Good Morning!We are about to take delivery of our first Camper in over 30 years! When the kids were younger, we camped in a pop-up here in Florida.Anyway, we are about to take delivery of a 2018 Grand Design 3170BH, and the trailer length is 37 ft (wth am I thinking!!)Anyway, looking at the various state parks and RV parks in Florida, they all mention maximum trailer length.So my newbie question is, when I'm looking at a park that says maximum trailer length is is 40 feet - is that inclusive of my tow vehicle???Thanks in advance - looking forward to getting out and camping again.

No, just the length of your RV (trailer, motor coach, 5er, pop-up). On Reserve America sites for State Parks, you use the RV length so the web site will filter out sites that are too short. It will only return available sites that will accomidate whatever size you put in that field (here again, this is Reserve America which almost every State DNR web site is now utilizing). Once you pull up the site you are interested in, it will give you the actual pad size and also the actual campsite total size. You may enter 40 foot RV. Sites for a specific State Park may return only 5 available spots for the dates you are considering. Now go to Google Maps and look at the ariel imaging of the campground and find the site you are considering. It will give you a good idea for location of trees and such.Now go back to Reserve America and pull up the details on the site. You will see an image of the site from the ground, and details may say, Pad size 10 x45, site size 60x30, water 20 yards, restrooms/showers 100 yards, etc. Now, if the web site is a private campground, it's hard to say what that field may mean.

Dutchman that was a very good explanation! One little thing to add. When you put in length odd numbers can confuse some of the websites. Use multiples of 5 when entering trailer length. If you look for sites for a 37 foot trailer it may say there are none. If you immediately change it to 40 feet there may be some available. It all depends on how the site is set up.

THANK YOUJust to be clear (and I would follow-up with call a head) - I'm looking at a 40 foot availability - not 55'ish to include the truck...

whta wrote:THANK YOUJust to be clear (and I would follow-up with call a head) - I'm looking at a 40 foot availability - not 55'ish to include the truck...Correct. That's why you need to check the details about the site once it returns availability. I've never been to a state park anywhere in the USA that had issues parking the truck parallel to the road, perpendicular to the camper if the site pad was too short for the truck to park directly in front of the traileer.

FYI, if you call "Reserve America" by phone, you will reach a representative. But you may be attempting to find information on a campsite in Kentucky and the representative may be physically located in California. None of those representatives have a clue what the actual sites look like. They'll just pull up the same information you see on the web site from their computers. If you do call, ask them right off the top where they are physically sitting at the moment talking you to. You'll be surprised!

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DutchmenSport
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Oct 11, 2019
No, just the length of your RV (trailer, motor coach, 5er, pop-up). On Reserve America sites for State Parks, you use the RV length so the web site will filter out sites that are too short. It will only return available sites that will accomidate whatever size you put in that field (here again, this is Reserve America which almost every State DNR web site is now utilizing).

Once you pull up the site you are interested in, it will give you the actual pad size and also the actual campsite total size. You may enter 40 foot RV. Sites for a specific State Park may return only 5 available spots for the dates you are considering.

Now go to Google Maps and look at the ariel imaging of the campground and find the site you are considering. It will give you a good idea for location of trees and such.

Now go back to Reserve America and pull up the details on the site. You will see an image of the site from the ground, and details may say, Pad size 10 x45, site size 60x30, water 20 yards, restrooms/showers 100 yards, etc.

Now, if the web site is a private campground, it's hard to say what that field may mean.

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