40' Length Motorhome to big for most campground's?

I've only been in a few, owning my 36' coach for less than a year, but so far I've found that most every campground we have looked at can accommodate big rigs with 60'-80' pull-through or back-in sites...... BUT.... you might have trouble conveying through the campground to get to those lots due to trees and other fixed obstructions that the owners didn't account for. At our local lake, a state park, it is a fun test of your driving skills to get to the bigger sites down near the water. But it CAN be done.

Due to the economy some of the parks are catering more towards permanent residents and allowing only a limited number of parking sites for transients. We rarely spend more than a few days at any location and we have run in to a few RV Parks that would be a problem for a long coach, especially if you got there late. The same goes for pull-thru sites vrs back in site.
I would guess in most cases you will have no problem but, depending on when and where you travel, it may be a good idea to call first and see if you can get in. Be sure to tell them the total length, including your toad.

I rarely use commercial campgrounds, we almost exclusively stay in state parks and federal campgrounds.

Speaking of my home state, I would say you may lose 20% of the state campground sites due to size. However, that number is inverse when you are talking about the federal campgrounds in the mountains. You MIGHT have access to 20% of those sites.

Busskipper wrote:

Executive wrote:
Our coach is 45' and with toad we are right at 65'. We've traveled to almost every state in the country over the past 6 years. We've stayed in State, Federal, COE parks as well as privately owned ones. The only place we've never "camped" has been at a WalMart. That said, we've never had an issue finding accommodations...one campground in Topeka even moved some of their equipment so we would have plenty of room.

There are some campgrounds on the beach in California that wouldn't accommodate us such as Doheny State Beach Park, but their length limit is 28' !

We heard all the scare stories too and that's all they are..unfounded scare stories that keep getting bantered about. Most likely you'll lose maybe 10% of the campgrounds, but to me that's no big loss. If you look at the RPI websites, most list 40' as max. We've been members of RPI for over 15 years and have never been denied a spot at any of their campgrounds....Dennis

Dennis has it correct - so in a word IMHO .... NO.

I agree with both. We've also been all around the country and Canada with no issues.

Executive wrote:
Our coach is 45' and with toad we are right at 65'. We've traveled to almost every state in the country over the past 6 years. We've stayed in State, Federal, COE parks as well as privately owned ones. The only place we've never "camped" has been at a WalMart. That said, we've never had an issue finding accommodations...one campground in Topeka even moved some of their equipment so we would have plenty of room.

There are some campgrounds on the beach in California that wouldn't accommodate us such as Doheny State Beach Park, but their length limit is 28' !

We heard all the scare stories too and that's all they are..unfounded scare stories that keep getting bantered about. Most likely you'll lose maybe 10% of the campgrounds, but to me that's no big loss. If you look at the RPI websites, most list 40' as max. We've been members of RPI for over 15 years and have never been denied a spot at any of their campgrounds....Dennis

Dennis has it correct - so in a word IMHO .... NO.

Our coach is 45' and with toad we are right at 65'. We've traveled to almost every state in the country over the past 6 years. We've stayed in State, Federal, COE parks as well as privately owned ones. The only place we've never "camped" has been at a WalMart. That said, we've never had an issue finding accommodations...one campground in Topeka even moved some of their equipment so we would have plenty of room.

There are some campgrounds on the beach in California that wouldn't accommodate us such as Doheny State Beach Park, but their length limit is 28' !

We heard all the scare stories too and that's all they are..unfounded scare stories that keep getting bantered about. Most likely you'll lose maybe 10% of the campgrounds, but to me that's no big loss. If you look at the RPI websites, most list 40' as max. We've been members of RPI for over 15 years and have never been denied a spot at any of their campgrounds....Dennis

Most commercial RV parks in the west can take you. But like the other person already said, many state and national parks may not be able to. I bought a 35 footer specifically because I didn't want to be limited too much on parks that I can go to. However, it's been my experience that most any place that let me in with a 35 footer, would have also let me in with a 40 footer. The three most common limits that I have seen are 28 foot and under, 40 foot and under, and over 40 foot allowed. So a 40 footer will get into places that a 27 to 39 footer also would.

Depends what you mean by campgrounds. Many of the newer RV parks will have room for that size rig, but a lot of state and national parks may not - or at least the # of sites that size will be limited.