Federal & State campgrounds: Max rig size?
Hey Everyone, I started looking around at another rig. My 5'er that has been my mainstay does not fit my newer truck and it has been sitting for well over a year without any use. Soo.... I started...
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I don't think I've encountered an official combined length restriction, certainly not one that stringent. That's not to say they don't exist, just that they aren't at all common, at least at the campgrounds I've been at. Usually when a site is listed for "30' or shorter RVs" they mean just the trailer (or motorhome), not the tow vehicle or towed vehicle. Not infrequently the listings are more conservative than they need to be or sometimes just plain wrong. Also not infrequently they're pretty accurate.
There may be a very few times when you'd have to unhook the tow vehicle after getting the trailer in the site and park it elsewhere. There may be a few more times when it would have to be unhooked and put next to the trailer in the site (or otherwise maneuvered to get things to fit). There would be many cases where neither are necessary, though of course if you want to go out unhooking is probably required.
With a 32' class C motorhome (or 35' with my bike rack attached), there are not many public parks I've found where I can't fit in at least some of the sites. There are a fair few where I do have to be selective, or at least want to be selective. Offhand I can think of only one or two Vermont state parks that I know I could not stay at, and quite a few of the Vermont park campgrounds were developed by the CCC before large RVs were around much.
Maybe you could go to one or two campgrounds such as you would like to stay at (that aren't too far away) and pace some of the empty sites to see how large they are and estimate what sorts of rigs would fit in.
Of course, it is rather obviously true that the larger the RV the fewer sites it can fit in. For that matter, an RV of any size is restricted from many camp sites--those with walk-in only access.
There may be a very few times when you'd have to unhook the tow vehicle after getting the trailer in the site and park it elsewhere. There may be a few more times when it would have to be unhooked and put next to the trailer in the site (or otherwise maneuvered to get things to fit). There would be many cases where neither are necessary, though of course if you want to go out unhooking is probably required.
With a 32' class C motorhome (or 35' with my bike rack attached), there are not many public parks I've found where I can't fit in at least some of the sites. There are a fair few where I do have to be selective, or at least want to be selective. Offhand I can think of only one or two Vermont state parks that I know I could not stay at, and quite a few of the Vermont park campgrounds were developed by the CCC before large RVs were around much.
Maybe you could go to one or two campgrounds such as you would like to stay at (that aren't too far away) and pace some of the empty sites to see how large they are and estimate what sorts of rigs would fit in.
Of course, it is rather obviously true that the larger the RV the fewer sites it can fit in. For that matter, an RV of any size is restricted from many camp sites--those with walk-in only access.
