Flanners Beach Campground
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- Right now
- OpenThe agency lists it open
- A night
- $20–$50Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 39All of them booked ahead
- Season
- Year-roundOpen year-round
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 8 notices
In the agency’s own words
Located in the Neuse River Recreation Area in eastern North Carolina, Flanners Beach Campground is situated on a bluff overlooking the scenic Neuse River and within a half-hour drive from the Atlantic Ocean and Intracoastal Waterway. The campground is extreemly busy and reservations are reccamended but must be made 3 days in advance. Of the 39 campsites, 7 are considered first come-first served campsites that cannot be reserved or held, so a person must physically be there with their camping equipment to purchase the campsite. Flanners Beach campground has the option to use Scan & Pay system, but by the rules of recreaiton.gov it may only be used for first come-first served sites. Please make sure to contact a campground host to ensure availability before paying for any campsite. Failure to check with the campground host for availability may result in the loss of your camping fee. Keep reading
Recreation
The area includes a three mile non-motorized trail. Water activities abound and include canoeing, kayaking, and fishing. Hunting is also popular in the area but you must use an alternate location to access the water for these activities.
Facilities
The campground has 39 sites, 22 of which offer electrical hookup with 20/30/50 amps and 2 are Double campsites. Amenities include a bathhouse with private hot showers and an adjacent day-use picnic area. Check out time is 11:00am and Check in time is 1:00pm to allow for campsite to be maintained. There is a 14 day stay limit within a 30 day period. Once a 14 day stay limit is reached, the camping unit must leave the campground. Access to the beach has been closed since hurricane Florence and will continue to be until the planned restoration work has been completed.
Natural Features
The Neuse River is a coastal waterway where saltwater meets fresh, and is approximately two miles wide where the waters meet. The river empties into the Bogue Sound just a few miles down-stream.
Nearby Attractions
Special places in the area include the Beaches of the Crystal Coast of North Carolina, Tryon Place (the original governor's mansion of the thirteen colonies), the third oldest town in the state and seat of Carteret County, Beaufort, NC, and Fort Macon (an original pre-Civil War Fort).
Charges & Cancellations
There is a $10.00 fee to cancel Reservations. Reservations canceled within the 3 days of arrival may result in the loss of the fee for one or more nights stay. Refunds for weather or checking out early will not be considered
What the agency tells you
- 22 campsites have electrical hookups, and all sites can accommodate RVs and tents. - Check out time is 11:00am and Check in time is 1:00pm to allow for campsite to be maintained. - There is a 14 day stay limit within a 30 day period. Once a 14 day stay limit is reached, the camping unit must leave the campground to allow others the equal opportunity to use the site.
In addition to the basic campsite fee, a $5 surcharge fee will be collected onsite for all campsites with electrical hookups. This fee is not subject to Interagency Pass discounts.
No full RV Sewer hookups at campsites, electrical hookups only. Rv's should use the Dump Station to empty Black and Grey water tanks
Everything else this campground posts · 5
- No boat ramp available. - Alcohol Use is Prohibited
DOG LIMIT: 2
A few sites are designed to accommodate two times the number of people that a single site can accommodate. The cost for those sites is double the single site fee, plus double the electrical surcharge. There is no Interagency Pass discount for double sites.
Don't Move Firewood: Help protect our forests! Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood at or near your destination and burning it on-site. Moving firewood is illegal in some states. Visit dontmovefirewood.org to learn more.
Neuse River/Fanner's beach access will remain closed until further notice. They are closed due to damage sustained by Hurrican Florence. The picnic tables and restroom will remain open for public use
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 39
- Hookups
- 20 electric
- Longest rig
- 85 ft
- Accessible sites
- 39
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Showers
- Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
- “Amenities include a bathhouse with private hot showers and an adjacent day-use picnic area.”
- Dump station
- Yes
- recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- River, Creek, Beach, Coast
- Hiking
- Historic site
- Ranger programs
- Picnicking
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 66th darkest of 84 in NC
- Bortle 4
Full this Saturdayread 16:33 UTC
How full the weekend is nationally.
OpenBooked
Every one of the 24 sites on offer is taken this Saturday. 25 are free on Mon, Oct 19. read 16:33 UTC Why the weekend fills and the week doesn’t
Watch for a cancellation
Watch this campground
One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 21
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $20–$50 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
“- There is a $10.00 fee to cancel Reservations.” · this campground’s own terms
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 6
recreation.gov availability, read 16:33 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
41 records · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 39 mapped sitesAll 41 records
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 39 of the 41 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 00/Host | host pad | 75 ft | 30 amp | yes | |||
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 01 | standard nonelectric | 65 ft | yes | 76 ft | 818 ft | $20 | |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 02 | standard electric | 80 ft | 50 amp | yes | 58 ft | 836 ft | $25–$50 |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 03 | standard electric | 80 ft | 50 amp | yes | 76 ft | 887 ft | $25–$50 |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 04 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | yes | 58 ft | 841 ft | $25–$50 |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 05 | standard electric | 80 ft | 50 amp | yes | 64 ft | 829 ft | $25–$50 |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 06 | standard electric | 55 ft | 30 amp | yes | 50 ft | 881 ft | $25–$50 |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 07 | standard electric | 55 ft | 30 amp | yes | 50 ft | 913 ft | $25–$50 |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 08 | standard electric | 65 ft | 50 amp | yes | 57 ft | 962 ft | $25–$50 |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 09 | standard electric | 40 ft | 30 amp | yes | 61 ft | 1,018 ft | $25–$50 |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 10 | standard electric | 85 ft | 50 amp | yes | 61 ft | 958 ft | $25–$50 |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 11 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | yes | 70 ft | 836 ft | $25–$50 |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 12/14 | standard electric | 75 ft | 50 amp | yes | 112 ft | 847 ft | $25–$50 |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 13 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | yes | 67 ft | 783 ft | $25–$50 |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 15 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | yes | 67 ft | 718 ft | $25–$50 |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 16 | standard electric | 40 ft | 30 amp | yes | 73 ft | 733 ft | $25–$50 |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 17 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | yes | 39 ft | 647 ft | $25–$50 |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 18 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | yes | 51 ft | 645 ft | $20 | |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 19 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | yes | 39 ft | 609 ft | $25–$50 |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 20 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | yes | 51 ft | 594 ft | $20 | |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 21 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | yes | 85 ft | 527 ft | $25–$50 |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 22 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | yes | 55 ft | 547 ft | $20 | |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 23 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | yes | 49 ft | 437 ft | $20 | |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 24 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | yes | 72 ft | 460 ft | $20 | |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 25 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | yes | 49 ft | 393 ft | $20 | |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 26 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | yes | 60 ft | 389 ft | $20 | |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 27 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | yes | 40 ft | 349 ft | $20 | |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 28 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | yes | 40 ft | 329 ft | $20 | |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 29 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | yes | 48 ft | 306 ft | $20 | |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 30 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | yes | 66 ft | 298 ft | $20 | |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 31 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | yes | 73 ft | 312 ft | $20 | |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 31-32/Host | host pad | 50 ft | 50 amp | yes | 356 ft | ||
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 32 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | yes | 71 ft | 445 ft | $20 | |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 33 | standard nonelectric | 60 ft | yes | 84 ft | 448 ft | $20 | |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 34 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | yes | 62 ft | 516 ft | $20 | |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 35 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | yes | 56 ft | 533 ft | $25–$50 |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 36 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | yes | 58 ft | 578 ft | $20 | |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 37 | standard electric | 40 ft | yes | 29 ft | 589 ft | $25–$50 | |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 38/40 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | yes | 58 ft | 636 ft | $25–$50 |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 39 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | yes | 29 ft | 614 ft | $20 | |
| FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND | 41 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | yes | 56 ft | 670 ft | $20 |
The agency files 2 more records here that aren’t sites for the night. It names them host pads. They’re in the table above, marked for what they are, and none of them is counted as a site.
25 of 41 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
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North Core Banks - Beach CampingCape Lookout National Seashore · 40 mi
Long Point Cabin CampCape Lookout National Seashore · 40 miFlanners Beach Campground is located between New Bern and Morehead City, North Carolina, just 1/2 mile off US 70.
From New Bern, travel southeast about ten miles on US 70E. Turn left onto Flanners Beach Road (State Route 1107) and travel about 1/2 mile to the recreation area.
From Morehead City, travel northwest on US 70W about 20 miles. Turn right onto Flanners Beach Road (State Route 1107) and travel about 1/2 mile to the recreation area.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Neuse Forest, NC
Typical weather
Typical October night 56°F, day 76°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 36°F. Bring the bag rated for it.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it · a letter you can send
Roadless country, and what’s coming for it
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Flanners Beach Campground is in North Carolina’s 3rd congressional district. Its representative, Greg Murphy (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →
Who can change it · 3
Two offices, two different asks. The draft to the agency asks it to set aside a published share of the sites here for whoever drives up. The draft to Congress asks why that share is zero and presses for a published minimum at the campgrounds it funds.
- The member who votes the moneyGregory F. MurphyU.S. Representative · North Carolina’s 3rd district
No contact form we could verify, so that link is their own site. Contact is inside it. Washington office: 202-225-3415.
- Your senator, on the same appropriationTed BuddU.S. Senator · North Carolina
- Your senator, on the same appropriationThom TillisU.S. Senator · North Carolina
Read the draft, or change the wording
For the camper who turned up, or tried to book, and couldn’t get in. Every draft is written from this campground’s own record (its agency, its unit, its site count and its own weekend) and the buttons above copy whichever wording is selected here.
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Flanners Beach Campground, Croatan National Forest, North Carolina
Dear Gregory F. Murphy, I’m a constituent in North Carolina’s 3rd district. I tried to camp at Flanners Beach Campground, Croatan National Forest, North Carolina, and couldn’t. All 39 sites at Flanners Beach Campground are reservable, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, all 24 sites recreation.gov was offering there were already booked. 1,623 of the 7,647 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Flanners Beach Campground keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Flanners Beach Campground. I’m asking you to put it to the U.S. Forest Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Flanners Beach Campground (Croatan National Forest, North Carolina) via campanac.com
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Flanners Beach Campground, Croatan National Forest, North Carolina
Dear Ted Budd, I’m a constituent in North Carolina. I tried to camp at Flanners Beach Campground, Croatan National Forest, North Carolina, and couldn’t. All 39 sites at Flanners Beach Campground are reservable, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, all 24 sites recreation.gov was offering there were already booked. 1,623 of the 7,647 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Flanners Beach Campground keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Flanners Beach Campground. I’m asking you to put it to the U.S. Forest Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Flanners Beach Campground (Croatan National Forest, North Carolina) via campanac.com
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Flanners Beach Campground, Croatan National Forest, North Carolina
Dear Thom Tillis, I’m a constituent in North Carolina. I tried to camp at Flanners Beach Campground, Croatan National Forest, North Carolina, and couldn’t. All 39 sites at Flanners Beach Campground are reservable, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, all 24 sites recreation.gov was offering there were already booked. 1,623 of the 7,647 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Flanners Beach Campground keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Flanners Beach Campground. I’m asking you to put it to the U.S. Forest Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Flanners Beach Campground (Croatan National Forest, North Carolina) via campanac.com