How and where should we beach camp on the Oregon coast?
You can’t do it anywhere. It isn’t legal to camp on the beach. However, the whole coast is lined with state campgrounds where you can get a site to pitch your tent for not very much per night. There are shower rooms and each site has a fire pit. There aren’t any private beaches in Oregon. The state owns the entire length of the beach from the California border all the way to the Columbia River. (Thank you, Governor Oswald West!) I should also point out that while the distance from Portland to the coast is not all that great as the crow flies, the roads are such that it isn’t what you’d consider a comfortable commute.
