Colorful Camping at Beakertopia✨️🌈

97%

74 reviews

· Bon Secour, Baldwin, Alabama

2 acres hosted by Emma G.

3 lodging sites · 1 RV site · 15 tent sites

Family-friendly

Recent Hipcampers say this Hipcamp is great for families and kids.

Best in Alabama: Finalist

Named one of the best Hipcamps to visit in 2024.

Emma is a Star Host

Star Hosts are highly rated, responsive, and committed to providing incredible experiences.

Private sites

96% of recent Hipcampers say the sites felt private.

Come camp on one of the Southeast's most unique properties, Beakertopia! Our 2.4 acre artist compound is enclosed in bamboo and lush with hundred-year-old live oaks + native pollinator flowers we’ve planted. Choose any spot to pitch your tent and enjoy our magic oasis only 20 min from the beautiful white sandy beaches of Gulf Shores. You're welcome to use the "outdoor living room" as you please. This area includes a bar with rainwater catchment for washing hands/dishes, refrigerator, freezer, electric tea kettle, microwave, solar oven, complimentary coffee/tea station, 2 burner biogas stovetop with cooking equipment&utensils, games, aerial yoga silks, climbing wall, slackline, Iyengar yoga rope wall, trash/recycling, filtered alkaline drinking water and more! Feel free to use our laundry facilities, communal picnic basket, and complimentary condiments, seasonings, sauces, etc found in the door of the fridge. Attached to the lounge is our air conditioned ecobathroom with *hot* shower, bio toilet, and complimentary toiletries if you forget anything. 2025 Update~ You may read about mosquitoes in some of our past reviews, but I am happy to share that we now have a monthly mosquito service in place that has mitigated that issue! Learn more about this land: Our intention for this artist community is to bring like-minded people together and make the world a more beautiful place. It serves as our primary residence and also residence for seasonal workers&traveling artists when they come here. Every year we have the opportunity to employ about a dozen people to work with us during the tourist season, from March-October. Aside from our local employees, we also wanted to create a space that would allow for fellow travelers to join our crew. Beakertopia provides the possibility for friends from around the world to come live and work. Check out our website for more info ✨️

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97% Recommend87 ratings · 74 reviews

Beakertopia offers a peaceful and artistic camping experience under majestic oak trees. The space combines nature with creative touches, featuring amenities like a hot shower, communal kitchen, and secure access. While many found the environment relaxing and unique, some noted mosquito presence during their stay. Overall, campers appreciated the friendly hosts and the opportunity to unwind in a vibrant setting.

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Stephany H.

2 reviews

Recommends

· April 2025

Magical and Artsy

Tent ·

Tent camping under the oaks ⭐️🌳💫

I LOVED staying here. It is BEAUTIFUL. The moment you pull up you are greeted by majestic oak trees and a gorgeous bamboo fence. They have everything you need and more. You camp in a field with delicate wildflowers and under a ring of giant live oak trees. It felt magical. Everything is artsy and neat as well as environmentally friendly. The cost was great and it was super easy to find. I highly recommend her place.

Dawn B.

3 reviews

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· March 2025

We liked it. You would have, too.

Group trip ·

✨️Traditional Sioux Style Tipi✨️

The inside space if the teepee was bigger than we thought. It was warm and cozy. The main area had hammocks that we enjoyed, as wellbas games and other cozy places to sit. The man was very nice and helpful. They brought us a wheelbarrow to carry our things. It was really cute. We liked it. You would like it.

Charlie H.

10 months on Hipcamp

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· March 2025

Tent · Group trip ·

Tent camping under the oaks ⭐️🌳💫

What an intricate space. Unique experience with so much freedom!! Clearly so much attention was given to every inch of the property.

Heidi G P.

3 reviews

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· March 2025

Beautiful, quiet stay

With kids ·

Stargaze in Style at The Luna Dome⭐

Our stay here was magical- Bon Secour is a pocket of untouched nature inside the booming growth of the coast, yet accessible to beaches and parks. Our dome stay gave us connection to the outdoors but some comforts of glamping. The property is full of Oaks and surrounded by woods. They have created a fun, oasis with unique stays! Highly recommend.

Rachel W.

3 reviews

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· March 2025

24 ft campervan ·

RV/Van/Vehicle Camping 🚍⚡️🩵

My husband and I needed a short getaway and Emma & Jason's place fit the bill! We both loved the live oaks on the property and the unique structures built by these two artists. Jason even helped when we needed an adapter for our power cord. My husband and I spent time chilling in the communal lounge, which offered comfortable seating, music, and cooking/dish washing amenities. The restroom and shower were well appointed and very comfortable. We would happily stay at Beakertopia again!

Jon C.

2 reviews

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· February 2025

25 ft campervan ·

RV/Van/Vehicle Camping 🚍⚡️🩵

Cool space to stay. Decided and private when we were there. No issues at all.

Location

Bon Secour, Baldwin, Alabama, United StatesTraditional, ancestral territory of Mvskoke (Muscogee) and Pensacola First Nations according to

Native Land Digital.

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