What is your recommended way to reserve/search RV sites

[beer family]

I like RV Life. Routes me on a trusted site based on my RV size. List the campgrounds I’m interested in in any area. I can play routes from my cell phone on CarPlay to view on the trucks entertainment system large screen.

Works for me.

Thank you for this information.

 

[Dutch Star Don]

I think the days of calling a campground an hour before arrival disappeared three years ago, unless it's in the middle of nowhere. It also depends on what you're driving. A small RV or trailer might catch the last open spot, but a 40' DP pulling a toad is not just going to pop in. I don't want to be stuck some where without a campsite.

We just booked a 30 day trip from Los Angeles to Rocky Mountain National Park, then Mount Rushmore and then over to the Oregon Coast working our way down from Astoria.

I still use an old Microsoft program called Streets and Trips. I determine my route and then determine where I want to stop each night. We typically try to keep it at 250 -300 miles on a driving day. Using Streets and Trips, I check their "Find Nearby Places" which is set to only find RV parks. I look at what's available and if we've never been there before, I go to RV Park Reviews, now RV Life, and check out the campgrounds and reviews.

On this trip 30 day trip we booked for July, I first booked the most difficult sites to get, Estes Park and Rushmore area. Then we worked our way to and from the main stops. If we knew of a park where we wanted to stay, we booked there. In areas we were unfamiliar with, I like using KOA for overnight stops. They're kind of like McDonalds, you know what you're going to get.

 

[DKRITTER]

I enjoy planning a trip so I usually figure out the A to B and most of my stops a good ways ahead of time.

I start in the office with Google Maps and roughly plan out the route I want to take (as opposed to what GM want me to take. I figure in fuel stops usually around TSD info. If it's a multiday trip I'll cut it into 300 mile sections to roughly see where we'll want to stop for the day (this may end up between 250 to 400 mile days) depending on several factors. Along the road All stays is great for Rest Stops, fuel and Overnight Parking. Google Maps and All Stays have satellite images so you can look at a stop (or whatever) way before you get there.

Once I get the route figured out I'll go to Allstays.com and plan stops, we usually dry camp for overnights while on the road so a Walmart, Casino or something works out, If not we'll get a RV Park. At our destination we always get a RV Park with the amenities we prefer. My resources are Google Maps, All Stays and RV Life Campground Reviews.

 

[beer family]

My go to is RV Life. I have been using them since 2007. they seem to have the most coverage for regular RV Parks. For boondocking I use Campendium.

Safe travels

Darrell

I think the days of calling a campground an hour before arrival disappeared three years ago, unless it's in the middle of nowhere. It also depends on what you're driving. A small RV or trailer might catch the last open spot, but a 40' DP pulling a toad is not just going to pop in. I don't want to be stuck some where without a campsite.

We just booked a 30 day trip from Los Angeles to Rocky Mountain National Park, then Mount Rushmore and then over to the Oregon Coast working our way down from Astoria.

I still use an old Microsoft program called Streets and Trips. I determine my route and then determine where I want to stop each night. We typically try to keep it at 250 -300 miles on a driving day. Using Streets and Trips, I check their "Find Nearby Places" which is set to only find RV parks. I look at what's available and if we've never been there before, I go to RV Park Reviews, now RV Life, and check out the campgrounds and reviews.

On this trip 30 day trip we booked for July, I first booked the most difficult sites to get, Estes Park and Rushmore area. Then we worked our way to and from the main stops. If we knew of a park where we wanted to stay, we booked there. In areas we were unfamiliar with, I like using KOA for overnight stops. They're kind of like McDonalds, you know what you're going to get.

Thank you for the reply. I "googled" Microsoft Streeps and Trips and it said MST is obsolete. LOL

 

[Tnedator]

I think RV Life often has decent reviews, and I also check out google reviews. RV Trip Wizard/RV Life's trip planner is handy to see the parks along the route and within x miles of your departure.

 

[JRS]

campgrounds.rvlife.com (mentioned numerous times above) - my first choice
rvparky.com
I'll also use google earth at times to look from above

 

[garmp]

I always preplan, especially during the snowed in months.
This is just about my most used site,

Recreation.gov This is the COE reservation site.

Followed closely by https:www.campgroundreviews.com

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www.uscampgrounds.info

CampsitePhotos.com - Campsite Photos and Camping Information is a good one, but does have limited listings.



And here are some more that I do frequent on occasions:

Best Campground Search Engine with 360 Virtual Tours

The only campground and RV park search engine with virtual tours, videos, photos and the information that helps pick better campsites.

www.campgroundviews.com

https://thedyrt.com/,

RV Parky | RV Parks & Campgrounds Directory, Reviews, Photos, is more for commercial or private campgrounds

Another decent search site is Log in to Facebook

This is about the best site for info on a given park, but the listings are limited, Toad Hall. He does a stellar job on photos.

This is also valuable info, A Guide to State Park Entrance Passes in All 50 States Show admission/use fees & discounts if available.



An amusing site is Roadside America - Guide to Uniquely Odd Tourist Attractions.

Allstays.com, has decent info to offer.



This has some interesting info but is a bit awkward to navigate.,

https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/byways/byways.