30' Travel Trailer State/County Parks

We fulltime and have a 36ft fifthwheel and have stayed in state parks Wi, IL, KY, TN, GA, FL, AL, OH, PA, NC WV, OR, IA, LA, MO.

We have had our 30 footer for almost 13 years and in our travels around the country have never had a single problem finding a campsite to fit into. Have to be careful in some of the parks roads however. Some turns are really tight with trees close to the road, however we still made it around but took some "doing" in a couple of instances.
Barney

Since we don't know where you are, it's hard to say.
30 feet would only keep you out of a very few sites in Washington. Probably less than 5%.
To that end, we just bought a 34'.

How good is your backing skills, you will get in predicaments that it may be tight, but know matter what TT you get you should know your backing limits.

Look up the majority of the parks you like to go to and see what they say is allowed/acceptable. Also Google Earth, it could help you, I use it to make sure I can fit and if there are ways to turn around.

arosenau wrote:
We are moving up from our popup and want to get a Travel Trailer. We are considering a 30' trailer but i'm a little hesitant that it might be too long in state and county parks. Can anyone comment on this? We would mainly be camping in the midwest, (Minnesota, Dakotas, Wisconsin) I'm not too worried about pulling it down the road, I pull my 24 foot snowmobile trailer just fine, its just getting it in the park and positioned in its spot that worries me.

Thanks for your input.

so you have been popup camping. In your travels, you have prolly seen the campgrounds you want to visit. Did it look like there would be a problem with the sites you want to use?

Honestly. There are a myriad of campsites that you could use in the popup that you won't be able to use with a 30' TT. We are going thru the same thing. We like to camp on the Blue Ridge Parkway. There are VERY few campsites in the CGs we like that we can get our 30' TT in. Have to pick, and choose very carefully.

You can verify pad length for WI state parks on Reserve America. Most of the parks have some sites that can accommodate a 30' trailer. I see big 5vers in WI SPs a lot.

If you are comfortable on the road I would think you would be comfortable in the parks unless there is something like a vision issue that makes backing an issue.
Maybe a couple of trips to one with your snow machine trailer to deal with backing in would be in order as a confidence builder.

arosenau wrote:
We are considering a 30' trailer but i'm a little hesitant that it might be too long in state and county parks. Can anyone comment on this? We would mainly be camping in the midwest, (Minnesota, Dakotas, Wisconsin)

I used to have a TT that was 34' ball to bumper. I was able to get into all my usual state parks in IL no problem.

There are some old parks that have shorter sites but most should be able to accommodate a 30 foot trailer. I have always been told 24 to 26 foot is the best length for small parks. I would look up some of the places you want to go to see if they can accommodate the length.

Not on your list but a number of California State Parks will say your TT is too long. My favorite, Big Basin Redwood SP (our first SP), says "no." See http://www.parks.ca.gov/RVlength/