National Park- Motorhome legnth?

Some parks may not have sites that big, though to be honest, at 31' you probably won't run into that problem much.

Site sizes mostly, perceived convenience for others (the idea that someone in a tent doesn't want a 40' Luxo Class A) next door, and sometimes because the access roads are tight.

My take on it.

Oh yeah, we're 31' 6" Class C and usually consider that Close Enough to 30.

maddawg46 wrote:
I was always told you should keep your RV to under a 30ft legnth. Why is that? I just bought a class A that is 31' 10". So what can't I do now?

our previous MH was 35'11" and we had no problem in all of the state parks and many national parks. I wouldn't worry.

I suggest you check the campground website, usually has the limits posted.

IMHO, "The longer the RV, the fewer campsites available". Can't get much more specific until you look at where you want to go. The general rule of needing to be below 30' in length to get into some national parks is just that, general. And too general to be of any real help.

What korbe said: "The longer the RV, the fewer campsites available". What you can't do is fit into a site that is too small. There is really no such thing as a site that is too big.

You can't park in a 24-foot site. You can't park in a 18-foot site. You need a larger one. A smaller RV can fit in a larger site as well as the smaller site.

I've been in state parks, and national park campgrounds, where about a quarter of the sites are just big enough for a 18-20 foot van, small trailer, or a pop-up camper, half are in the 24-30 foot range (and back-ins), fewer than a quarter fit for anything in the 36-40 foot range. Since many of these are also pulling another vehicle, they are more like 55-65 feet long. A handful of sites, usually pulloffs alongside the campground road, are available for those.

That's between the Mississippi River and the Colorado Plateau. The sizes and mixes are different in different parts of the country. You and I at 28-32 feet might find it very difficult to get a suitable site in some of the older, heavily forested campgrounds in state parks in Michigan and Wisconsin. I haven't been to the northeast, but I suspect the campground situation might be much like Michigan.

How much impact this has on you depends on where you want to go, what you want to do. My 30-foot motorhome is enough "too big" for some of the places I want to go that I am converting a 18-foot van to a camper, and for longer stays, shopping travel trailers in the 13-18 foot range.

At the Grand Canyon, you can bring in any length RV and park in the Trailer Village campground. That being said, there are places within the Park where you cannot drive to with any vehicle over 26' in length.
Every park is different and depending on what RV sites are left open will determine what length coach you can get in.
If you use the Reseve America website to book sites for the various National Parks, they will give the length restrictions at the various parks.

We have a 38ft fifth wheel if a campground doesn't allows us in we find another one nearby. Near most State and National parks there we be several private RV parks. Most RV parks have been updated to provide big rig access.

You should be OK even at campgrounds with a 30 foot limit. I've never seen a ranger get out of their booth to measure the length.

We got the Hurricane 27K because of the 30' limit on a lot of National and State Parks.
The 27K is a couple inches under 30' and its a good fit for us.