Beverly Beach State Park — Hotel in Newport

I'll do this review in two parts. First part is for the state park side. There is ample parking at the park entrance and the restrooms are right beside the parking. Very easy beach access. You can easily walk to the beach in about three minutes from the time you park until the time that you touch sand.

For the campground. Wow - there are a TON of camping sites. They really packed them in here. Located at the front is the check-in desk, trash & recycling, and a welcome center. At the welcome center, the staff are incredibly friendly and they sell firewood and ice during their business hours.

If you camp in the spots near the park entrance, you will be blown away...literally. The wind is super strong right off the ocean. You will get a view of the ocean but you might freeze in a tent.

The other camping spots are locate back away from the road and won't have a view. We reserved a spot, all the way at the very east back end of the campground. This meant that we had a short drive in past all of the other campsites. The road is paved but is narrow and had many bumps and potholes. It might be a tight fit for big trucks and big rigs.

The yurt that we stayed in definitely could fit 5 people comfortably. It came with a small table with two chairs, a bunch bed with a queen on bottom and twin/full on top, plus an additional queen futon. The mattress is VERY firm and you will need you own linens and bedding. Highly recommend bringing a comforter to put under your sheets because the bed stays very cold. There is only ONE outlet in the entire place and one cadet heater. There was mold growing on the interior of the fabric of the yurt itself. So, this is not ideal for those with allergies, immune compromised, etc.

The spot did have electricity, a fire pit, a water spigot, and a picnic table. However, there was literally nothing separating us from the campsite right next to us and we literally shared each meal with the strangers next to us. Why there is not bushes in between the campgrounds is shocking to me.

The campsites are so on top of one another that you can hear what your neighbors are saying at a whisper, verbatim.

It is very heavily wooded inside and is quite dark most of the time. The sun will come through in spots throughout the day. There is also an animal issue here so you cannot leave your coolers out or the raccoons etc. will get inside of them.

The restrooms were well stocked and plenty. There were also plenty of showers. The showers have low heads and will not be ideal for those over 5'9".

Overall is a pretty nice place to camp, but I would want to book all of the sites around mine next time to have some semblance of peace and privacy.

Great access to so many beach and activities. Less than 10 minutes away from Walmart and...

So me and my mom and my friend went here yesterday and it was gorgeous. The one gripe I have is the reason I knocked a star off the review. This location is one that comes up when I search for accessible beaches, and it's not very accessible at all.

My mom has mobility issues. She uses a rollator/walker. So I was searching up beaches that had easy access and paths friendly to those with ambulatory issues. This place came up and had a whole message about how they pride themselves on their accessibility with all the mats they put out so there's a path for people with mobility devices.

This is an hour away from the beaches I had originally thought of going to. But I was like, no, I want it to be easy for her to get to the water. As easy as possible anyways.

Well we take the extra long drive to get there. And it was little confusing to find the beach access, but the lady in the visitor center was very nice and informative and showed me how to get to the beach parking etc.

We get over there and get all our stuff out and ready and head to the waterfront. And there was a nice trail, that led to a small hill, which had a mat path on it. I was like, yay this is what I drove all this way for. Well, we get to the crest and look down and for one thing it was rather steep. Which isn't ideal, but it was doable. But then, the path ends hundreds of feet from the water.... There was quite the stretch to get up to the waves and I ended up having to carry the walker (cause good luck rolling that through the sand) and my mom slowly but surely was able to cling to me and make her way to the water. Where she was able to get her feet in the water and all was well enough. We did really enjoy ourselves thankfully.

But then we had to head back and it was difficult to say the least after the trek down wore us both out a bit. Eventually we made our way back up and there was all sorts of sharp stuff in the mats which ended up hurting my mom's feet. Thankfully it didn't seem to break skin... But still.

The experience would have been a lot better if it was closer to the way it's described. They say there are hundreds of feet of these mats laid out to make it soooo accessible. And it's just this little stretch long enough to get down the steep portion of the path and that's it. I was disappointed with that.

However, the beach was very pretty. The weather was nice. There weren't too many people. And overall it was a good day. So I'll give it a solid 4 stars because as a normal location it seems lovely.

But for the claims of being all accessible......

Great place for camping. Lots of people and lots of dogs. If you like people and dogs you will be in good company. We camped during the second week in June and rented a yurt! That's right, a big ole Mongolian-style green vinyl yurt with a window on top to let in light. The yurt came with a bunk bed and a couch/futon and four of us easily fit inside. The yurt comes with a lock and key so you can safely leave your valuables inside. For comfort, it comes with a small space heater that is probably only needed for a short time to warm up the yurt a bit.

The showers. The individual stall showers with lockable doors had very hot water but beware, some of them never get hot so test out your shower before you commit. The last thing you want to do is stand there in your birthday suit waiting for hot water that will never arrive when it's 50 degrees.

Another thing that might be good to know is that the firewood sold there and at the small store up the hill is very fast burning. We went through lots of wood every night. If you find slower burning wood somewhere along the way, you might enjoy your fire more.

A few things that we did in the area that were really fun and close by are offshore fishing in Newport, visiting the Tillamook Cheese visitors center, an Air museum (also in Tillamook) where a blimp hanger was built in 1942, saw the Oregon coast aquarium in Newport, and the Rogue brewery in Newport. So many fun things to do within an hour of camp. The fishing was great and we caught lots of huge fish. It was only about $75 per person and it was well worth the money. We fished with Captains Reel Deep Sea Fishing. We left around 7am and returned by noonish. Do it if you can.

We made most of our own meals and used the fish we caught a couple nights so we only ate out a few times. I think the best meal we had was at the coffee house in Newport. Enormous breakfasts that can fill you up for an entire day. One of my kids ordered a blueberry pancake and it was the size of a large pizza, and it was only the small pancake!! ...