Last update: 10/27/2008

Due to the size this list has become, and time to load from a dial-up connection, I am in the process of moving each state with significant listings to it’s own page. The list of States below will take you to any individual page as they are added.

Nationwide Lists:

http://rvparkreviews.com/ Over 48,000 reviews by actual users. (My favorite to start with)

http://parkfreeovernight.com/ a site that lets you enter a city and state and then searches that area

http://www.rv-clubs.us/rv_campgrounds.html (Over 5300 campgrounds by state and section of state)

Wheelers RV & Campground Guide (has listings Trailer Life does not)

http://www.city-data.com/ is a great resource to find data about average temp's, rainfall, and a ton of other stuff for cities.

http://autos.msn.com/everyday/gasstations.aspx?zip=&src=Netx MSN daily gas prices by zip code

http://www.gocampingamerica.com/ 3000 listings of RV Parks

http://www.i5guide.net/index.htm A complete guide to Interstate 5 across California, Oregon and Washington. NEW!!! Plus 3 more. The I-95 Exit Information Guide The I-75 Exit Information Guide The I-4 Exit Information Guide

Various States in Alphabetical Order:

These listings consist of posts to various forums and chat boards: (click or ctrl/click to jump to each section) (please note that individuals e-mail addresses are removed for privacy)

Alabama	Alaska	Airzona	Arkansas	California	Colorado	Connecticut	Delaware
Florida	Georgia	Idaho	Illinois	Indiana	Iowa	Kansas	Kentucky
Louisiana	Maine	Maryland	Massachusetts	Michigan	Minnesota	Mississippi	Missouri
Montana	Nebraska	Nevada	New Hampshire	New Jersey	New Mexico	New York	North Carolina
North Dakota	Ohio	Oklahoma	Oregon	Pennsylvania	Rhode Island	South Carolina	South Dakota
Tennessee	Texas	Utah	Vermont	Virginia	Washington	West Virginia	Wisconsin
Wyoming		Mexico (Baja)

Public Campground Resources (from About.com) with links to related sites.

• National Parks (NPS)
• National Forests (USFS)
• Army Corps of Engineers (ACE)
• Bureau of Land Management (BLM) (more BLM sites below)
• BLM Eastern United States
• State Parks and Forests

http://www.myrv.us/electric/ Electric outlets for RV’s and how they are wired.

http://www.etrailerpart.com/ NEW Mounted trailer tires and many other suspension and hitch parts.

http://www.casino49.com/casino49/casinos-home.asp All Casinos in the USA. Links to those with web sites.

This example http://www.samstownlv.com/rvpark/index.cfm will take you to the Las Vegas Sam’s Town Casino RV Park.

http://www.casinocamper.com A NEW site with reviews by users.

http://www.irv2.com/reviewpost/index.php Large nationwide list of reviews by users.

http://www.rvparkinfo.net/ Small nationwide list.

http://members.aol.com/newenglandcamper/camping.html New England States

http://www.freecampgrounds.com/ Over 500 Free or low cost Campgrounds

http://www.reservationfriend.com/home/consumer/findapark.aspx A small list, not all states covered. BUT 18 links to other lists.

http://www.campgroundsofamerica.com/ Large nationwide list.

http://www.rvparksusa.com/ Large nationwide list, primarily RV parks.

http://www.campusa.com/ Large list of campgrounds and RV parks.

http://www.rv.net/forums/index.cfm/fuseaction/login.cfm Nationwide reviews. (requires you to register to view forum)

http://www.rvbuddy.com/blog/public_html/ Small nationwide list with some actual user reviews.

http://www.reserveusa.com/ Reservation service.

http://groups.msn.com/PopUpTrailerCamping/_homepage.msnw?pgmarket=en-us

http://www.popupportal.com/campgrounds.asp Nationwide list, medium size. (no reviews)

boondockinglocations-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Boondocking Locations Group ; To subscribe, send email .
boondockingusa-subscribe@yahoogroups.com BoondockingUSA Group; To subscribe, send email.

http://www.wi-fihotspotlist.com/browse/us/ WiFi Hotspot list. New for 2006 http://www.metrofreefi.com/ & http://www.jiwire.com/

http://www.avoiceofone.com/ potential list of Campgrounds to avoid.

http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/walmartrving/?guid=166062687 New Wal-Mart Group

http://www.rvadvice.com/rvtravel.html RV road laws, search by state. Overnight stays at rest stops allowed?? New

http://www.tatravelcenters.com Travel Centers of America truck stops
http://www.loves.com Loves truck stops

http://www.flyingj.com/highway/locations/us-map.html Flying J Truck stops

http://www.petrotruckstops.com/ Petro Truck Stops

http://www.localshell.com/Search.aspx?Truck Shell Truck Stops

http://www.pilottravelcenters.com/Locations/Travel_Centers/Amenities/ Pilot Truck Stops

http://www.theadamssfamily.com/CG/I-40.htm I-40 (Arkansas, Okla., TX, NM, AZ) Easy gas stops & CG’s for 1 night stops)

http://www.theadamssfamily.com/CG/YellowstoneArea.htm

Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, In 2004 The Adams Family traveled from through Kansas, across I-70 to Denver then North on I-25 and I-90 to Livingston, MT. After a week there, we did a loop to the west in I-90 and south on Hy 287 to the West Yellowstone entrance to the Park. These are some of the places we drove past and the few we stopped at.

This list has RV parks that are not listed in Trailer Life. NEW 2/6/06

Items not state related:

BLM Land

BLM is the Bureau of Land Management which administers Federal public Lands where you can easily boondock up to 28 days on Long Term Visitor
Areas. Here is the link to their Web site. :http://www.blm.gov/nhp/index.htm plus a newer link http://www.rv-camping.org/BLMCampgrounds.html .
This second link will give basic information on boondocking and also gives information on BLM's Long Term Visitor Areas :
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/waters/index.htm

Quartzite Diary: http://www.bafrenz.com/birds/TXtoAR.htm (actually Texas to Arizona not Arkansas)

RV Salvage Yards Magazine Article on 80 Acre yard in Missouri plus list of 11 more. NEW 1/2006

Satellite Uplink Services for Internet updated 12/13/2005

Escapee Parks

Elks The Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, Apparently, free or almost free camping at many lodges.

Membership Parks

Got a question, or comment about this site or favorite RV Park or Campground (no picture)?????????

Please e-mail it to me, John Adams, at Camp@TheAdamssFamily.com

Got a photo of your favorite RV Park or Campground???????

Please e-mail it to me along with the park name, city and state and I will try to add it to my page for that state.

Parkphotos@TheAdamssFamily.com

California:

Slab City and Free Campgrounds: http://www.desertdutch.org/slabcity.htm

and http://gathering.digihitch.com:80/slabmaps.php

NEW 12-20-06:

Links for the southwest desert area and Quartzite.

rvtravelonashoestring@yahoogroups.com

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0101/feature6/index.html

http://www.desertusa.com/Cities/az/quartzite.html

http://www.californiadesert.gov/index.php

http://www.slabcity.org/

http://www.desertdutch.org:80/slabcity.htm

http://gathering.digihitch.com/slabs.php

http://snow.prohosting.com/buzzybee/ContentTwo/newfile31.htm (has a detailed map)

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/CANILsalv.html (salvation mountain)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slab_City

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/17/national/17slab.html?ex=1261026000&en=7c7b48d21fba2832&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland

http://www.telusplanet.net:80/public/waters/slabcity.htm

http://vagabonders-supreme.net/SlabCity.htm

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CA state park hosts :::

Subject: CA Free Campsites For Hosts: Here is the direct web site for the CA state park hosts http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=911 It takes a while to dig down to it if you start from the beginning.
Elaine

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Coloma

From: "Helene Montgomery" <helenem@m
Subject: No Cal Get Together Planned.....

We're having a Northern California Get Together in October.  Most will be arriving Friday, October 7th, and staying thru Monday or Tuesday, the 11th. Park is Ponderosa RV Park in Coloma, which is situated on Hwy 49 between Auburn and Placerville. See:  www.ponderosarv.com - the park is TTN and RPI and C2C.  Non-member fees are $32.00 night. Park is on the river......nice. For more info, please write myself at helenem@mchsi.com or join our NoCal Yahoo group for updates: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nocalgtg
We think this is gonna be a big one!!!  Les(lie) Gallegos is the TTN member making reservations, more about that at the No Cal group site or e-mail me.

Helene Montgomery
Clearlake Oaks, CA
www.helenemontgomery.com
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/helenemwebiz/my_photos

Convict Lake (California)

  I believe it is a National Forest Park but
maybe State.  Great view of the east side of the Sierra Mtns., a lake hidden
from view until you get to the top of a three mile drive.  Mammoth Lakes is
a few miles north.  Hot tubs in the wild east of Hwy 395 on Los Angeles Dept
of Water & Power land that beckon day and  night.

Colorado

Boulder :::::::::::;

Subject: Re: Boodocking in Boulder? Try the Fairgrounds in Longmont--that might be the Boulder County
Fairgrounds. Try a small campground in Lyons--about 15 miles from Boulder--it is just
past Lyons on the way to Estes Park.
There is Golden Gate or Golden Canyon State Park with Elect near Nederland. It is a very nice campground with dump and water, but not a sites. There are quite a number of sites for big rigs. Highway 119 goes
from Boulder to Nederland.
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Durango:::::::::::

The Cottonwood RV park in Durango is walking distance to the train and
downtown, and is $37 per night. It has showers and restroom, and mud when
it rains. Not recommended unless you are going to be there for a short
time. There is also a dump station in the park about 3 miles North of the Walmart, and potable water at the
Cenex station just South of the Walmart.

Ridgeway State Park

Location: Ridgeway, Colorado

Review:

We noticed how few, if any, Colorado entries there are, so we add this one. A four hour drive southwest from Denver, Ridgeway is ideally locatednear the Uncompagre Range of the San Juan Mountains and a short drive to neighboring Telluride to the southwest and Montrose to the north. Ouray and the Million Dollar Highway are a few miles directly south. We often head into Telluride (30-40 min), hop the town gondola (free) with our dog Hertz (there are designated "Pet Cars!"), walk the streets and the river run, and have an outdoor lunch.

There are several camping areas within Ridgeway, but Elk Ridge is our favorite: clean, paved, and partially wooded, with electric hookup sites. Showers, flush toilets. It towers a couple of hundred yards above the reservoir, with majestic views of the Uncompagre. There is a swim beach and marina a half mile away. Fishing for rainbows is excellent on or offshore. Several trails ribbon throughout the park.

If you get stay and enjoy it, please let us know.

Hawkeye & Nester

DELAWARE

Rehoboth Beach

PARK REFUND: FIVE DAYS BEFORE OUR PLANNED

week-long camping vacation to the Outer Banks of North Carolina and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, the unthinkable happened. A very large limb from a giant oak tree in our yard fell directly onto our new Sunline travel trailer and our 2004 F-250 tow vehicle. It completely destroyed the RV and did more than $9,000 in damage to the truck. Needless to say, our vacation dreams were shattered. We had reserved sites at Camp Hatteras campground in Waves, North Carolina, and at 3 Seasons Camping Resort in Delaware. Both campgrounds have written cancellation policies that require more than five days' notice. We called each resort and explained our sad situation. The people at both campgrounds were extremely sympathetic and quickly refunded our deposits. They wished us well, and asked that we come see them when we could. We definitely will, and we want to thank Connie at Camp Hatteras and the staff at 3 Seasons. BART & LINDA TAYLOR Catonsville, Maryland

GEORGIA::::::

ILLINOIS

I think they might have been talking about Indiana Dunes State Park there is a station for the South Shore Line near there and it takes you to Chicago.  I have included a link for both places, hope this helps!  Brandy

http://www.in.gov/dnr/parklake/properties/park_dunes.html

http://www.nictd.com/

MAINE:::::::

Calais

On our way back to the states we stayed at a wonderful campground just a few miles over the border from the Calais ME entrance to New Brunswick. It is in St Andrews by the Sea on road 127. It is on a point and we were right on the water. It is run by the Kiwanis Club and has good laundry and propane - no pool and WIFI for a fee. Their
website is http://www.kok.ca/. Nice little town with things to see and do. Had we known we would have stopped for a day or two on the way into New Brunswick.
The Moyseys

Lubec

From: "jmastoras" <jmastoras@a Subject: Back From Maine
Well I've just returned to Texas from spending the summer in Maine. Lubec, Maine to be exact. The campground was great and was the only one around that had elec/water/sewer not to mention all the raspberries, blackberries and blueberries. It also was sure nice to miss out on the hot Texas summer.

Mid-Coast, Maine

Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 17:14:35 -0000 From: "fcloutier" Subject: Mid-Coast, Maine

If you are fan of the Maine coast in the summer, check out the "Moorings" oceanfront RV resort (www.mooringscamp.com). It is on the water with a tiered terrain so that every site has an ocean view. It's small (40 sites), OK for big rigs, and has been run by a young couple for four years who put a lot of effort into their campground. Being a small site with little of the "one night stand" market, there is a great sense of community with Happy Hour on Friday (you bring an appetizer and they provide local beer and wine) and a lobster boil with all the fixin's on Saturday...1 1/4# lobster, steamers, corn, and blueberry pie for $25. There is a MWF "honey wagon" in lieu of a sewer hookup. There are some 50A pull-thrus, 30A is typical. I think
the monthly rate for two is $960. WiFi is free, but the signal is weak for the shoreline sites.
Frank L. Cloutier

Maryland

Quantico:::

From: "oldgrammycracker" Subject: New to this group Hi...I got a link to this group on another camping group.   My husband and I have a travel trailer and love to go on jaunts.   We also go to Marylands eastern shore a bit and usually camp in Quantico MD at Roaring Point or Sandy Hill campgrounds.

MISSISSIPPI

Corps of Engineers campgrounds Mobile, Alabama District

MISSOURI

Anderson/Joplin:

One of Missouri's best kept secrets is Indian Summer RV Park in Anderson, a Good Sam Park about 30 miles south of Joplin. It's off the beaten path, but if you like dense woods, a crystal-clear creek and friendly owners, it's worth the trip.

PEG PITZEN

SHEBOYGAN, WIS.

GREENVILLE, MO

Greenville COE Campground
US Highway 67, 2 miles south of Greenville, MO
GPS Coordinates:  37.6292, 90.27533
$16.00 per night Campground Review:  Like most Corps of Engineer (COE) campgrounds, this one is very nice with over 100 sites nicely spaced from each other.  The campground directory indicates there are two pull-thru sites but we only found one.  Situated along the banks of Lake Wappapello and the St. Francis River, the interior roads are paved and well maintained.  The front section of the campground is mostly wooded while the back area is mostly open.  There are several buddy campsites;two campsites placed side-by-side for use by families or friends in two different campers.  I've never seen this in any other campground but it is a great idea. (Review by Rich and Donna, MH) Photos at http://www.geocities.com/rk911/greenville.html

POPLAR BLUFF, MO

Camelot RV Park
US Highway 60/67, 2 miles north of Poplar Bluff MO           
GPS Coordinates:  36.48530, 90.27971
$23.00 per night (winter rate)

Campground Review:  Roughly 70 gravel sites, some of them very large for the biggest rigs.  All sites are full hook-up including no-extra-charge cable TV.  Most sites are wooded.  Over-the-air TV is limited to 12 (CBS) and 15 (ABC).  Electric is 20/30/50 amps and all sites are very level.  Wi-Fi is free for the first two nights only.  There are daily, weekly and monthly rates for both camping and wi-fi.  The park is neat, clean and the owners are very nice and friendly.   We received the winter rate because the shower rooms were not yet open. 

The park is located 2-miles north of Poplar Bluff , the county seat of Butler County, roughly 3 hours south of St. Louis.  Poplar Bluff has a population of roughly 17,000 persons with that same number of residents in the county. 

Sedalia: State Fair Grounds (Sedalia Mo $13.00 w/FHU)

MONTANA

Blue Earth

We are in Blue Earth, MN at the fairgrounds. Its a 2 day free site with additional days at $5.00. Its a bit confusing tho, only two water bibs and one electrical box, 2 - 30amp  plugs, at the 8 sewer pipes. More electrical around the area but no other hookups. Still, 2 days free is still "free". And a dump station and water free if passing by.

Casinos:

Charging Horse Casino
P.O. Box 1259
Lame Deer, Montana 59043
(406) 477-6677
Map: #3 (90 miles S.E. of Billings on Hwy. 212)

Restaurants: 1  Liquor: No
Buffets: B-$6.00  L-$7.00  D-$9.99
Hours: 8am-2am Daily
Overnight RV Parking: Free/RV Dump: No

Discovery Lodge Casino
1 Tree Lane
Cut Bank, Montana 59427
(406) 873-2885
Map: #6 (35 miles E. of Browning)

Restaurants: 1 Snack Bar  Liquor: No
Hours: 10am-Midnight Daily
Overnight RV Parking: Free/RV Dump: Free

Four C’s Cafe & Casino
Rocky Boy Route, Box 544
Box Elder, Montana 59521
(406) 395-4863
Map: #1 (75 miles N.E. of Great Falls)

Restaurants: 1  Liquor: No
Hours: 9am-2:30am Daily
Overnight RV Parking: Free/RV Dump: No

Glacier Peaks Casino
209 N. Piegan Street
Browning, Montana 59417
(406) 338-5751
Map: #7 (140 miles N.W of Great Falls)

Restaurants: 1 Snack Bar  Liquor: No
Hours: 9:30am-2:00am Daily
Other Games: Bingo
Overnight RV Parking: Free/RV Dump: Free

KwaTaqNuk Casino Resort
303 Highway 93
E. Polson, Montana 59860
(406) 883-3636
Map: #5 (65 miles N. Of Missoula)

Room Reservations: (800) 882-6363
Rooms: 112  Price Range: $104-$124
Restaurants: 1  Liquor: Yes
Hours: 24 Hours Daily
Overnight RV Parking: Free/RV Dump: Free
Special Features: Hotel is Best Western. 10% AAA room discount. Indoor pool and hot tub.

Little Big Horn Casino
P.O. Box 580
Crow Agency, Montana 59022
(406) 638-4000
Map: #2 (65 miles S.E. of Billings)

Restaurants: 1  Liquor: No
Hours: 9am-1am/2am (Fri/Sat)
Overnight RV Parking: Free/RV Dump: No

Silver Wolf Casino
Highway 25 East
P.O. Box 726
Wolf Point, Montana 59201