West Winds
Its 18 sites are first-come, first-served (no reservations), camping costs $25 per night, debit or credit card only at the West Winds fee kiosk, and it is open year-round. West Winds is a National Forest campground near Tillamook, Oregon.
First-come, first-served
- Managed by
- National Forest
- Cell service
- Spotty
West Winds sits inside Siuslaw National Forest. Its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com. It sits 0.6 miles outside the boundary of Clay Myers State Natural Area at Whalen Island; its hours, entrance fee, and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com.
Sand Lake dunes: The campground borders about 1,100 acres of open coastal sand dunes in the Sand Lake Recreation Area, with year-round OHV riding (Oregon OHV permit required) and beach access. (recreation.gov)
Getting a site
- Managed by
- National Forest
- Reservations
- None, first-come
- Fee
- $25 per night, debit or credit card only at the West Winds fee kiosk
Source: fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Sites and hookups
- Total sites
- 18
- ✓ Toilets
- ✓ Potable water
- ✓ Fire rings
- ✓ Pets allowed
On site: Toilets, potable water, fire rings, and pets allowed.
Sources: fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29; recreation.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Rules
- Pets
- Allowed
Source: fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Access and cell service
- Cell service, reported
- Spotty
- Elevation
- 28 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
- No coverage at the campground; 4G LTE mapped about 0.1 mi away
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.
45.2869, -123.9578 in Tillamook. Open in OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Season and winter services
West Winds is open year-round .
Sources: epqs.nationalmap.gov, accessed 2026-09-29; fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
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Around West Winds
The nearest lake with a fishing page is Cape Meares Lake, whose mapped center point is 15 miles away in a straight line. Stocking record and species: Cape Meares Lake fishing on fishypedia.com.
Public land within 15 miles: Sitka Sedge State Natural Area (1.7 miles to its center) , Cape Lookout State Park (4.6 miles to its center) , Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area (4.9 miles to its center) , Bob Straub State Park (7.2 miles to its center) , and Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge (8.3 miles to its center) ; publiclandsdb.com has each unit's camping rules and boundary.
Reservable Sandbeach Reservable Whalen Island County Campground 
Reservable Webb County Campground More campgrounds: camping near Tillamook and campgrounds in Tillamook.
Sources
- apps.fs.usda.gov (all fields), accessed 2026-09-28
- epqs.nationalmap.gov (elevationFt), accessed 2026-09-29
- broadbandmap.fcc.gov (cellCoverage), accessed 2026-09-27
- fs.usda.gov (sites, petsAllowed, season, fee, toilets, water, fireRings, reservationSystem), accessed 2026-09-29
- recreation.gov (sites, cellService, notableFeature), accessed 2026-09-29