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silvercorvette's avatar
May 01, 2013

Is it worth while listing campgrounds with difficult access.

In a week or two I am headed up north with what I hope will be my last trip to Long Island with my camper, I may drop off my camper at my cousins house and drive over with my truck every few years.

One thing I had a problem with on my last trip were a couple beautiful campgrounds that were at the end of roads with low overhanging tree branches. One particular place was perfect, I was right next to a little river stream where a few camper brought along fishing poles and appeared to be doing well. The problem was you had to go thru a small town with narrow streets and a lot of twisty curves, and all the while as I am driving up I kept on worrying over something hooking on to my antenna satellite dish or anything else on my roof. I really loved the site but getting there had me worried I just started back up 3 years ago after taking a 25 year break from camping and was wondering if others have encountered this problem.

If things work out I hope to head west to AZ to visit a childhood friend and north to Utah to visit a cousin I haven't seen in a long time.

22 Replies

  • skipnchar wrote:
    Problem is that the BEST places to camp, just NEVER have a super highway as an entrance way :) I'll take the difficulties any day to get the out of the way campground. One of my favorites requires a 90 degree turn onto an old railroad bridge and another 90 degree turn on the other side of the river. Wouldn't change a THING about it but on each turn I have only inches to spare.
    I know what you mean two places had me real worried I would rip something of the top of my camper, and once I got there I loved it and wanted to stay a few days but both places were just and overnight stop on the way to NY or on the way home. On of the places I mentioned had some kind of event going on in the town I passed through and I would have loved to unhooked and spent time walking through the town. One more thing you reminded me of was a real sharp down hill turn probably more than 90 degrees with a narrow bridge only wide enough for one vehicle
  • Problem is that the BEST places to camp, just NEVER have a super highway as an entrance way :) I'll take the difficulties any day to get the out of the way campground. One of my favorites requires a 90 degree turn onto an old railroad bridge and another 90 degree turn on the other side of the river. Wouldn't change a THING about it but on each turn I have only inches to spare.