How limiting will this be?

We have a 40 with tag and found like the others stated a little planning. We have found COE have larger sites and we use them when we can.

2gypsies wrote:
We had a 40' motorhome and found it to be no problem staying in national parks, national forest campgrounds, state parks, national wildlife refuges, county and city parks along with traveling down a gravel road to an awesome boondocking spot.

We've stayed in Rocky Mtn. Nat'l Park, Glacier, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Zion, Bryce, Grand Canyon, Big Bend to name a few.

No - you won't fit in every site but there are sites that you will fit. Even with a 30' you won't fit in every site. Also, we traveled mostly west of the Mississippi but not solely. In the east there were many state parks and Corp of Engineer parks along with county parks that we've stayed.

^^^^TRUE^^^^TRUE^^^TRUE^^^^Pretty much the same with a 43' with a tag, the key to all this is the Driver - Just be resourceful and smart - You will be Amazed.

Plan with High season and Weekend in Mind - be where they aren't - If you have followed 2gypsies and others you will learn a lot, Do we make reservations...........on occasion but not as the Norm.

As you do this a little you will be surprised a the number of Great Areas of the Country that are not yet A National Park.....some really great areas that are still being discovered.

JMHO, Best of Luck,

Great. Sounds like I will be fine but will take a little more planning than with something smaller.

tealboy wrote:
If I were to purchase a 40 foot non tag axle DP to travel across the US to visit national parks and other must see places, how limiting will the above be for me? Intend to have a small tow vehicle behind me and wish to visit Yellowstone, Zion, Grand Canyon, Acadia, glacier , etc.

I’m avoiding consideration for a 44 tag axle unit due to size limitations but realize the 40 footer could be a problem too, not sure.

Not at all! You may not park the RV inside every park but you will be able to park nearby in all cases and drive the towed. Have a great time!

We had a 40' motorhome and found it to be no problem staying in national parks, national forest campgrounds, state parks, national wildlife refuges, county and city parks along with traveling down a gravel road to an awesome boondocking spot.

We've stayed in Rocky Mtn. Nat'l Park, Glacier, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Zion, Bryce, Grand Canyon, Big Bend to name a few.

No - you won't fit in every site but there are sites that you will fit. Even with a 30' you won't fit in every site. Also, we traveled mostly west of the Mississippi but not solely. In the east there were many state parks and Corp of Engineer parks along with county parks that we've stayed.

a 40 ft Dp with toad

is going to be very limited 'inside' Nat Parks campsites
at leas tin the popular parks here in Calif, like Yosemite, Sequoia etc.. there are parks where it will be less of an issue, ones in more flat areas,

however most Nat Parks have RV parks, KOA, and other campgrounds nearby outside the park
where you will find larger sites, and you can day trip with the toad to visit the Park sites

We moved from a 23' trailer to a 26' and found there were spaces we could no longer use. Now at 35', there are a lot more. It requires more planning, reservations and luck. There will be times that we simply cannot get a space.

We have fulltimed in a 40 ft Tiffin DP now for over 12 years length and our 4 slides have seldom been limiting to getting a site. BUT, I do check websites, RV Park Reviews.com and Google maps when planning new overnight stops. I'm looking for clear SW skies for our satellite TV system.