Travel Tips

Travel Tip: Websites To Help You Plan a Camping Trip

Photo Credit: Jess Mann

Are you planning a camping trip?

It has become a lot more complicated, because you not only need to find a campsite. The campsite also has to be more compatible with not just the size of your camper or rig but with your definition of camping.

Now there are a number of sites to help you intelligently plan your camping trip.

Recreation.gov is a great data base of campgrounds around the country. All you need to do is plug in your destination, your arrival and departure dates. The site generates a very helpful map indicating available campsites and also those that are already booked.

ThePackingList.com reminds you of things you might forget such as a first aid kit, hiking boots, fishing gear, that very necessary bug spray and even marshmallow skewers.

And Campendium.com gives you must-know information about cell service, electrical hookups and the all-important toilet facilities.

Photo Credit: Jess Mann

For more on camping, check out:

Camping vs. Glamping 

America’s Wackiest and Best Camping Sites

How Camping Has Entered Into the Sharing Economy