We have Microsoft Streets and Trips on our laptop. You bring up a U.S. map and type in your home address as starting point. You can then click on places along your route where you think you might like to stop for the evening. As you set these on the map, Stop #2, Stop #3 etc, Streets and Trips will give you the mileage. When you right click on the area where you want to stop, it will show all campgrounds in a radius you determine, 5 miles, 10 miles etc.
From there, we go to RV Park reviews website and type in the town and look at the name of the campsites in that town/campgrounds in that area. RV Park Reviews will give you a good idea of the park's quality. We pick the best two and call for a reservation.
This sounds complicated, but once you're comfortable with doing it, you can look up many sites in a few minutes.
When going to someplace like the Grand Canyon, it's best to come on here and ask. For example....I think the best campground at the Grand Canyon is Trailer Village. It's in the park, takes large RV's and you can walk about 100 yards to the park shuttle. It's hard to get a spot there and takes some advanced planning to get a reservation. About a mile outside the park entrance is another place called Camper Village in the little town of Tusayan. It's not a luxury park, but can accommodate large RV's and always has a spot.
Lastly, you can stay in the town of Williams, gateway to the Grand Canyon South Rim, where they have several nice RV parks, including two KOA's and another called Grand Canyon Railway RV Park. Here is a view of how RV Park Reviews comes up.
RV Park Reviews
