Westport Beach RV Park and Campground, Westport, CA - August 29, 2023…read moreYou've just completed the curviest, upanddowniest, slowest 25 mile stretch of road you could ever imagine - from Highway 101 at Leggett to Westport on the coast along Highway 1. Challenging even in a normal-sized car, try doing it in a Class A motor home, towing a car. It's even more testing. And we passed the test, all in one piece an hour later; two pieces if you count the tow car!
We pulled in to the RV Park at about 3:30. Not our first time here, so we knew we were in for a treat. The weather was a balmy 68 degrees, no wind, not a cloud in the sky. We've just landed in paradise.
It's about a quarter mile down from the main road to where you checkin at beach level. There is a store at the checkin area that has some basic survival items, including ice cream, wine, beer, and an assortment of candy and chips. They probably have some additional items with nutritive value, but I only saw the shiny stuff. They also sell fishing licenses and have ice, and you can top off your propane tanks there as well!
They have a variety of campsites here, full rv hookup sites, small basic cabins, tent camping, and camping on the beach. You can have campfires down on the beach. Highway 1 practically runs into the park, but don't despair, not many people care to make the arduous drive mentioned above, so there really isn't much traffic noise.
Although getting a site close to the beach sounds alluring, we like to stay further away towards the back of the park near the road to be protected from the wind, which occasionally rises to gale force strength. How strong is a gale? Google says "45 to 62 miles per hour or 74 to 100 kilometers per hour." Our experience on the second day we were here was probably closer to 30 mph. But you get the point.
Dogs are allowed on the beach, but must be kept on a leash. You might also see a sign to pick up after your dog (yeah, no, duh), and they do have poop receptacles here and there. They supposedly have bears here, and they ask that you dump your trash in the outdoor garbage cans by 7 pm so they can remove it before the bears get there. We never saw or heard any evidence of bears.
I love that a lot of the sites here have hedges separating one site from another. Privacy is always nice from a visual, sound, and smoke standpoint. The smoke from our neighbor's rookie fire/smoke bomb did seem to funnel away from us, so yay hedge!
Depending on the time of year, this park can get pretty busy, and that can change the vibe - kids playing, dogs barking, everyone enjoying a campfire fire, etc. While we were here, the place was probably less than half full and it was actually pretty peaceful if you like that kind of thing. Listening to the ocean from our campsite now as I finish this post and loving it!