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Cheryl_B
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Jun 04, 2016

Joined 2 online boondocking sites. CT sucks.

There are plenty of cool websites for folks looking to hook up with other people who have places for you to dry camp for a night or two, unless you live in my area of CT.

How do you find folks who might be willing to let you park for a few nights a week when you're in a certain area? A power hookup would be nice but I don't even care about that. Just a safe, quiet place to park where I won't get thrown out in the middle of the night by some police person.

Thank you all. :)
  • To my knowledge, there's no BLM or National Forest land in CT or even MA. Makes it really hard. I looked up the Corps of Engineers and there are a couple places near me, but I don't know about doing any quiet overnight parking.

    Yeah. Stealth camping in a class C would be tough. Lol!
  • I'm guessing it's State and local ordinance in Connecticut that's giving you a hard tome. I can't figure out those east-cost states... some of them are super up tight, others seem pretty liberal. I wonder how it breaks down vs per-capita income.

    There are several utuber vlogs on stealth camping in urban areas... problem is, a class C isn't exactly stealth.

    I don't know if Connecticut has any national forest, if they do, you can sleep overnight on national forest land up to 14 days per location, no charge.... hmm I wonder if this applies to a forest service building's parking lot - technically it's forest service land right?
  • Thank you for that information. That's why I thought those boondocking sites (which charge you to join) would be a great resource. I'm sure it is, just not here and not now.

    I'll check that out right now. Thank you! Grasping at straws.
  • Go to uscampgrounds.info. Use the cursor to move the map to the area you are interested in, or type a city and state in the lower left corner. It will show you a map with markers and a list of locations for the markers on the right hand side. Click on the list and it will pull up info.

    This shows almost all city, county, state, national park, and national forest campgrounds in the US.

    Otherwise your best bet is to look for someone you know who has some acreage.

    Most people are not going to let a random person come park on their property.