Mt Ranier NP

rarintogo wrote:
The problem with Washington National and State Parks are the trees and most of the campgrounds are old. If you drive around a campground in a car you might see a site and say - yes I can fit my RV there, but when you get there you might not make it through the park as others have said. Our trees up here are big and there are lots of them. ;)

Of course, that "problem" means that people can set up a tent and enjoy themselves without constantly having the ground shaking underneath them as a 45-foot monster rumbles by. RVs and tent camping don't really mix, at least not camping in the National Parks and forests. You are supposed to be able to enjoy nature when you're camping in the Parks. If you have a monster rig, you have it because you spent $250,000 to AVOID nature.

Some frequently visited NPs have developed slab campgrounds specifically for that purpose, like Fishing Bridge in Yellowstone. But I haven't seen a single instance of a new tent and small RV campground opening up, and I've seen several of them close. I guess that's just not where the money is.

I got my 27 foot trailer in to Ohanapecosh Campground with my duramax, I had to pay attention driving through but it wasnt to bad. Stayed in site H21.

ohhell10339 wrote:
But I haven't seen a single instance of a new tent and small RV campground opening up, and I've seen several of them close. I guess that's just not where the money is.

While we were volunteering at Big Bend, we got a lecture about keeping stuff out of the landfill, recycling. The basic view was that if Big Bend’s in park landfill was ever closed, the federal government didn’t have enough paper to complete the environmental impact studies that would be necessary to create a new landfill in a national park.

Probably the same is true about opening a new campground.