National Parks and Trailer Length - What do you recommend?
Hello everyone. This is my first post here so please be gentle. Apologies in advance for the length. :-)
My wife and I have decided to take the plunge and enter into the RV world. We've rented several times before, both Class A and C, and based on our experiences we feel like we'd be happier with a Travel Trailer or Fifth Wheel. We tend to set up a lot of day trips and the appeal of unhitching the tow vehicle to use as a runabout seems quite appealing. (More appealing, at least to us, than flat/dolly towing a vehicle behind a motorhome)
Our big concern though is National Parks... a lot of them seem to consider tow vehicle + trailer for calculating maximum length for a site. That immediately elimites a lot of national parks, even with the smallest trailers on the market. 18 feet for a half ton pickup and even 20 feet for the smallest travel trailers and you're already pushing the upper boundary of most parks rv campsite length restrictions.
Which leads to my questions, which I think only your collective experience can answer.
Which parks have good campsites for tow vehicle + trailer in the 40 ft range? Even if the camping is near the park (KOA, private campsites, etc.; 15 miles or so outside the park is probably good for estimation...)
Which parks have camping only available inside the park? (i.e. there isn't even a hint of civilization nearby)
Any other advice is always welcome.
My wife and I have decided to take the plunge and enter into the RV world. We've rented several times before, both Class A and C, and based on our experiences we feel like we'd be happier with a Travel Trailer or Fifth Wheel. We tend to set up a lot of day trips and the appeal of unhitching the tow vehicle to use as a runabout seems quite appealing. (More appealing, at least to us, than flat/dolly towing a vehicle behind a motorhome)
Our big concern though is National Parks... a lot of them seem to consider tow vehicle + trailer for calculating maximum length for a site. That immediately elimites a lot of national parks, even with the smallest trailers on the market. 18 feet for a half ton pickup and even 20 feet for the smallest travel trailers and you're already pushing the upper boundary of most parks rv campsite length restrictions.
Which leads to my questions, which I think only your collective experience can answer.
Which parks have good campsites for tow vehicle + trailer in the 40 ft range? Even if the camping is near the park (KOA, private campsites, etc.; 15 miles or so outside the park is probably good for estimation...)
Which parks have camping only available inside the park? (i.e. there isn't even a hint of civilization nearby)
Any other advice is always welcome.
