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PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 9:44 pm    Post subject: Travel Essentials: Places to Go/Camp & Trip Reports Reply with quote

Updated: September 15, 2015


Camping & Traveling Index

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Where To Go / Where To Camp
  • General camping resource links
  • VW camper rentals
  • Camp spots/travel info: West Coast Region USA
  • Camp spots/travel info: East & Southern Regions USA
  • Camp spots/travel info: Midwest Region USA
  • Camp spots/travel info: Rocky Mountain & Southwest Regions USA
  • Camp spots/travel info: Canada
  • Camp spots/travel info: Mexico
  • Camp spots/travel info: Australia


Camping & Traveling With Your Van

(Has been moved to the main FAQ topic.)

Epic Trip Reports

  • List of prominent trip reports posted here on The Samba
  • List of prominent Vanagon trip reports posted on external blog sites




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PostPosted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 12:35 pm    Post subject: Re: Camping/Traveling Essentials: Where To Go Reply with quote

Where To Go / Where To Camp

General Camping Resource Links
Boondockers: Subscriber list of boondocking locations
Boondockers: List of TheSamba van owners offering their places to overnight at
VW Westy Driveway Camp Group (Facebook)
Allstays: List of places to camp for free
FreeCampgrounds.com: List of campgrounds for free, or nearly free
Reserve America: Look for and reserve campground camp spots

Vanagon Rescue Squad

How to find cool places to camp with Google maps
Walmart, casinos, hospitals, etc.
Places to pull off and camp

Camper rentals (external links)
Aloha Campers - Kihei, Maui, HI
Westfalia Rentals - Victoria, BC
Okanagan Westfalia Rentals - Kenowla, BC
California Campers - CA
VW Surfari - Costa Mesa, CA
Valley Westys - Staunton, VA
Firefly Vans - York, ME
Maine Campers - Kittery, ME
Dragonflyvans - Coeur d'Alene, ID/Missoula, MT
Peace Vans
List of camper rentals on The Samba

Camp Spots/Travel Info: West Coast, Hawaii, & Alaska Region (USA)
California
Near Disneyland
Los Angeles, CA
Arrowhead & Big Bear Lakes
Southern California
Stealth spots: L.A., San Diego, Mexico
Angeles Nat'l Forest, CA
Sacramento, CA
Bay Area, CA - group spots
Bay Area, CA - campgrounds
Redwoods, CA
Big Sur, CA
Capitola/Santa Cruz, CA
Central coast, CA
Lake Tahoe, CA/NV
Joshua Tree Nationall Park, CA
Yosemite National Park, CA
Northern CA to northern WA
California to Wisconsin

Oregon
Northern Oregon Coast
Southern Oregon Coast
Oregon coast - part 1
Oregon coast - part 2

Washington
Washington coast
Between Seattle, WA & Canada border
Bremerton/Port Angeles, WA
Washington State - part 1
Washington State - part 2
Washington State - part 3
Beach camping, WA
Olympic National Park, WA

Alaska
Tips for Driving the Dalton Hwy., AK (and general AK tips)

Camp Spots/Travel Info: Rocky Mountain & Southwest Regions (USA)
Arizona, New Mexico, & Nevada
Grand Canyon National Park, AZ (North Rim)
Santa Fe, NM

Utah & Colorado
Utah (including BLM)
Salt Lake City/Moab, UT
Moab, UT (2WD-friendly spots)
Moab, UT
Moab/Durango/Denver, UT/CO
Off I-15 in UT
Utah - National Parks
Southern Colorado
Rocky Mountains, CO

Wyoming & Montana
Yellowstone National Park

Camp Spots/Travel Info: Mid-west Region (USA)
Chicago - v.1
Chicago - v.2
KY/MO/AR
Upper Penninsula, MI

Camp Spots/Travel Info: Eastern & Southern Regions (USA)
UMASS/Amherst
MA/NH/VT
NY/NJ/PA
Niagara Falls
VA down to FL
Outer Banks (OBX)/Cape Hatteras, NC
Georgia

Camp Spots/Travel Info: Canada
Tips for Driving the Dempster Hwy., Yukon/NT
Campgrounds in Vancouver/Victoria, BC
Stealth camping in Vancouver, BC
Boondocking locations in BC
Banff, AB
Calgary, AB
Quebec, Canada

Camp Spots/Travel Info: Mexico
Mexico - Pacific

Camp Spots/Travel Info: Australia
Southern Australia


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PostPosted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 7:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Trip Reports of Epic Adventures

Trip Reports/Journals on The Samba

For a current, up-to-date list of trip reports, click/tap here.

Western USA & Canada:


Eastern USA & Canada:


North America, Coast-to-Coast:


Europe:


South America:


Trip Reports/Journals on External Blog Sites



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 13, 2017 2:40 pm    Post subject: Re: Travel Essentials: Places to Go/Camp & Trip Reports Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed May 22, 2019 11:52 am    Post subject: Re: Travel Essentials: Places to Go/Camp & Trip Reports Reply with quote

Not sure if this is relevant. In WI there are many county forests that allow full off grid camping for free or a very small yearly pass.

The rules are generally pretty simple for the full dispersed camping forests.

    * 14 day max stay
    * Don't block a road or gate
    * Pack out what you brought in (take your trash with you.)
    * Obey all county hunting, fishing and wildlife regulations. (don't hunt or fish out of season.)
    * Pay the advanced camping fee and register with the county forest office (via mail,) or purchase the yearly county pass in advance of your stay if required.


Since these are all managed on a county by county basis the rules are a little different for each. Several counties have no fee, or notification regulations. Other counties have a $20 yearly pass but no notification, and yet others will have designated sites within the forest that you have to rent for like $15 a night, but they're about a mile or more apart and usually have a fire ring in them. And of course there are established county campgrounds that will have leveled pads, pit toilets and a pump for water, but no electric or water hookup.

This is the website for all many of the counties that offer camping.

https://www.wisconsincountyforests.com/forest-resources/map-of-wcfa-counties/

You have to go to each county to get the info that is relevant to each. You have to insure you're staying on COUNTY forest land (not state or federal.) Totally worth it when you can find a small private lake on a fairly well maintained forest road that you have all to yourself for a weekend.
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PostPosted: Wed May 22, 2019 4:12 pm    Post subject: Re: Travel Essentials: Places to Go/Camp & Trip Reports Reply with quote

That is good to know. We've had luck with dispersed camping in National Forests around here. No county forests that I know of, but a few state ones and camping in those is not generally encouraged.
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