Articles
The U.S. National Forest Campgrounds Guide web pages are loaded with tons of information about some 2,400 developed Forest Service campgrounds but there is more to experience than just the trees. The following articles provided here cover a little of what isn’t said. Most of the articles answer questions asked and fall into broad categories. These articles are intended to make the best of your time in a national forest and grassland memorable, safe, and great.
Please check back on a periodic basis as new articles will be added periodically (to the top of the list).
Enjoy!
Categories
- camping with children
- Notable Campground
- Skills and knowledge
- Things to do
- Things to experience
- Things to see
- Tips and Tricks
A Few Fishing Spots in some National Forests
There seems to be two types of anglers: those who know the best fishing spots and those looking for the perfect spot. After talking with Forest Service folks who know about fishing spots in the National Forests, our conclusion is the very best spots are 12 miles up a trail. However, the Forest Service folks Read More >>
Our 1994 trip to Canada – Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia
This “report” was written by Fred right after our 1994 trip to Canada. I think you will see Fred, our Golden Retriever, Tory, enjoyed the whole experience. It can safely be said, our ten days camping in Canada was where our current lifestyle began. From the beginning, it was our intent to concentrate on Read More >>
Zion National Park
How magnificent is Zion National Park? When early descriptions were given, back in the 1880s, people did not believe them. Such wondrous and whimsical displays of nature sounded to farfetched. But seeing is believing and after numerous articles, photographs, scientific reports, and personal accounts, people started to believe, visit and enjoy this place in southern Read More >>
Camping Etiquette
Most of us plan our camping trips in advance. We spend time sorting and packing our supplies and equipment. We daydream about our adventure and all the good times we’ll have on this camping trip. The day comes for our long awaited camping adventure in a beautiful national forest with family and friends. It is Read More >>
Affordable Family Vacation – Alternative to National Parks
Original published by the New York Times and updated May 2013 Every January, I start planning for the upcoming camping season. In the beginning, camping was a break from my life of a 9-to-5 job, bills, and the same-old, same-old. Then came a husband and children. So, camping became an affordable family vacation. Today, it Read More >>
Noteworthy Big Therriault Lake campground, Kootenai NF (MT)
During our research, we often hear, “This is the best campground in the system” or “Here is the best campground in the system.” After visiting some 2,000 developed campgrounds from the Forest Service inventory, we have learned what is one person’s treasure could be another’s dump. So, we smile politely and think “we’ll see.” Frankly, Read More >>
Noteworthy Clark Lake campground, Ottawa NF (MI)
Any time a lumberman decides that a forest he owns is too beautiful to log, you can be sure something very special has happened. This story began in the year 1895 when A. D. Johnston went to assess the 80 acres of wooded land he had recently purchased in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. What he found Read More >>
Noteworthy Green River Lake campground, Bridger NF (WY)
Have you noticed how the condition of the road leading to a campground is inversely proportional to what you find at that campground? Green River Lake campground in the Bridger National Forest, at the end of Forest Route 650, confirms this hypothesis. The Forest Service says it’s one-and-a-half hours to Green River Lake campground from Read More >>
Noteworthy Kirk Creek campground, Los Padres NF (CA)
It’s that moment when night turns to day. Overhead a seabird rides the wind looking for breakfast. A gentle salt-scented breeze ruffles the feathery topped pampas grass. And the sky moves from midnight to azure blue as the buttercup yellow sun rises over the Santa Lucia Mountain Range. Morning has come to Kirk Creek campground Read More >>
Before you hit the road – stocking your camp kitchen
Before we got our recreational vehicle (RV), my kitchen was two large homemade wooden boxes with drop-down fronts, an ice chest, a two burner propane camp stove, and the end of a picnic table. The RV kitchen (galley) I work in today has most of the comforts of home (although much smaller scale) including a Read More >>
