Finding camping spots

jacquesmm wrote:
All good replies and I use some of those apps BUT what do you do when you do not have internet access? If you are in a zone with no signal?
If you can't load the maps, how doou see the campgrounds, for example with AllStays?

Unless you planned ahead it sounds like you are on that famous river without a paddle

Google maps zoom into area and search rv parks or campgrounds

jacquesmm wrote:
All good replies and I use some of those apps BUT what do you do when you do not have internet access? If you are in a zone with no signal?
If you can't load the maps, how do you see the campgrounds, for example with AllStays?

I do a lot of camping in those areas! I use 4 methods:

- Carry paper maps that have fine detail for spotting boondocking places and campgrounds. I like AAA maps.

- Download google maps on my phone before leaving the good cell area.

- Spend a lot of time looking at options when I have net access, and making notes.

- I also sometimes put maps on my laptop hard drive -- topo maps, agency maps of particular protected areas, etc.

All good replies and I use some of those apps BUT what do you do when you do not have internet access? If you are in a zone with no signal?
If you can't load the maps, how do you see the campgrounds, for example with AllStays?

Everything you need to know, space size, amenities, discounts, from people that have been there.
http://www.rvparkreviews.com/

Another tip:

When I can't find a campground listed online for the location I want, I just turn google maps to satellite mode and fly over the area. Some RV parks and tent campground are not listed anywhere online. But they are easy to identify from the air. I look near lakes, or the outskirts of towns.

I also find boondocking spots from the air, all the time. Wide turnouts on forest roads, side branches that go nowhere, etc. Sometimes there is even a rig parked there :). If nothing else, I look for a tiny-town gas station with a vacant lot next door where semis are parked.

Lwiddis wrote:
I have USFS maps downloaded on my iPhone and iPad but am becoming a BLM fan...they show on the FS maps in detail. Uncle Sam is good! No internet needed.

Have you found a good app for those maps? Or do you purchase them individually from each national forest?

X2 for forestcamping.com. The guys have put a lot of effort into it and the information is up to date.

For just about every possible public camping location state by state including national and state parks, national and state forests and recreation areas, BLM campgrounds and boondocking locations, national and state wildlife areas, Bureau of Reclamation, US Army Corp of Engineers and more, you might try www.rv-camping.org

GOOGLE MAP of were you want to spend some time