Favorite Snowbird Locations by State?

Just looking at vehicle plates, Yuma seems to have lots of Albertans and folks from British Columbia.

The Palm Springs area is similar, and Westjet has direct flights there from western Canada airports and from Toronto so RVers can bring their families down to enjoy the sun!

southern NM Elephant Butte NM, The parks are full from folks all over the country, The price is right the climate is consistent Winter birds. My home base but we are taking off to Quartzsite and Yuma Az next week for our winter trip.

"Follow the money". If it is closer (cheaper) for folks from Iowa and Minnesota to visit the RGV than Florida, guess where you will find them. The closest warm winter weather for someone from Pennsylvania is not Arizona, but Florida. Naturally, there are exceptions, but count license plates in your winter destination.

jplante4 wrote:
Admittedly, I don't have a large sample, but it seems to me that certain areas of Florida attract people from the same area in the north. In Palm Beach area campgrounds, we noticed the majority were Canadians, specifically Québécois. Jetty Park seemed to be a lot of easterners, NC, SC GA ,and now we're in Crystal River at Rock Crusher Canyon and the place is load with Michiganders.

So that gets me to wondering if there are areas in FL that are preferred by people from the same area up north, and where are the New Englanders?

Possibly.

Could be one group gets started going and they all tell their friends and family about it.

Same reason everyone in TN goes to Destin or Panama City in the summer.

The parks in our area of SW Arizona is a very mixed group. Our park probably has a majority of Canadians, in a normal year. However, there is no one Province that dominates and we have them from as far east as Quebec and as far north as the NWT. Quiet a few Alaskans in the area also. Otherwise, you will see plates from almost every state in the union here.

I see people from all over when I was camping in Quartzsite AZ and other boondocking locations.

Here is a website listing many free or less than $15 a night places to boondock. You are not paying for electric, or a dump station. Many are on a lake, or out in the desert, or a National Forest. Yes there are a few listings such as "Parked at Bob's tire service overnight for free, got tires the next morning" - that is not really boondocking, but overnight parking while in route to someplace that you want to be.

FreeCampgrounds.com

Have fun camping!

Fred.