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Price
$10 - $40/night
Booking
Reservable
Sites
91 campsites
Season
Year-round
Cell
Unknown
Pets
Very Pet Friendly
Select a month, then check for open campsites
Price
$10 - $40/night
Booking
Reservable
Sites
91 campsites
Season
Year-round
Cell
Unknown
Pets
Very Pet Friendly
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Birders, beachcombers, and families who time their visit around high tide will get the most out of this place. Sites 60 and 67 offer more breathing room than the crowded front loop, and the on-site cabins (book early, bring bedding) are a solid option for shoulder-season comfort.
Privacy-seekers will struggle in the front loop, where sites crowd together. Coin-operated showers, mudflats that swallow the beach at low tide, and drainage issues on a handful of sites are real friction points, check your tide chart before you plan anything near the water.
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Rated higher than 60% of graded campgrounds
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Summer offers the warmest, driest weather and the best window for beach walks, tidepooling, and evening sunsets over Padilla Bay. Daytime highs typically reach the mid-60s to mid-70s°F, with cool nights in the low 50s°F. Low tides in summer expose extensive mudflats that bring shorebirds close to the beach for outstanding wildlife viewing and photography. Trails and blackberry patches are at their peak for biking and short hikes. Weekends are busiest in July and August, so reserve campsites in advance. Wild roses bloom in June, and blackberries ripen along the trails in July. Mosquitoes are rarely a problem.
Good season for bird migration and beach exploring; reviewers gave positive spring signal.
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Amenities described by campers include two restroom buildings with showers, picnic tables at sites and beach, on-site cabins, a small check-in store selling ice and firewood, and electrical plug-in sites for RVs. Showers are reported as coin-operated; cabins lack indoor plumbing and share nearby restrooms.
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