RV navigation (Device or app)

I've always just used my old garmin gps and maps on my phone. It always has worked fine, except for the last few miles into or out of an out of the way campground. Most state parks and scenic areas are off on some small country roads, and occasionally the map will try to send you down some gravel road "shortcut". I usually try to check out the route the night before to avoid any surprises

I wouldn't bother with the CoPilot app. I tried it - it doesn't know about state parks in it's search. When you put in the absolute reference it can find it and name it. Even then it mis-routed me down a dirt track that wasn't even the shortest route.

Needless to say I didn't bother to pay for it once the free demo time was up.

Remember that you can download the maps for Google maps before you leave - so it still works out in the boonies where there's little or no cell data coverage.

Thanks everyone for the responses. I am not a full timer so I'll skip the dedicated device.

Although there is an app call Sygic that may be decent, checking that out. Might be a google map overlay...

Google Maps and Waze

I use google maps, has worked great so far. I may try the Co Pilot app next year. You can set it up with your height p, width and length.

Might want to check Trucker Path, designed for the big boys, if they can go so can you.

I always use Google Maps. Once I got routed to a road with a 11' bridge. Had to take a gravel road to get around, added 30 minutes to my trip to get around this train bridge.

$50 a year for an RV specific app just isn't worthwhile to me right now. Maybe if I was full timing. With all the technology that Google has, it blows my mind that they can't offer either a free or inexpensive trucking or RV friendly feature. I can do all sorts of things with Google Maps, but can't see bridge heights?

The pricy alternatives aren’t that much better. I use Apple maps and don’t need all information about everything all the time. I’m vacationing for heaven’s sake!

I’ve just used Google Maps, or Apple Maps. They are fine most of the time. Only time it messed me up was going to Pigeon Forge, instead of taking me in on the 4 lane it brought me in on about a lane and a half that was twisty and turney, and up and down. It was doable, but looked about like a campground loop road than a real road.
Just look at the route and make sure it makes sense. I should have looked at the routes and planned better.

We use a free app called RVParky for planning trips. Shows routes, bridge clearances and points of interest on the route, campgrounds, walmarts, fuel, etc. The app came highly recommended by several of our full time friends.
I also use my Garmin truckers GPS during the drive.
I use Google maps to check out the route before we leave,I like to see roads on the satellite view. DW likes to use Google maps during the drive to see what is coming up next, often it will suggest an alternate route that wont work for our camper.JMHO