Ok, I know I may be asking for a lot, but I'd like to find a tent camping site at the coast with the following things:

- bathhouse with hot showers
- right on the ocean
- shade for the tent
- within 3 1/2 hours of Raleigh

I found places with some but not all. Ft Fisher has shaded tentsites and a bathhouse, but it's not right on the beach. This one place in Emerald Isle is beachfront and has showers, but there's no shade. Anyone have any suggestions? I don't mind the camping/rv combination campgrounds.

5/1/2009 12:30:11 AM

i hope you have a great time

5/1/2009 12:38:34 AM

i know an awesome place in FL...but thats def not close to raleigh

5/1/2009 12:39:49 AM

They should make a water slide from Raleigh to the beach. So when you're stressed out you just hop on the slide and go to the beach.

5/1/2009 12:43:34 AM

i dont thinkim up for a 3000ft high water slide that lasts 3 hours. not to mention the chapped ass

5/1/2009 12:49:08 AM

Even if you could ride your boogie board and drink liquor the whole way there?

5/1/2009 12:51:12 AM

you can camp between the dunes at cape lookout and there's a bathhouse with gas heated water. you're close enough to hear the waves crashing in your tent at night. idk how long it takes to get there from raleigh because you must take a ferry. there's no shade because it's on the fucking beach.

quit being so picky. choose between on the beach and shade, because i doubt you'll ever find both.

[Edited on May 1, 2009 at 1:03 AM. Reason : it's kinda hardcore rustic. probably not what you're looking for.]

5/1/2009 1:03:10 AM

salter path family camp ground in atlantic beach

its got camping sites right on the beach and is covered/protected really well with various coastal trees and shrubs. im not sure if thats what youre looking for

5/1/2009 1:10:46 AM

Quote :

"They should make a water slide from Raleigh to the beach. So when you're stressed out you just hop on the slide and go to the beach."

Quote :

"GREATEST IDEA EVER"

Let's make it happen.

5/1/2009 1:25:41 AM

maybe Oregon Inlet Campground. it only has cold showers though.

http://www.outerbanks.org/accommodations/nps_campgrounds/

5/1/2009 1:35:13 AM

If you are up for the drive, Rodanthe Watersports & Campground is great. Its inexpensive, waterfront (on the sound) and close to the beach. The sunsets are gorgeous (over the water) from your campsite and the guy might even let you use the kayaks for free.

http://www.watersportsandcampground.com

http://www.myspace.com/rodanthesunsets

5/1/2009 1:45:10 AM

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" quit being so picky. choose between on the beach and shade, because i doubt you'll ever find both."

Correct. How many trees do you see on the sand dunes/beachfront? Verrrryy little unless this is Flordia.

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"bathhouse with hot showers "

The ocean works just great for me. Mam, your camping. Go to carolina beach, you can drive your truck/4runner/whatever right on the sand and camp for a few nights. Done.

[Edited on May 1, 2009 at 7:44 AM. Reason : .]

5/1/2009 7:41:57 AM

near emerald isle: hammock beach state park/bear island

http://www.ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/habe/main.php

you're going to be hard pressed to find shade right next to the ocean. i'm not sure how that would work unless you brought your own. trees don't grow there. what exactly were you expecting to find in terms of shade right on the beach? have you never been there?

[Edited on May 1, 2009 at 8:33 AM. Reason : ]

5/1/2009 8:31:23 AM

http://www.camphatteras.com/ These have ocean or soundfront.

http://www.outer-banks.com/friscowoods/ These are all on the sound.



[Edited on May 1, 2009 at 8:57 AM. Reason : ]

5/1/2009 8:55:41 AM

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"what exactly were you expecting to find in terms of shade right on the beach?"

Ft. Fisher Recreation area:

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"Mam, your camping."

My camping what?

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"you can drive your truck/4runner/whatever right on the sand and camp for a few nights "

I don't think the WRX likes sand all up in her stuff

5/1/2009 9:19:55 AM

that's not camping. that's just sleeping outdoors under a tree

5/1/2009 9:23:51 AM

^^

Quote :

"Ft Fisher has shaded tentsites and a bathhouse, but it's not right on the beach."

you said that yourself. i'm just sayin, you're gonna be really hard pressed to find shade right next to the ocean.

5/1/2009 9:28:39 AM

carolina beach is right near fort fisher and you can drive right out on the beach, just a couple portajons though, why the hell would you need to take a shower just for a weekend though? its camping

5/1/2009 9:28:56 AM

Frisco Woods http://www.outer-banks.com/friscowoods/

5/1/2009 9:46:46 AM

Hunting Island State Park is a little farther than you want to find, but has everything else. Pictures speak for it.










Totally worth the drive.

5/1/2009 9:49:36 AM

Carolina Beach has a great place to camp at.. the last time I camped there it was stormy and our tent caved in after like 60 mph winds LOL good times tho.. Jinzo weathered the storm like a champ!

5/1/2009 10:05:28 AM

if you want some shade buy one of the canopy tents to erect over the tent you are going to sleep in.

[Edited on May 1, 2009 at 10:06 AM. Reason : u]

5/1/2009 10:06:35 AM

i've seen it mentioned a few times in here, but frisco woods is a great place.

^^^ that looks like a kick-ass spot too!

5/1/2009 10:17:46 AM

that does look like a nice place but im not driving all the way to SC to go camping

5/1/2009 10:24:53 AM

no kidding. there are plenty of decent places that are closer.

5/1/2009 10:27:00 AM

Hunington Beach state park - its about 10 miles south of murtle beach - best beach place i've ever been

5/1/2009 12:33:16 PM

quit being a pussy

5/1/2009 12:59:08 PM

Hunting Island looks amazing, but

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"No alcoholic beverages allowed."

lame!

I know the likelihood of finding all the things I wanted in one campground was slim, but I figured I'd ask

5/1/2009 3:11:33 PM

Freeman Park in Carolina Beach is where i camp. No campsites though

My parents are camping at Carolina Beach Camp Park or something like that next month. They said they have campsites pretty much up next to the beach.

5/1/2009 3:18:46 PM

^^Now you just seem like you're trying to rule out anything someone might suggest.

It's camping. You take what you can get; otherwise, get a hotel.

5/1/2009 3:26:51 PM

shade and right on the beach are gonna be hard to find...

5/1/2009 3:28:19 PM

bear island is great, but you have to take a ferry over to it and then "hike" in a mile or so to the campsites. but they do have showers.

5/1/2009 3:31:48 PM

^ That looks really great, actually...

5/2/2009 12:59:45 AM

did you find a place?

5/2/2009 1:01:13 AM

theres lots of dense live oak cover on the coast folks right in the damn dunes not even 50 feet from the tideline

dono if ull like the giant hype ants tho, or if theyll like you

[Edited on May 2, 2009 at 1:03 AM. Reason : d]

5/2/2009 1:02:20 AM

are there hot showers there?

5/2/2009 1:11:16 AM

^ I think just cold

5/2/2009 1:14:04 AM

im sure they can be arranged

5/2/2009 1:14:23 AM

HAHAHAHHA

5/2/2009 1:15:45 AM

many thanks to colter

checked out Bear Island, and it was pretty cool.

5/16/2009 12:18:49 AM

kinda pushing it with this one imo

coulda had it all in one thread

5/16/2009 12:20:07 AM

well, I could... but they were created at different times.

5/16/2009 12:21:54 AM

yeah double posting about the same topic is sometime known as padding

5/16/2009 12:22:38 AM

i'll have to check that spot out sometime

5/16/2009 12:23:16 AM

^ you should, it was lots of fun (except for the wicked storm that busted our tent)


^^ care level: low [--I------------------] high



[Edited on May 16, 2009 at 12:26 AM. Reason : ]

5/16/2009 12:24:00 AM

i can't stop hating right now

hating on foodlion and everything else right now =/

5/16/2009 12:25:39 AM

there is this great place at Myrtle Beach that my family used to go to. I will figure out the name but it was sooooo awesome! I would love to do that this year. It is not that expensive.

5/16/2009 12:32:20 AM

bttt we're going around June 29 and want to stay about a week. I'm really familiar with the Atlantic Beach area, but would definitely be willing to go somewhere else. I would prefer it be no more than 4 hours away, but if it looks really awesome, I'd be willing to go 5 hours away or so. Also, hot showers are a must and it'd be great to find something really close to the ocean. I've googled the Salter Path Family Campground, but can't find a site that really tells me anything.

5/17/2009 11:16:19 PM

we'll be camping at cape lookout this weekend

5/17/2009 11:20:48 PM

set em up

5/18/2009 6:58:46 AM