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  • Pass Creek County Park
  • Douglas County, Curtin OR
  • A little too close to I-5 (the road noise is really loud), but visually you'd never know it. Pretty little park centered on a cute little duck pond. Exit 163 on Oregon I-5. For tent camping you just park where you want on the grass, very cool!

  • Dos Reis Regional Campground
  • San Joaquin County Parks, Lathrop CA
  • A very handy, odd little campground. Two miles off of I-5, right up against the (quite tall) levee on the San Joaquin River. You can see and the interestate far off in the distance across the farmland.

  • No Man's Land Regional Park
  • County Park, Guymon OK
  • There's no signs to say it's ok to overnight (or not!). Allstays says they allow it, so I did it and it was great. I parked at the edge of what used to be the dump station loop, behind the Information Center building. There's a couple of trees, a covered area (with no picnic table), looking out over the skateboard park 100 yards away. Nobody bothered me from 7pm to 10 am. Kudos to Guymon!

  • Colusa State Recreation Area
  • City of Colusa, Colusa CA
  • This is a California State Park on the western edge of Colusa CA, on the Sacramento River, right where it takes a left turn. Post COVID it is being managed by the City of Colusa rather than the state, and it has a much more mellow feel to it. Anyway ... pre-COVID it wasn't inviting to me. Now it is. Go figure. Bathroom has a key code, shower requires quarters. Over 65 gets $2 off. We are right inside the levee, which is cool. There is a really sketchy trailer park right on the other side of the levee, which is not cool.

  • Newport Campground
  • Wakulla County, St Marks FL
  • A very handy spot, right outside St Marks Wildlife Refuge. A great place to spend more time someday.

  • Pony Creek Campground
  • Mills County Park, Mills County IA
  • A quiet little spot. Five miles of gravel road, then take a right into a little hollow at the back end of which are some county buildings and a loop with 12 campsites. The Visitors Center is quite nice. Nice balcony to hang out on last night, and pretty interesting inside the next morning.

  • Kern River Campground
  • Kern County Park, Bakersfield CA
  • Quite a nice place, despite the $8 "registration fee". Peaceful and quiet and quite close to Bakersfield. Very pleased to be here.

  • Sherman Island Regional Park
  • Sacramento County Parks, Rio Vista CA
  • What a cool discovery! You leave Route 160 just a little north of the bridge that takes you to Pittsburg/ Antioch and take a bumpy little road along the edge of Sherman Island. The road follows the southern side of the Sacramento River to the tip of the island, where there is a nice county park for the windsurfers. It's roughly where the Sac River meets the San Joaquin River, and it is a great windsurfing spot.

  • Canoe Launch Campground
  • City Park, Fort Benton MT
  • A real find, right on the Missouri River. Right next to the fairgrounds, where there are a bunch of horse trailers with horses. Most of the other people here are with the horses. It's about a mile walk to town, and there is a very nice river walk for most of the way.

  • Tecopa Hot Springs
  • Inyo County Parks, Tecopa CA
  • Odd place. Separate bathhouses for men and women, nudity required. Camping is available in glorified parking lot across the road overlooking the settlement pond. No potable water, must drive a couple of miles for that. Really interesting salt flats area at the edge of town. In the last couple of years a pair of restaurants have opened. And breweries!

  • Doby Springs Campground
  • County Park, Rosston OK
  • A municipal park a couple of miles off the highway next to a golf course. Very pretty grove of trees and a pond. You're supposed to pay at the clubhouse, but there was nobody there.

  • Amacher Park Campground
  • Douglas County OR, Winchester OR
  • Falls City Campground
  • Falls City City Park, Falls City NE
  • Very pleasant city park with a pond, shade trees, trails.

  • Elk Point Park Campground
  • City Park, Elk Point SD
  • A large grassy lot between the city park playgrounds and I-29. All sites have hookups, but it's only $10. High school football practice is happening 300 yards away. Also, Lewis and Clark camped here! ... or somewhere rear here since the river has changed course many times since 1804.

  • Spencer Park Fairgrounds
  • Spencer City Park, Spencer NE
  • Turned out to be a delightful stop! A large grassy area in the back corner of the fairgrounds. $10 for hookups, $5 without. A one person bathroom with a shower. Perfect with on one else here, probably less so if it were busy.

  • Escondida Lake Campground
  • Socorro County Parks, Escondida NM
  • A dusty little municipal park conveniently located right off I-25 in a sad-looking part of New Mexico.

  • Baker Creek Campground
  • Inyo County Parks, Big Pine CA
  • Another Inyo County campground along one of those "Creeks" controlled by LA Water Authority. Dusty and low tech, but very pretty. If you come on a summer weekend you run the risk of real asshole neighbors.

  • Cottonwood Lake
  • city park, Merriman NE
  • Very low tech, just pull the van up to a picnic table and hang out

  • Leach Park
  • city park, Spencer IA
  • very user-friendly, downtown right across the bridge, and next to a rec complex with bike paths, tennis courts, swimming pool, etc.

  • Lake Frances Recreation Area
  • Valier City Park, Valier MT
  • A very nice campground between the town of Valier and the edge of Lake Francis.

  • Rangely Camper Park
  • West Rio Blanco County Park, Rangely CO
  • After a surprisingly exhausting drive up Colo 139, this place is really nice ... until dark, when the security lights made site 25 uninhabitable. Nice shower!