coos bay help

[ryskie22]

so just wondering if anyone knows if you can camp in the open sand at coos bay on a holiday weekend without reservations? we were told no of course, but winchester youve never needed reservations, just pull right in and park in the open sand and pay or dues. what i find funny is they say the same thing about winchester about reservations,you must have them, but when you get there its no big deal been doing it for years! never done it at coos bay never thought it would be a problem beings its 10 miles long, looking for some input on any buddy who chanced it like that and or any one who would be willing to let us camp within 150 feet from there post and use there number, preferd area would be spinreal side. thanks for everyone who replies.

[bansheesickness]

so just wondering if anyone knows if you can camp in the open sand at coos bay on a holiday weekend without reservations? we were told no of course, but winchester youve never needed reservations, just pull right in and park in the open sand and pay or dues. what i find funny is they say the same thing about winchester about reservations,you must have them, but when you get there its no big deal been doing it for years! never done it at coos bay never thought it would be a problem beings its 10 miles long, looking for some input on any buddy who chanced it like that and or any one who would be willing to let us camp within 150 feet from there post and use there number, preferd area would be spinreal side. thanks for everyone who replies.

 

i dont know about a holiday weekend but normaly its a free forall. i have never done it but see people do it all the time. i was there 2 weekends ago and it seemed every time i turned around i was blasting threw someones camp. you can allways call the koa off 101 in north bend, or right next to the koa is a huge parking lot with a building called mirtel wood i beleive. both places you can ride right to the dunes from your camp. as far as camp site nubers on the sand, i have never seen any but i could be wrong. i do know you are required to have an oregon dunes permit for your rig as well as a flag. that is what a ranger told me. there is also a road called sand road out in the dunes and i see people caming on that all the time. they just find a spot out of the way and set up camp.

[RustENutz]

You can risk it and get away with it. I do it all the time. But I don't do it in obvious spots. On Holiday weekends there's just a lot more Forest Service patrolling, so you're just more likely to get caught...

[Jhughes7]

There are marked areas you can camp on the sand at coos, If the rangers see you camping on the sand and your not in those spots, you will get a ticket and the boot 100% of the time.