Campground Guides

[Ruthe]

Does anyone use a hard copy campground guide anymore?

[Iowa Dave]

Hi Ruth
We don’t use a printed campground guide except for one that has the Corps of Engineers facilities listed but we do not Leave home without a current year Rand McNally road atlas in the Highlander. We usually have an end of day target in mind unless we have to detour around a storm and then we use the Allstays app we have on the phone.
Iowa Dave

[SageRpod]

Originally Posted by Ruthe

Does anyone use a hard copy campground guide anymore?

We use Apps like Campendium and Allstays to find quick overnighters when we are trying to make time to a destination and a state park, NFS or other designated campground is not available. After some mis-adventures on our Pacific Northwest trip last year, we will only stay at RV campgrounds as a last resort. When cell service is not available, we have a current road atlas in the truck as well.

[nepaweb]

Not sure about other states but Pennsylvania offers a paper copy camping directory guidebook.

https://www.pacamping.com/promos-and...ping-directory

A paper copy state park directory with a nice map is also available.

Both are free and can be found at most visitor centers in the state.

[Treblemaker]

We use online apps for campgrounds but always carry a road atlas/ state maps of areas we are visiting.

[Mike G]

The last printed CG guide I bought was dated about 15 years ago. I do like paper maps, though, like the other commenters.

[Ian and Sue]

Originally Posted by Ruthe

Does anyone use a hard copy campground guide anymore?

When we did an extended camping trip (6 mo) we made it a point to enter a state on the interstate and stop at the welcome center for a road map and any campground information they might have...in fact we went on a day trip and got on the highway for one exit to hit the welcome center! We also had good luck with the Allstays app but they no longer support my Android phone so I am looking for other apps.

We found some really neat town and county campgrounds with the official state maps.

[Ruthe]

Thanks for the responses. I had forgotten about the welcome centers and their campground information. We can't use All stays because we have android phones, but I'll check into campendium.

[wjwoods01@gmail.com]

We travel around the country using State Parks 95% of the time and have found this publication to be invaluable for planning and making reservations: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/18...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[TahoeJoe]

Originally Posted by wjwoods01@gmail.com

We travel around the country using State Parks 95% of the time and have found this publication to be invaluable for planning and making reservations: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/18...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I second this recommendation...I have this book and love it! With that and my paper atlas, the National Geographic Adventure Edition, most of my planning is covered...

[kernwig]

I saw a couple campground guide books at Camping World last I was there. Of course they were already a year out of date.

[Ellen]

We have an Oregon State Parks hard copy and online version because we camp a lot in Oregon (from CA). When planning I use Campendium all the time. It covers all types of camping from boondocking locations to Nat’l Parks and everything in between. It’s saved our bacon a couple times when we needed to find a “safe harbor” because of weather changes and it’s also where I go for photos and reviews of camp spots I’m considering. I find Campendium very user friendly.