Campgrounds

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Our Bucket List of Campgrounds and Places to Visit

RATINGS based on our experience

♥ Probably won’t be returning

♥♥ Okay in a pinch, would stay again if no favorites were in the area

♥♥♥ Good solid campground- would return

♥♥♥♥ Absolutely a Favorite,would definitely return

♥♥♥♥♥ Perfect,shhhh only tell your closest friends about this jewel !

USA

Arizona

Roosevelt: Three Mile Wash

Sedona: Cave Springs

Sedona:Boondocking GPS34.875957,-111.905215

Tucson:Cieneguita Primitive Camp Area

Tucson: Gilbert Ray Campground

Tucson: Catalina State Park

California

Bakersfield: Bakersfield RV Resort

Barstow: Rainbow Basin

Big Sur-Templeton Area: Kirk Creek Campground-♥♥♥♥♥

Bodega Bay: Doran Regional Park

Bodega Bay: Wright’s Beach-♥♥♥♥♥

Borrego Springs: Borrego Springs Desert,33.30113,-116.279099-♥♥♥♥♥

Dana Point: Doheny State Beach♥♥♥

Half Moon Bay : Francis Beach #16

Humboldt County: Big Lagoon County Park,41.166459, –124.12761

Laguna Beach: Crystal Cove State Park Moro Campground #51-60

Niland: Salvation Mountain ♥

Salton City: Salton Sea♥

San Diego: Silver Strand State Beach-♥♥

Santa Barbara: Jalama Beach (53-64)

Santa Barbara: El Capitan State Beach

Ventura: Hobson Beach #28

Colorado

Crested Butte: Oh be Joyful

Gunnison: Rosy Lane

Dubois: Whiskey Basin Big Horn Sheep Range; Off of US 26 about 4 miles east of Dubois and 6 miles down a dirt road in the Wind River Mountains 43°26’59″N,109°32’27″W

Florida

Cape San Blas: Saint Joseph Peninsula State Park-our hometown park-gorgeous♥♥♥♥♥

Cedar Key: Low Key Hideaway-♥♥♥♥♥

Cedar Key: Sunset Isle RV Park-♥♥♥♥♥

Destin: Henderson Beach State Park-♥♥♥♥♥

Gulf Breeze : Fort Pickens at Gulf Islands National Seashore-♥♥♥♥

Santa Rosa Beach: Grayton Beach State Park

Idaho

Ketchum: Redfish Lake

McCall: McCall RV Resort

Stanley: Alturas Lake

Stanley: Stanley Inlet State Park

Illinois

Chicago: Chicago McCormick Place Marshalling Yard for Boondocking

Kentucky

Middlesboro: Cumberland Gap, Wilderness Road Campground

Louisiana

Abbeville : Betty’s RV Park

New Orleans : Pontchartrain Landing -convenient for Mardi Gras but pricey-♥

New Orleans : City Park (stealth boondocking?)

Maryland

College Park: Cherry Hill Park (Good place to stay for transportation/tours into DC)

Greenbelt:Greenbelt Park (another good spot to tour DC from)

Montana

Red Lodge: Parkside

West Yellowstone : Baker’s Hole

Nevada

Lake Mead: Government Wash Boondocking Site

Las Vegas: Behind the Paris Hotel

Mojave Desert: Boondocking

New Mexico

Eagle Nest: Eagle Nest Lake State Park Campground

Eagle Nest: Cimaron Canyon State Park

Taos: Rio Bravo Campground-BLM

New York

New York City: Liberty Harbor RV Park

Oregon

Bend: Paulina Lake

Yachats: Beachside State Park-♥♥♥♥♥

South Carolina

Edisto Island : Edisto Island State Park-♥♥♥

Hunting Island : Hunting Island State Park (#45,46,47,48)- ♥♥♥♥♥

Pickens: Table Rock State Park -♥♥♥

South Dakota

Custer: Custer State Park,Legion Lake or Sylvan Lake (Needles Highway)

Tennessee

Morristown: Panther Creek State Park

Chattanooga:You can park for $4 for 24 hours in the Coolidge Park parking lot in Chattanooga TN, right at the edge of acres of city parks and right by the Walnut Street Bridge (pedestrians only), giving access to the Tennessee Aquarium, Hunter Museum, the free city shuttle, a couple of entertainment venues, restaurants, etc. Quieter than the average Walmart

Texas

Harlingen: Eastgate RV Park

San Antonio : KOA San Antonio

Utah

Moab: Goose Island BLM

Washington

Dallesport: Columbia Hills

Kalaloch : Kalaloch Campground #D24 ♥♥♥♥

Mount Rainier: White River #D29

Neah Bay:Hobuck RV Resort

Orcas Island: West Beach Resort

Port Townsend: Port Townsend Marina and RV Park