Two night stay requirement
I'm getting frustrated with this two night weekend stay requirement. I'm new to camping and it seems all the places I'm am deciding to try whether they are US Forestry, COE and especially State Par...
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Usually the requirement is only for reservations, but not for stays as such, at least in my experience. If you arrive without a reservation and they have space, you can pay for and stay for a single night as a "walk-in" camper. (Some states have moved to a system where walk-ins, at least after office hours, have to call and make a reservation on the spot via a hotline phone or a cell phone. They still generally permit one to stay for a single night.)
If you can tell online how many sites are unreserved, or get a person on the phone to tell you that, you can usually form a pretty good idea of whether or not a reservation is really necessary to get a site. If half the reservable sites are not reserved a day or week ahead of time, then it's pretty unlikely there will be a sudden mad rush to grab them all within that time. On the other hand, if only one or two are left, you are probably pushing your luck without locking a site in.
If you can tell online how many sites are unreserved, or get a person on the phone to tell you that, you can usually form a pretty good idea of whether or not a reservation is really necessary to get a site. If half the reservable sites are not reserved a day or week ahead of time, then it's pretty unlikely there will be a sudden mad rush to grab them all within that time. On the other hand, if only one or two are left, you are probably pushing your luck without locking a site in.
