Greatest campgrounds ever

Two that get gold stars in my book are Corps of Engineers camps at lakes. Not many amenities at the site, but sites are level and well-spaced. Nearby hiking. Great scenery and maintenance.

Riana campground at Abiquiu Lake, New Mexico

campground at Martis Creek Lake, near Lake Tahoe and Truckee, CA

I am not going to give you the name or coordinates but I will tell you that it is oceanfront, no TV, no cell service, very few sites with hookups, a fantastic little store and café and a long waay off the highway on a winding and hilly road.

Up until a year ago you could arrive on Monday thru Wednesday and get a walkup spot. Now they take reservations and it is very hard to get one from May to October, we usually go from Dec to March to avoid the overcrowding of summer.
The picture in my signature w2as taken there in Feb ayear or two ago.

Outdoor Resorts-Indio and Motorcoach Country Club. Both in Indio, California.

Blue Water Key RV resort in Key West…….No place finer in the country! BTW…the price reflects this.

Golden_HVAC wrote:
I found a great place in Sequoia National Park, not really a campground per se, however a place that you are allowed to park, with no payment, no water, no dump station within 15 miles. Very quiet, lots of deer, huge trees, birds, and at 6,500' elevation, free air conditioning in the summer!

Fred.

And you are not going to give us the GPS. .. . . . :p

Disney World's RV park. Can't think this early in the day.

I found a great place in Sequoia National Park, not really a campground per se, however a place that you are allowed to park, with no payment, no water, no dump station within 15 miles. Very quiet, lots of deer, huge trees, birds, and at 6,500' elevation, free air conditioning in the summer!

It is about 10 miles south of Hume Lake, where you can buy gas or groceries. Sadly I have not been there since July 9, 2005.

Yosemite Valley is also wonderful. No electricity, lots of trees, plenty of cliffs to look at. Reservations are extremely difficult. Seems like the automated computer system sells out all the sites in about 90 seconds after they open the next month's reservations.

Are you looking for full hookup places, or places that the site is more than 300' square? Well many places that I have stayed, I never measured the miles to the next RV. North Rim of the Grand Canyon is like that. After dark, I could not see another vehicle, only the stars. And nobody around to collect a fee. Camping in the National Forest is fine and free, however camping is not allowed within the National Park except within the 1 North rim campground, or the 6 or so South Rim campgrounds.

Have fun exploring them all!

Fred.

Custer State Park, Black Hills of South Dakota.
Chadron State Park, Chadron, NE
Ft. Robinson State Park, Crawford, NE
Kartchner Caverns State Park, Benson, AZ
Buckskin Mountains State Park, Parker AZ

Homer Alaska on the spit in the off season.