Whalen Island County Campground
Its sites are reservable through Campspot (Tillamook County Parks), camping costs $32/night blue site (tent or RV that fits, dry camping), $27 brown tent site, $9 hiker-biker; $11 per registration, and it is open year-round. Whalen Island County Campground is a County campground near Cloverdale, Oregon.
Reservable: Campspot (Tillamook County Parks)
- Managed by
- County
- Hookups
- None
Whalen Island County Campground sits inside Clay Myers State Natural Area at Whalen Island. Its hours, entrance fee, and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com. It sits 0.3 miles outside the boundary of Siuslaw National Forest; its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com. It sits 0.3 miles outside the boundary of Sitka Sedge State Natural Area; its hours, entrance fee, and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com.
Sand Lake estuary: On an estuary island next to Clay Myers State Natural Area, with a boat launch, crabbing, fishing and bird watching. (tillamookcounty.gov)
Getting a site
- Managed by
- County
- Reservations
- Campspot (Tillamook County Parks) Book a site
- Fee
- $32/night blue site (tent or RV that fits, dry camping), $27 brown tent site, $9 hiker-biker; $11 per registration
- Booking window
- Up to 6 months ahead
- Cancellations
- Refund less transaction fee if canceled 3+ days before arrival; later, one night is forfeited
Source: tillamookcounty.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Sites and hookups
- Hookups
- None
- ✓ Toilets
- ✓ Fire rings
- ✓ Pets allowed
On site: Toilets, fire rings, and pets allowed.
Source: tillamookcounty.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Rules
- Stay limit
- 14 days in any 28-day period, across all six county campgrounds
- Quiet hours
- 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campground host
- On site
Source: tillamookcounty.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Access and cell service
- Elevation
- 12 ft
Cell coverage by carrier (FCC map)
- AT&T
- 4G LTE
- T-Mobile
- No coverage at the campground; 4G LTE and 5G mapped about 0.2 mi away
- Verizon
- 4G LTE
Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection, data as of December 31, 2025
Outdoor coverage each carrier reports to the FCC at this campground's map point, and the nearest mapped coverage within about half a mile. The FCC map only includes 4G LTE at 5/1 Mbps or better and 5G; a weaker signal, a text, or an emergency call may still get through, but don't count on it. These are carrier predictions, not measurements, and can be wrong either way: real service in canyons, under trees, and inside a tent or vehicle is often weaker. 5G speeds are the FCC's 7/1 and 35/3 Mbps tiers. This product uses the FCC Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the FCC.
45.2727, -123.9494 in Tillamook. Open in OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Season and winter services
Whalen Island County Campground is open year-round .
Sources: tillamookcounty.gov, accessed 2026-09-29; epqs.nationalmap.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
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Around Whalen Island County Campground
The nearest lake with a fishing page is Cape Meares Lake, whose mapped center point is 16 miles away in a straight line. Stocking record and species: Cape Meares Lake fishing on fishypedia.com.
Public land within 15 miles: Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area (4 miles to its center) , Cape Lookout State Park (5.6 miles to its center) , and Bob Straub State Park (6.2 miles to its center) ; publiclandsdb.com has each unit's camping rules and boundary.
More campgrounds: camping near Cloverdale and campgrounds in Tillamook.
Sources
- tillamookcounty.gov (season, reservationWindow, reservationSystem), accessed 2026-09-29
- tillamookcounty.gov (sites, hookups, toilets, water, showers, dumpStation, hostOnSite, fee, notableFeature), accessed 2026-09-29
- tillamookcounty.gov (quietHours, stayLimit, cancellationPolicy, petsAllowed, fireRings, reservationSystemName, reservationUrl), accessed 2026-09-29
- openstreetmap.org (coordinates), accessed 2026-09-29
- epqs.nationalmap.gov (elevationFt), accessed 2026-09-29
- broadbandmap.fcc.gov (cellCoverage), accessed 2026-09-27