe that a manager who do such a thing like that poor dog. It was nonsense the pole light next to the spot we were assigned if so bright it shown through our window like close encounters so we closed the curtain and with that any cross breeze it was just poor development planning and if the pole light have to look like a stadium it makes me question over all security. The owner seems like a good person but the trend with owners especially the over than 80 crowd tend not to spend on upgrades dollar tree curtains no ADA no business being there place has so much potential but this place never again. Their unidentified manager was rude and I can't believe Jerry the owner is allowing such an inept person who has no problem with bullying renters and mingling in our business unidentified I mean really a vest a coat a name badge I didn't know this fucking lady from anyone and that's what irritates me. There was no owner representation and all of a sudden they want to start a cussing match in front of me and my children and I'm not gonna sit in Stan for that. My kids are sitting there listening she's being confrontational police we're called out and because the owner is clearly has a fascination for his lot two manager he decided to take her word for it and we were evicted. I'm not bitter about that. I'm bitter about how hard I tried to have a good vacation with my family and that their managers do not identify themselves and if we were saying something too loud like the people that were partying five things over then that would be different, but no one came over and asked to say you're being loud or whatever we didn't get off our fishing boat till late so I don't understand how this is a trouble we've done nothing but come here and try to support the community and you know something she just let slide because you're on vacation, but I'm no longer gonna be able to sit back and ignore these atrocious ADA compliance including the washing machines and everything else everything is mounted too high. Everything supposed to be mounted 34 inches for accessibility and there's a bunch of things that are incorrect so I'll be very cautious here if you were in the elderly and that it's not a very safe place to use the bathroom and clearly it's not a safe place or they wouldn't have the giant UFO towers shining down and everybody's lights so I'm not sure how things escalated but all I did was try to have a vacation with my family we had one night left and we were leaving in the morning first thing so the audacity of these folks to make us move and we all had to do was stay. One night is ridiculous. I've already paid the money and this lady's personal opinion, even though I didn't even know who this lady was has caused my family now to be looking for another place to stay so I'm not bitter like I said, I just want everybody to know the truth about this place because I used to turn the cheek and say well it's OK because they're such a nice people but not anymore obviously somethings going on they're obviously hurting for money. They certainly don't put anything back into their bathrooms they stink they smell like mold, and they have literally one PVC liner separating the powers from strangers. I have two sons that are under the age of 18. I don't want anybody in that situation. So if you want to use their bathrooms for showering and all that and you have a little ones I strongly recommend it best to use the shower in your RV

    Decent place to camp at for the night. Nice feel good environment surrounded by other happy…read morecampers. Available for both tent camping and trailer campers. I'm still in the tent camping community wich I love. Affordable, friendly service, clean, showers available w warm water, walking distance to the ocean with in a 100 yards, my favorite also walking distance 10 min walk to the coffee shops and all good all round. Good location near the beach( morro rock)

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