Campground Web Sites

rockhillmanor wrote:
Truth be told ALL CG's have small sites.

The more sites the more money. And then there are the extreme CG's where you are parked in like sardines the next guys' slide right up against your bedroom window.

That's why they don't put pictures of their sites. Come on we all know it's almost given they are not going to be spacious.

~AND~ CG's never put pictures up of what is 'next to' their CG either.
I've gone to a CG only to find out their fence was shared by a huge truck stop, complete with diesel running all night, urine and ladies of the evening. Another CG was right next to a sewage plant, whew!


I now just plug in the address of the CG's on google maps and then zoom in on the satellite picture and then zoom in on street level.....tells me everything I need to know! CG's can't hide anything using this method! :B

I checkout the Good Sam listing of parks for a certain area. I first pick out campgrounds based on their facility rating and reviews. I then go to their website to get rates and reservation information and their address and to get pictures of typical campsites. I am only interested in pictures of typical campsites not their game room or their Christmas party, etc. If there are no pictures of typical campsites, I figure the owner is ashamed of them or doesn't consider what they look like as important and I usually eliminate them.

Like you do, I then check out the potential campground on Google Earth and in the street view also. If a campground passes all of these tests I will go ahead and make a reservation. If the stay is just for overnight, I don't even consider amenities. If the stay is for longer such as a week or longer I factor in a bit of the amenities that I might use (which aren't many). If we are staying overnight at a Wal Mart I check them out on Google Earth and street view also.


Usually I end up with very nice sites that I am satisfied with, but I have been fooled a few times!