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Recreation.gov mentions (207)

• National Park Camping Reservation Timing

  If you check recreation.gov, there's an "availability alert" at the bottom of the page for each campground? Source: 5 months ago

• Guide Book Recs

  In the days before smart phones we used the wilderness press guide books and the PCT data book and also the pct water report, which is still out there at https://pctwater.com/. I've gotten local permits for section hikes in So Cal. It's not really very difficult to do. You can get the ones for San Jacinto by mail or in person or both (get the wilderness one in advance, get the state park one from the ranger... Source: 5 months ago

• Need help with local campsite on Recreation.gov

  I have booked a lot of campgrounds through recreation.gov, and have never seen any canvas tents to rent. The only time I have seen something even similar is the teepee rentals at KOA in Flagstaff. Campgrounds in National Forest sites, which you generally book through recreation.gov, are not going to have anything like that. Source: 6 months ago

• Question about how timed-entry permits work

  Hi there, heading to Rocky Mountain NP & Arches in a few weeks and both have only a few slots left that are later in the day. I want to book those as a last resort, but also want to try my hand to get a better time the night before. Is this possible to do on one recreation.gov account (I'm traveling alone)? Or, because of the 1 reservation max, do they not allow you to try a separate purchase process? I obviously... Source: 7 months ago

• Planning to backpack Grand Canyon rim-to-rim mid June and looking for advice

  The friend I'm going with is a teacher and her school year ends early June, thus the plan for mid-June. Curious about temps and what to expect. Also, I know this is the first year they're doing permits through recreation.gov, so I'm not expecting solid answers on this, but any guesses as to how difficult it'll be to get permits? We're planning on entering the lottery (Jan 16 is the start date for the June lottery... Source: 8 months ago

freecampsites.net mentions (247)

• Vans started parking outside my house. One is running a a generator tonight. How would you handle this?

  Good bet it's on freecampsites.net . You could consider adding a review along the lines of "Hey, don't run your generators" and/or "Becoming too popular, got the knock at 3am.". Source: 5 months ago

• Show HN: Van, truck or car camp for $0 a night

  Boondocking, community-submitted tips https://boondocking.org/ camping, parks, hosting, for-profit https://www.campendium.com/ nature-loving free campers, 501c3 https://freeroam.app/ free campsites, community-submitted tips https://freecampsites.net/ hosting, 3 stays free $100/year otherwise, CA only https://www.landcamp.org/ bicycle tourists https://www.warmshowers.org/ couchsurfing, social network... - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• Show HN: Van, truck or car camp for $0 a night

  For anyone looking for actually free, no strings attached (and no subscription) camping, check https://freecampsites.net/ instead. It's a community wiki of free camp sites, usually on federal lands of various sorts (National Forests and BLM lands often have primitive campsites with fire rings and not much else). It's great for travel around national parks, especially. But please do leave no trace, pack out what... - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• Looking for Camping Location Suggestions

  The water is the hard part unless you're fine camping with lots of people. Then I'll agree that Parker Canyon Lake, Madera Canyon or Patagonia are good for this. Without the water there are some great quiet spots outside of Tombstone or west along the i8. You can find them here: https://freecampsites.net/. Source: 10 months ago

• Planning a trip to Oregon for camping soon

  For camping in camp grounds, you can google that. For camping in the wilderness use http://freecampsites.net. Crime is in all of the cities. Portland just hits the news more. Salems hospital is not great ( from my multiple experiences). I personally would never move to Eugene. I recommend checking out Legacy and consider living in Camas or Oregon City. My nieces do this and are very happy with their living and... Source: 10 months ago