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USCAmpgrounds.info

The most complete guide to Federal, State, Provincial and Local campgrounds

9,000 Campgrounds in 50 States - plus most of Canada

Latitude/longitude of every campground verified
Interactive street/topo maps, and GPS Data - free

GPS & mapping software data files

IPhone application

FAQs

Explanation of Terms and Symbols

This site provides what we believe to be the most complete and geograpically accurate US & Canada public campground locator in existence. Includes all National Park and National Forest campgrounds; BLM, TVA and Army engineers campgrounds, State Park & Provincial campgrounds. We include only public car-camping campgrounds with 5 or more campsites and tables and toilets (not backpack-in, boat-in, horse camps, dispersed or group camps). We do not include privately owned campgrounds. Read our FAQs to learn more about the data, accuracy, usage and precautions.

Map Usage Drag the map (below) to the region where you want to camp then zoom in (zoom-bar or double click). It will load (from the center crosshair out) all public campgrounds in your window up to a max of 35. (See legend below map) Click on campground symbol for more info and for links to information, phone numbers, reservations, etc. For a topo map, zoom in tight and switch to "US/Can My Topo" in the upper right corner of the map.

Map Legend (click for more detail):

= US or CANADA Federal - NP, CNP, NF, NS, NRA, BLM campgrounds

= Other US Federal - COE, TVA campgrounds

= State/Provincial campgrounds (SP, PP, SF, SB, SRA, etc)

= Other (County, City, Authority, Unknown, etc) campgrounds.

DEV = For National Forest (NF) campgrounds only: 2=lowest, 5=highest

PHONE NUMBERS: Two numbers: 1) for the campground itself 2) for reservations. For NF, we often list 2 campground numbers: District (try this one first)/Forest (try second) - call before 4:30 PM.

EL = elevation in feet

Sources & Accuracy (click for more detail) :

The majority of the data was obtained directly from Federal and State agencies. Most of the remainder came from GPS/POI coordinate files developed by individuals and posted on the internet. We found serious positional errors in all of these sources and so we independently verified the location of all the campgrounds we list.

We would like to thank the following whose work on campground data helped make this compilation possible:

Frank Tabor, Gladys, VA

Be aware that some of the campgrounds may not be open at all times or may not accomodate your camping vehicle, so call ahead if possible (we provide phone numbers direct to the campground in most cases).
Please tell us of any errors or omissions you find.

Email us mail@USCampgrounds.info if you have a question, comment or suggestion.

For a listing by State of all the State Park campgrounds and National Park campgrounds we include, click here.

Existing camping directories and web sites

Some of the best existing directories and web sites that include many public campgounds are:

Camping Directories

    * Woodalls Tenting Directory (on-line and in book form)
    * Dow's National Forest Campground Guide (on-line and in book form)
    * DeLorme Atlas and Gazetteer (by state, in book form only, very good map coverage of public campgrounds)
    * Recreation.gov   (Reservable Federal sites only)
    * Reserve America   (Reservations for many public campgrounds)
    * Coleman on-line and book form (for National Forests)
    * Public Lands Info Center (Western State Campgrounds)
    * Camping-USA
    * epgsoft Campground Map

Other Related Sites

    * About.com:camping (lots of camping info and links)
    * Discovery Owners (lots of coordinate files)
* Toad Hall (very extensive campground coordinate files)
    * POI_Factory (loads of GPS/POI files)
    * Wayhoo (1.7 million USGS coordinates)
    * Camping in North Carolina
    * Camping With a View
    * USGS Recreation - Camping
   * Pampering Campers