FLYING A FLAG IN AN RV PARK

[viking10415]

Morning everyone. I have noticed on a few RV park websites, regulations for how tall a flag pole can extend beyond the top of the rv when your flying the flag of your choice. I plan to fly two, so I was curious how tall some of your's are. 2 ft , 3 ft I plan on mounting the flag pole hanger about a ft below the top of my 12 ft tall rv.

[hitched4fun]

We have never come across anything like that.  Usually, parks are worried about how old your coach is, not the height of your flag pole. 

Aaron @

www.hitched4fun.com

[dodge_guy]

I'm about 20 feet off the ground. Never heard of such a rule!

[pigman1]

A few years ago a guy was putting up a flagpole at Dover Downs in the camping area. Although he didn't touch the high tension lines, they pulled an arc and fried the guy and injured some others. Sometimes a restriction is for a valid reason, especially when others don't think before they act. I knew the EMS techs that responded to that one. Not pretty!

[jake2250]

Usually fly an eight footer in the front and a 25 footer with two flags on the back!!

[DutchmenSport]

Never heard of such a restriction. Maybe they are afraid the birds will slam into the flags if they are too high. After all, they fly around all week long, and then on the week-ends, all of a sudden there's an obstruction in their flight path, and .... ko-wham .... whap, whap, whap! There goes the bird all tangled in the flag! Poor thing. Must be a regional or local "thing."

I quit flying flags, a few years ago and started flying "fish!" Now that really confuses the birds! These are photos from our previous camper. I used 2 20 foot cane telescoping fishing poles for these. Don't have photos for the new Outback:

[wa8yxm]

I think my flagpole is a 20 footer, Might be a 25, need to measure it some day.

I've seen 40's.. How high can you fly it.. If you are flying the US flag, at the top of the pole, There are a lot of folks who might get a bit ticked off if the park manager tells you to take it down.... Most of them at one point or another had some letters after their name... Like, as an example (not the only example) U.S.M.C.

ON the other hand.. There is a safety clause "Do not be the tallest conductor of electricity in the area" A metal flag pole, such as mine, is also a lightening rod.

[Us_out_West]

IAMICHABOD wrote:
I have never come across anyplace that you cannot fly a flag.

I always do when I'm out and never have seen any rules against it.

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Agree and never had any place or anyone complain.

[IAMICHABOD]

I have never come across anyplace that you cannot fly a flag.

I always do when I'm out and never have seen any rules against it.

As for the snapping in the wind comment, I fly light weight flags that make little noise and take them down at sunset out if respect not only for the flag but also to my neighbors. No Rube Goldberg contraptions ether just quality products from Poles And Holders

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[Biggyniner]

kcmoedoe wrote:
A normal sized American flag shouldn't bother anyone. A huge flag snapping relentlessly in the wind is an annoyance to others, and it doesn't matter what it represents. As they say, your rights end at my door, and the noise a large flag makes is just as annoying to me as my playing the bagpipe and Kazoo version of the Star Spangled Banner at 130 decibels all night long would be to you.
I have seen some tall flag poles at parks that I sure wouldn't want my rig parked next to because if the noise didn't get me the Rube Goldberg contraptions they used to hold it in place might. And finally, some people don't stop at the American Flag. I have seen plenty of flags that are obviously offensive to certain ethnic groups, and though those people flying the flags would say they are just honoring their southern heritage, we all really know what they are really attempting to convey.

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[kcmoedoe]

A normal sized American flag shouldn't bother anyone. A huge flag snapping relentlessly in the wind is an annoyance to others, and it doesn't matter what it represents. As they say, your rights end at my door, and the noise a large flag makes is just as annoying to me as my playing the bagpipe and Kazoo version of the Star Spangled Banner at 130 decibels all night long would be to you.
I have seen some tall flag poles at parks that I sure wouldn't want my rig parked next to because if the noise didn't get me the Rube Goldberg contraptions they used to hold it in place might. And finally, some people don't stop at the American Flag. I have seen plenty of flags that are obviously offensive to certain ethnic groups, and though those people flying the flags would say they are just honoring their southern heritage, we all really know what they are really attempting to convey.

[Bumpyroad]

I can see potential problems in a govt. not private campground. if they allow the US flag to be flown, then some jerk will sue to fly a swastika etc.
bumpy

[ependydad]

NYCgrrl wrote:

viking10415 wrote:
if memory serves it was an RV resort out in Cali, that had a reg regarding how high they can fly, because of that we will never stay there.

Just wondering (not critiquing)-why it's important to fly high?

I guess I'm curious, too. 25' seems excessive for a campground flag but I understand everyone has their own motivations.

[RoyB]

I have a homemade lighted lamp post with name board one it. I usually fly a small American Flag and the Texas Flag...

If we are staying for several days I will put up my 15/20-foot pole and drop a windom antenna wires down from it and tie off at a couple of trees for Ham Radio. Haven't run into any problems doing that where we usually go. I see tall flags all the time especially at the coastal places like LAKEWOOD in Myrtle Beach.

Roy and Carolyn

[the_bear_II]

I use a 20 ft pole with a US and California flag on it. The top of the pole is 8ft above my RV roof.