National Parks and the Lack of Adequate # of Camp Sites

Johno02 wrote:
Because what moneys that are collected by ad for the campgrounds is sent to Washington instead of being used at and for the parks. Then allocations are made to the parks, usually allocated by bureaucrats that have no concept of what they are dealing with. We have seen cases of park rangers in charge of Camping areas that have never been in or around any type of RV, and have never done any type of camping at all.

The above is incorrect information about where campground receipts go.
See Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, and whatever local agreement exists with that park's campground concessionaire. Where NPS or USFS or BLM actually manages the campground, most money generated at a site STAYS on site. Where concessionaires manage the site, they have an agreement with the park or forest where the agency gets a percentage of the receipts and those funds stay on site.

FLREA Sec. 7: 7(c)(1)(A) RETENTION OF REVENUES.--Not less than 80 percent of the
recreation fees and site-specific agency pass revenues collected at a specific unit or
area of a Federal land management agency shall remain available for expenditure,
without further appropriation, until expended at that unit or area.
Reference Link Here

As to why NPS doesn't build more campgrounds and have more developed campgrounds: As others have said, the very popular parks are already overrun. No need to encourage even more use. It really isn't that a campground will take up that much space, it is more the question of "to what end? and where to stop?"

Not unlike urban areas that have expanded interstate widths to 4,5,6 and 7 lanes one way, only to have them turn into wider parking lots after construction is done.

Also, there is an attempt to not compete with the private sector campgrounds. Surrounding most popular parks are private campgrounds and RV parks that have a much higher level of development for those (such as the OP) that want more amenities.

Most federally operated campgrounds (with some exceptions - Fishing Bridge is one) tend to the more primitive side, often having no electricity, sewer, and only communal water spigots. Believe it or not, some of us actually don't mind that level of development.