The Best in Tent Camping: The Carolinas: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RV's, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos [Paperback]

Johnny Molloy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2003 | Series: Best in Tent Camping - Menasha Ridge

The Best in Tent Camping: The Carolinas is the only guide to North and South Carolina specifically designed to help outdoor enthusiasts find the best sites to pitch their tent. Written to steer campers away from concrete slabs and convoys of RVs, The Best in Tent Camping: The Carolinas points tent campers to the most scenic and serene campsites in the Palmetto and Tar Heel State. From the Great Smoky Mountains to the sandy shores of coastal North Carolina, from South Carolina's Low Country to its peaceful mountains, there is something to suit nearly every campers' taste.
Painstakingly selected from hundreds of campgrounds, each campsite is rated for: beauty, noise, privacy, security, spaciousness, and cleanliness. In addition, each campground profile provides essential details on facilities, reservations, fees, and restrictions, as well as an accurate, easy-to-read map, making the campground a snap to locate.

Editorial Reviews

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"This is a great resource for families looking for scenic, secluded locations where they can easily take the kids, or for those folks who don't have the time or the inclination for a full-scale backpacking trip." -- Backpacker Magazine

From the Back Cover

If you subscribe to the opinion that televisions, Japanese lanterns, and electric guitars are not essential camping equipment, then The Best in Tent Camping: The Carolinas should be your constant companion.
From the North Carolina Mountains to the South Carolina Lowlands, camping in the Carolinas has never been better. The Best in Tent Camping: The Carolinas is a guidebook for tent campers who like quiet, scenic, and serene campsites. It's the perfect resource if you blanch at the thought of pitching a tent on a concrete slab, trying to sleep through the blare of another camper's boom box, or waking up to find your tent surrounded by a convoy of RVs.
The Best in Tent Camping: The Carolinas will guide you to the quietest, most beautiful, most secure, and best managed campgrounds in the Tarheel and Palmetto states. Painstakingly selected from hundreds of campgrounds, each campsite is rated for beauty, noise, privacy, security, spaciousness, and cleanliness.
Each campground profile gives unbiased and thorough evaluations, taking the guess work out of finding the perfect site. Essential details on facilities, reservations, fees, and restrictions, as well as an accurate, easy-to-read campground map make locating the perfect site a snap. Also included are suggestions for nearby outdoor recreation and sightseeing, pinpointing attractions that often go unnoticed.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press; 1st edition (November 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0897325478
• ISBN-13: 978-0897325479
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,760,301 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Camping in the Carolinas, May 15, 2004

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Danielle Bernstein "[e-mail]" (Asheville, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best in Tent Camping: The Carolinas: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RV's, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos (Paperback)

Johnny Molloy had a dream assignment; to explore the campgrounds of North and South Carolina with his tent, vehicle and laptop. He came back with 55 campgrounds and created "a guide for car campers who hate RVs, concrete slabs, and loud portable stereos". The author writes with such enthusiasm and asks "have you ever been to the Outer Banks in fall, with a cool breeze and ward golden light spilling onto its sands?" He briefly discusses the area's history. Each campground is rated for beauty, noise, privacy, security, spaciousness, and cleanliness. He also talks about the active outdoor possibilities such as hiking, biking, canoeing or fishing in or close to the campground. A great guide to have for camping close to home

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Helpful, December 19, 2011

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familycamper - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best in Tent Camping: The Carolinas: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos (Best Tent Camping) (Paperback)

We have used this book to help us pick out our last four camprounds. Jonny provides a lot of detail regarding the layout of each camp site and even gives you information regarding the "best" individual camp sites at the given campground. If you want to be right near the creek in a secluded spot, this book will tell you exactly which camp site to reserve. The book will tell you if the camp sites are walk-in or drive in, as well. You get information about nearby trails, ammenities, and the general cleanliness and crowdedness of the many campgrounds in the Carolinas. My wife sent Jonny an e-mail to update him on some information about a campground he had reviewed. Jonny quickly replied and promised to put the updated information in the next printing. I have recommended this book to several friends who camp. I consider it a valuable resource to help my family find the campground that best meets our needs.

1.0 out of 5 stars Very misleading title, September 10, 2011

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This review is from: The Best in Tent Camping: The Carolinas: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos (Best Tent Camping) (Paperback)

"Hate RV's, Concrete Slabs"? Every one of these campgrounds have RV hookups and most have concrete pads. What the heck? I was expecting to find some cool remote places to camp in this book. All the ones in this book are very generic, state park, pay sites. Don't buy, you can find all these campgrounds very easily online (NC State Park website). The only hope with this book is to give some general advice on an area, then finding something good online or by just exploring.