Oyster Point Campground
- Right now
- ClosedThe agency’s own sentence, quoted below
- A night
- $10–$20When it reopens, per site
- Sites
- 15In the agency’s record
- Season
- Year-roundOpen year-round
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 4 notices
In the agency’s own words
Oyster Point Campground is located on the banks of the Newport River, near the town of Newport, NC. The campground is just a short drive to the beaches of Atlantic Beach, NC and other coastal fishing destinations. The campground can get very busy and reservations are reccamended but must be made 3 days in advance. Of the 15 campsites, 1 are considered a first come-first served campsite that cannot be reserved or held, so a person must physically be there with their camping equipment to purchase the campsite. Oyster Point 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
Canoeing and fishing are popular options. Power boating is allowed on the Newport River, however, the boat lanch at this location is a small hand launch with no vehicle access that you may use a canoe or kayak cart/dolly for assistance to get your boat to the water if desired. The Croatan Saltwater Trail weaves south between the barrier islands of the Bogue Sound and north on Adams Creek connecting to the Neuse River. This campground is also the trailhead for the Neusiok trail which is a 21-mile hiking trail that meanders through cypress swamps, loblolly pines and vast bogs of thick vegetation.
Facilities
The campground features 15 campsites and two vault toilets. Each site has a picnic table, fire grill, parking spur, tent pad and lantern post. The boat lanch at this location is a small hand launch with no vehicle access that you may use a canoe or kayak cart/dolly for assistance to get your boat to the water if desired Natural Features Situated in the coastal pine forest and intercostal waterway of the Croatan National Forest, which encompasses 160,000 acres in eastern North Carolina, the Newport River is 12 miles long and opens into the Bogue sound. It is popular with anglers and flatwater paddlers.
Nearby Attractions
The campground is just a short drive to the towns of Newport, NC and Morehead City, NC. These towns offer full service grocery, retail, and an abundant selection of restaurants.
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
Dog Limit: 2
Bug spray is recommended.
Because of the its proximity to the coast, Oyster Point is sometimes impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms and must be closed temporarily. It is always wise to check the weather forecast prior to your arrival.
Everything else this campground posts · 1
Please be aware that to keep things fair for everyone, there is a 14 day maximum consecutive stay limit rule in effect for this facility. Reservations at the campground cannot exceed 14 nights in a 30 day period of time. After 14 days, each person and their camping unit must leave the campground for 16 days. Violation of this policy may result in the loss of your campsite with no refund and a citation
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 15
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- 15
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…campground features 15 campsites and two vault toilets. Each site has a picnic table, fire grill, parking…”
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- River, Creek, Beach
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hiking
Nothing to book until it reopensread 15:43 UTC
Because of the its proximity to the coast, Oyster Point is sometimes impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms and must be closed temporarily.
OpenBooked
Tell me when it reopens
Watch for it to come back
One email when the agency reopens it, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check the agency’s own record once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time it stops saying closed.
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.
Every line of the receipt · 17
What you actually pay
“- 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 · 5
What the agency said · 1
Because of the its proximity to the coast, Oyster Point is sometimes impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms and must be closed temporarily. It is always wise to check the weather forecast prior to your arrival.
U.S. Forest Service · posted Sep 9, 2026
Filed as emergency from the agency’s own words “hurricanes”. That reading is ours.
Open within 60 miles · 2
The agency’s own word that these are open, not our reading of a season.
- Flanners Beach CampgroundCroatan National Forest · 19 mi · 39 sites
- Cedar Point CampgroundCroatan National Forest · 19 mi · 38 sites
recreation.gov availability, read 15:43 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
15 sites
All 15 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 15 of the 15 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Main | 01 | standard nonelectric | yes | $10–$20 |
| Main | 02 | standard nonelectric | yes | $10–$20 |
| Main | 03 | standard nonelectric | yes | $10–$20 |
| Main | 04 | standard nonelectric | yes | $10–$20 |
| Main | 05 | standard nonelectric | yes | $10–$20 |
| Main | 06 | standard nonelectric | yes | $10–$20 |
| Main | 07 | standard nonelectric | yes | $10–$20 |
| Main | 08/10 | standard nonelectric | yes | $10–$20 |
| Main | 09 | standard nonelectric | yes | $10–$20 |
| Main | 11 | standard nonelectric | yes | $10–$20 |
| Main | 12 | standard nonelectric | yes | $10–$20 |
| Main | 13 | standard nonelectric | yes | $10–$20 |
| Main | 14 | standard nonelectric | yes | $10–$20 |
| Main | 15 | standard nonelectric | yes | $10–$20 |
| Main | 16 | standard nonelectric | yes | $10–$20 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Flanners Beach CampgroundCroatan National Forest · 19 mi
Cedar Point CampgroundCroatan National Forest · 19 mi
Great Island Cabin CampCape Lookout National Seashore · 20 mi
South Core Banks -- Beach campingCape Lookout National Seashore · 20 mi
North Core Banks - Beach CampingCape Lookout National Seashore · 30 mi
Long Point Cabin CampCape Lookout National Seashore · 30 miFrom Newport, take SR 1154 to Forest Road 181 and turn right.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Morehead City, NC
Typical weather
Typical October night 57°F, day 75°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
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Oyster Point 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 →