Notable campground
My Top Ten National Forest Campgrounds – Arizona
The diversity of Arizona’s landscape is reflected in the range of camping experiences one can find in this state. Here are a few of our personal favorites. The level of development at these campgrounds range from semi-wilderness camping experience to near recreational vehicle (RV) park-style campground. One of six Apache National Forest campgrounds in the Read More >>
Caddo National Grassland – a well-kept secret
Several years ago Fred and I made a wonderful discovery – West Crockett Lake campground in the Caddo (pronounced Cad-OH) National Grassland (NG). Located in north Texas, above Dallas and on the south side of Red River seems to be pretty much undiscovered. Developed in the 1930s, Lake Crockett was built to provide the area’s Read More >>
A Campground with Cabins!
Found a very unique feature of the Allegheny National Forest’s Willow Bay campground – Cabins! In Willow Bay campground in the Allegheny National Forest, PA, along the eastern bank of the Allegheny Reservoir, are a dozen little cabins just waiting for the 2011 camping season. Just to give you a heads up, these are not 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 Red Canyon campground, Dixie NF (UT)
Over the years, we have met hundreds of people who camp at the same campground, some even in the same camp site, year after year. They proudly declare, “We’ve been coming to this campground since I was a kid. Brought my kids here when they were little and now we bring our grandchildren.” After being Read More >>
Noteworthy Horsethief Lake campground, Black Hills NF (SD)
We consider Horsethief Lake campground to be a notable Forest Service campground in the Black Hills National Forest (NF). The Black Hills NF, located in western South Dakota, has some great campgrounds but how do you pick one? There are several things we look for when selecting a noteworthy national forest campground. It should have basic Read More >>
Noteworthy Vedauwoo Campground – outstanding!
I remembered Vedauwoo camping, in Medicine Bow NF, for its wonderfully fanciful rock formations. Our initial visit to this campground was in 1998 and memories of the huge “rotting” granite boulders carved into fanciful shapes had stayed with me. But now, after our 2012 visit, I know there is much more to this super camping Read More >>
