6 Tips For Scoring A National Park Campsite

Above, at Cottonwood Campground in Joshua Tree National Park. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Finding a campsite in a national park isn't as easy as it used to be.

These days, most parks have a mix of reservations-only and first-come, first-served. The numbers of sites that are first-come, first-served are dwindling as they are being turned into reservations-only sites.

With more people in RVs, getting a campsite it tougher, but it can be done. I have managed to get a campsite at Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree and Lassen Volcanic National Parks in recent years.

RV Travel has posted six tips for scoring a national park campsite.

They begin it with:

National parks are among the most popular places for RV travelers. The National Park Service reported that it had more than 312 million visitors in 2022. Add record-breaking RV sales and rentals over the last few years, and you have a huge demand for national park campsites. Unfortunately, that makes it even harder than ever to actually get a coveted reservation.

Here are some tips for scoring a national park campsite:

To see what the tips are, go here.