2017 Reservations Cheat Sheet
I made myself a little list to handle my home state's 6 month booking window for state parks. Thought I would share with the group. I have included popular dates at the top of the list, and then ev...
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allen8106 wrote:
Man, camping spots must be in real short supply in Michigan to require that kind of planning. I love me a good spreadsheet though, good job. Fortunately we don't that issue here. I usually tend to avoid holiday weekends and campspots are plentiful here on other weekends.
They are, surprisingly. With something like 100 state-run parks, and countless 100s of private and federal parks, you wouldn't think it would be a problem.
Not every spot books up six months early, but the ones with water access do, and not just holiday weekends, they book up every weekend.
Come February / March when cabin fever is fully set in, the rest of the sites book up for every weekend Memorial Day through Halloween.
That's not to say seat of the pants doesn't work. I've gotten into less popular parks on hot summer weekends without reservation, but generally there's something wrong with the site I end up getting. Muddy, loose sand, heavily treed, next to the playground / bathhouse, etc.
