trailer size and campsites in National Parks

jesseannie wrote:

Oasisbob wrote:
21 feet seems to be the max in Oregon for the most part. Bigger is not always better. So many variables here.

Really?
I have camped in Oregon a lot and my 26' (30' overall) travel trailer fits in most national forest campgrounds and in all state parks. I have never had a problem.

Jesseannie

Yeah, I just checked for a 34' trailer 2 weeks out, could find a spot in every state campsite I checked which had RV sites (granted I only got through the C's, but that was enough for me to disprove the "you have to be under 21' to find any sites" nonsense). It's true that the longer the trailer the fewer spots you will fit in but it's still 73% of national park campgrounds at 35' according to this:

Here are the averages:

RVs up to 12' in length fit in every national park campground in the United States, although there are a few campgrounds that don’t allow RVs at all and are tent only.

RVs up to 19' in length fit in 98% of all national park service campgrounds.

RVs up to 25' in length fit in 93% of all national park campgrounds

RVs up to 29' in length fit in 84% of all national park campgrounds

RVs up to 32' in length fit in 81% of all national park campgrounds

RVs up to 35' in length fit in 73% of all national park campgrounds

RVs up to 37' in length fit in 60% of all national park campgrounds

RVs up to 40' in length fit in 53% of all national park campgrounds (Remember that many of the parks will only have a few sites this size, however. Book long in advance if reservations are available–otherwise you run the risk of not having a spot)

RVs up to 41' in length fit in 7% of all national park campgrounds (Remember that many of the parks will only have a few sites this size, however. Book long in advance if reservations are available–otherwise you run the risk of not having a spot)

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Based on that I think that 35' is the best balance of livable space to campgrounds you can fit in, but everyone has their own priorities.