There is nothing quite like spending an evening away from home at one of America's thousands of public land recreational area campsites. Whether you seek the solitude of a backcountry camping site or a convenient place for you and your family to pitch a tent or park an RV, there are plenty of places to camp in national and state parks, national seashores, lakeshores, forests, and wilderness areas.

 

All the parks listed above have camping facilities or are close to easily accessible campgrounds. We hope you will explore the outdoors this year and enjoy the joys of camping.

 

If you are new to it, try some of the following learn to camp programs offered by various states across the USA.

 

Colorado

Delaware

Missouri

Oregon

Arizona

Texas

Minnesota

Ohio

Michigan

 

 

Please check with your local state parks to see if they offer similar training programs. If you are aware of other camping 101 programs offered by the various state parks, please contact us so that we can update the above list.