Campground sites for Mexico?

there is an overview map here. It's about 5 years old.,but shows you an overview of where they are and density.

Most people who travel in Mexico use the guide to Mexican camping by Mike & Terri Church – also known as the Church book – or the Bible for travel in Mexico – you may still be able to find it at places like Amazon. It is somewhat out of date but if you go to their website you will find many updates sent in by readers and travelers.

http://www.rollinghomes.com/


Bill & Dot Bell have had a website for a very long time with lots of tips about travel in Mexico and where to find RV parks. Their Road Logs can be purchased and downloaded online as .pdf files – invaluable even for long time Mexico travelers.

http://www.ontheroadin.com/


ioverlander is a worldwide website of world travelers with tips on routes and places to stay and lots of other stuff – sent in by those who use the website

http://www.ioverlander.com/


SCT is the Mexican government agency in charge of roads. They put out road maps which can be downloaded for free in .pdf form – you can zoom in and move the maps around to see different areas. There are maps of all of Mexico as well as maps for each of the states in Mexico.

http://www.sct.gob.mx/?id=3923

http://www.sct.gob.mx/informacion-general/planeacion/cartografia/


A GPS which comes loaded with maps of Mexico should be a necessity. We use a Garmin. Cost about $200. Covers all of North America. Using the Lat Lon numbers in the Church book you can find just about any RV park in Mexico.

Keep asking questions on this forum

Here's my version of the same basic map posted above by Tequila . . .



. . . . This was created using Lat Lon numbers and an old Microsoft program called Streets & Trips which they no longer produce.

We also use things like Google Maps and Google Earth to check out RV park locations in Mexico. Believe it or not Google Earth Street View will often take you right down to street level even on some dirt roads in Mexico. Good to look things over to have some idea where you are going.

and as mentioned by Brian, there is ioverlander.com which has over 1000 places (1247 and counting) that may be of interest to motorhomers and overlanders. Mostly camping places - established campgrounds and boondocking, but also propane and water supplies, army checkpoints and the like. Complete with latest check-ins from users plus photos and available as an app for android or iphone that works off line and if you use mapsme or similar, will navigate you to the door. Also can download the whole shebang as a POI file for installation on a Garmin. All completely free.





Some of the places might be a bit adventurous for the average class A owner, but I think you will find most of your regular "proper" RV parks and snowbird refuges there as well.

Kevin and Sue started a group on Facebook for the sole purpose of collecting current info on Mexican CG's. Its sort of new but very useful already. Search on Facebook for "RV'ing in Mexico!".

I must disagree with Tony Lee. Because Overlander is a Wiki the info is very biased. Not really very good for anyone with a Class A or a 5th wheel. More designed for tenters and van campers. There too many popular CG's that are not listed. Doesn't hold a candle to Church and Church. Alas they do not publish anymore but the book is still useful. Lots of hints and tips as well as some general tourist information.

Moisheh

I do have a GPS POI file with over 500 campground locations listed, including many not in the Church book. They are gleaned from my own explorations, their book, caravan company owners, and info people have sent me. Mike & Terri Church are good friends of mine and I promised them I would not make it freely available until I know for certain they are not going to do a new edition. If they decide not to, then the first place I will make it available will be this forum.

Otherwise, best thing you can do is purchase their book, especially if they bring out a new edition. They know what I know. And more.

Alas they do not publish anymore but the book is still useful

As I mentioned above the Church Rolling Homes website has updates to the book and there have been a number of recent entries. If people would email Mike & Terri with the info they learn as they go along we would have lots of up to date info to go along with the book - but you do have to own a copy of the latest edition of the book for the updates to be of use - seems only fair that we all buy their book.

As far as info on Facebook - there are still many of us out here who know the risks of going on Facebook and simply are not going to go on that website. There are a great many ways to put info out on the internet that does not involve Facebook. The world does not need to know what we are doing or who we are. No social media for us. The privacy issues are just too great to be ignored.

wow great places to begin my planed hook south after getting my feet wet in No America in my new RoadTrek (awaiting delivery).

Solo with dog, in a shiny white large RV van...what could go wrong?

moisheh wrote:
I must disagree with Tony Lee. Because Overlander is a Wiki the info is very biased. Not really very good for anyone with a Class A or a 5th wheel. More designed for tenters and van campers. There too many popular CG's that are not listed. Doesn't hold a candle to Church and Church. Alas they do not publish anymore but the book is still useful. Lots of hints and tips as well as some general tourist information.

Moisheh

Disagree all you like, but the facts are if it is biassed - which I think you might be mistaking for all-inclusive, it is because the great hoard of US snowbirds either haven't heard of it or haven't bothered using it because they are clinging on to a publication that is obviously defunct and is increasingly out of date. Lets face it MOST RVers from the USA don't travel in Mexico, but just stay in their enclaves year after year so they haven't used Church's book for ten years anyway. However, quite easy to check just how unrealistic it is. Just get out your church's book and start comparing what it has and see which ones are and are not on iOverlander - and of course which ones are on ioverlander and not in Church's book. Not all of the chgurch's offerings are suitable for class As either and many are designated for small motorhomes only. All that did is give users of their book more choice and it recognised that truck campers make up a reasonable proportion of RVs going down to Mexico.

Ioverlander is modern, convenient and it's content is also up to date and interactive and available off-line. It is for travellers, not those who sit in the same patch of sun for four months every year, but does have the advantage that all those going to Mexico (and in fact all over the world) can use it if they want to. Free to try. Free to reject, unlike an obsolete book.