RATING: ♦♦♦
- Dates: Jun 4, 2019 – Jun 12, 2019
- Length of stay: 8 nights.
- Cost per night: $0.
- Discount: Thousand Trails Membership.
- Hookups: 30 amp electric, water, and sewer.
- Site number/quality: #A-4. Level gravel pad with picnic table. End site with neighbor only on one side. Room to park and sit.
- Park Quality: Thousand Trails RV parks are often hit or miss, and some, like this one, have lots of variations among the sites. When we arrived, there were relatively few sites available, and none had full hookups. Most of the open sites had issues: too narrow, too short, too unlevel. We finally found one buried in the trees that would work for a night. Becky learned from the ranger that a full hookup site was opening up in the morning, and first thing the next day she went over to claim it before anyone else. The second site was much better, and allowed us to enjoy our time at South Jetty. We would have hated spending a week in the first site. We were especially glad to have sewer, since the park’s dump station was closed. The park has plans to rebuild it sometime in the future. In the meantime, they have set aside a small back-in site near the exit with a sewer for dumping. But frankly, it’s a poor substitute.
- Access: Easy access off US-101 just south of the nice little town of Florence, which is situated at the mouth of the Siuslaw River. There is ample dining and shopping in town.
- Connectivity: Verizon-OK, AT&T-Good, and T-Mobile-Poor.
- Return yes/no?: Probably not. If we were to return to the area, we would probably stay in one of the many state park campgrounds along the coast.
- Notes: The best thing about this park is that it is located along the Oregon coast. And while the park is sub-par, the coast is spectacular. We spent some time at the beach, which is only a short drive away, and is part of the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. We also took a day trip 45 miles up the coast to another Thousand Trails park, Whalers Rest. The drive was fantastic, but the park wasn’t. We had planned on staying there for a few days, but after seeing it, we decided not to. Despite our disappointment with these two TT parks, they both were nearly full during the week and completely full on the weekend. I guess the surrounding area makes up for what the parks lack.
- Website: South Jetty RV Park
