Help on campground directories

I know books are more outdated than maybe the internet, but when your traveling and on the road and need to find a place to stop right then, a book is all I'll have. I do not have a smart phone to pull things up while on the road, nor do I have any desire to look at a teeny tiny screen trying to find a place to stay. Looking in an old fashiioned book is the only option for those times. It's just a question of which book is best for those times. I'd like to think I could plan ahead each day, but logically it wont happen that way all the time.

I too was really disapointed to hear how Good Sams lists the campground in its books, but then I guess AAA does the same thing with hotels in there tourbooks too. :(

Google search, RVparkreviews.com, Google Earth.....best sources for opinions on parks and finding parks. Books are outdated and have slanted opinions. Worst parks we've ever camped in have been ones we found in Trailer Life park book.

Bought the book when we started RVing and found it way too bulky and cumbersome to use when planning a trip - difficult searching for a campground in a general area without knowing the exact towns' names. I also did not agree with some of the glowing ratings.

Never used it again, since we bought an iPad with 3G around the same time and found it to be a perfect info source for the co-pilot while riding on the highway. (GasBuddy app probably has paid for the iPad in fuel savings.)

I use the Allstays app to find a campground on the map and then read RV Park Reviews to get an idea of what I'll find there, along with other options nearby.

Many printed campground directories are out of date by the time they are published. If you travel the interstates, you may find The Next Exit useful. They also have an online version you can buy.

In my experience no single directory or website has a complete listing of campgrounds and RV parks. I use the following websites to find campgrounds along our route:
RV Park Reviews
Passport America
Allstays
RV Parky
Woodalls
Free Campgrounds
Free campsites
U.S. Campgrounds
National Forest Campground guide
Ultimate Public Campground Project
Corps of Engineers Campgrounds

I prefer the ones that are map based so you can easily find places along your route without knowing the name of a town. Some of them have data sets that you can download to a mapping program or GPS. The POI Factory and Discovery Owners Forum also have a lot of campground data sets and other Points of interest that can be downloaded to mapping programs or GPS.

I used to use Good Sams and RVparkreviews, but while staying at Majestic Oaks RV Park (Biloxi), a very nice couple pulled in next to us, and we started talking. Seems he "inspected" campgrounds for Good Sams, and she sold advertising for Good Sams. I couldn't get over the conflict of interest, and never looked at Good Sams in the same light.

rvparkreviews.com is what we look at.