RV Parks

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Originally Posted by rbryan4

I've never found one resource that gave me everything I want. That's why I (and several others on the forum) use a multitude of tools to find sites. I use the Good Sam directory, (liked Woodalls better), Passport America, RV Parky, Free RV Campgrounds, Park Advisor, and a few others. Even just Google maps of RV parks and then individual websites sometimes. If there's one single resource that lists everything I need in one place, I am not aware of it.

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Yes, we have a bunch of sources also. If you Google the area you are visiting, Dwain, all of the campgrounds will come up and then reviews can be seen from various sources.

Passport America is the best deal if you want private campgrounds but mostly for during the week, half prices many places. We used it a great deal last year because we were using the trailer a lot, but I dropped it this year after several years. We don't expect to continue that kind of trailer use. We were, however, in public places the most by far.

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Originally Posted by NCBill

My favorite campgrounds have nothing in common as for ownership. My short list includes one run by a city, one county, one state and one national park. In fact, I am hitting just about all of those this trip. And some have partial hookup, some have full hookups and some have no hookups. What they do share in common is awesome locations.

I have found to get a hookup of any kind at one of the more popular national parks takes reservations made months in advance. A hookup at Zion (electric only) takes a reservation six months in advance. The state parks in the Florida Keys are booked a year in advance! Meanwhile primitive sites at Zion are usually available weekdays if you arrive early.

If phone and Internet service is important to you, then on my short list only the city run campground qualifies. Many privately owned campgrounds have wifi, but they also tend to be crowded, noisy, tiny sites, and expensive. Oh yeah and the wifi if they have it is usually crappy!

My favorite city run CG? Clear Creek RV park, Golden, CO. Just a handful of sites, downtown Golden, walk to everything, always booked in advance. To get theee nights there this trip I had to arrive on a Sunday night and change sites on the second day.

The availability of wifi or cell phone coverage has never entered into my criteria.

Actually, your favorites do have ownership in common: They are all public. And all the reasons you give for not wanting to use the private ones, I agree. We usually use private in some case once in a while, when needing a laundry or similar benefit, and put up with the crappy wifi --- or no wifi when they said they had it! You know, only works in one little location, or whatever.

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Thank you all!
Dwain