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| Above, The Beast at Manzanita Lake Campground at Lassen Volcanic National Park. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Finding an open campsite in our national parks is getting harder and harder, especially when one made no reservations.
Taking a spontaneous trip to camp in a national park is likely a thing of the past.
Five years ago, during my Great American Eclipse trip, I got lucky and got a campsite at Lassen Volcanic National Park in Northern California without a reservation.
National Parks Traveler has an article on RV national parks getaway planning.
They begin it with:
More people are leaping into the RV lifestyle every year. They’re exploring national parks in comfort, but all that extra traffic makes spontaneous road trips to the parks largely a thing of the past, at least during the busy summer season. With more rigs on the road than campsites to accommodate them, RVers like me are constantly competing for a scant number of RV-friendly campsites. I learned this lesson the hard way when I arrived at Yellowstone without reservations.
To read more, go here.
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