Guide To Free Campgrounds-West 13h Edition: Includes Campgrounds $12 And Under In The 17 Western States (Don Wright's Guide to Free Campgrounds Western Edition) [Paperback]

Don Wright (Author)

Book Description

Series: Guide to Free Campgrounds | Publication Date: May 30, 2007

Lists, alphabetically by state and city, all campgrounds where overnight camping fees of $12 or less are charged. It provides its buyers with an opportunity to save significantly on their travel costs when current overnight camping fees are typically $25 to $50 per night. The Western Edition now contains an enormous number of county and city parks with free or low-cost overnight camping as well as campgrounds of the national forests, national parks, bureau of land management, bureau of reclamation, Army Corps of Engineers and most state park systems.

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About the Author

Don Wright is the author of 23 books and more than 2,700 national magazine articles, nearly all about recreational vehicles, RV travel and campgrounds. He is the former Midwest Editor of Trailer Life magazine and has worked in the RV industry for 35 years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Cottage Publications; 13 edition (May 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0937877492
• ISBN-13: 978-0937877494
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 7.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #632,107 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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56 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another "two thumbs up" for campers and rv'rs, March 28, 2008

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Terry Lesh (Cottage Grove, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guide To Free Campgrounds-West 13h Edition: Includes Campgrounds $12 And Under In The 17 Western States (Don Wright's Guide to Free Campgrounds Western Edition) (Paperback)

See also my review on NW rv destinations. I know the NW pretty well but am always looking for better and cheaper ways to travel around, hide out, and explore. For ecomony camping and rv'ing this is the book. A little cheaply done (newsprint type paper) this 440 pp reference guide is full of all the little hidey holes and cheaper places to hang out. Much more fine detail for this geographical area than say Trailer Life's RV Directory. Has complete information and prices on all the out of the way and mainline economical places to stay. Does not include commercial places like Wal-Mart, Cracker Barrel, etc. Very broad coverage (Entire Western US). While on you way to a destination park you can explore these out of the way and local money savers. Such camps usually don't have full hooks ups, but for ~ $12 or less who cares, you can boondock for a a night can't you -- maybe even a whole weekend!

Please clean up after your pets and keep them controlled. An increasing number of camps are not allowing pets due to owners' abuse of this privilege. Its not the dog's fault. Our Miniature Schauzer loves to RV and we love taking him, but are often dismayed by the number of parks that will not allow pets anymore.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Guide To Free Campgrounds-West 13h Edition: Includes Campgrounds $12 And Under In The 17 Western States, June 7, 2008

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This guide provided me with valuable info from the first use. The campground detail is quite thin, but it gives me a great starting place to locate potential inexpensive camping spots. From there it is usually easy to get more detail using other resources. To be clear, this book is not a good single source but a valuable component and the data is well organized.

51 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars UNDER $12.00 Only if your a senior citizen!, January 27, 2008

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J. Spann "Crossing America-Two Wheel Dream!" (Alabama) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guide To Free Campgrounds-West 13h Edition: Includes Campgrounds $12 And Under In The 17 Western States (Don Wright's Guide to Free Campgrounds Western Edition) (Paperback)

Let me first say that I bought the east and west versions of these books to offer up solutions for an entire cross country 5000 mile off road motorcycle adventure known as the trans am trail. I didn't buy this to be frugal and get free camping everywhere I plan to stay, but the book is a bit misleading. Saying that Free or UNDER $12.00 is a bit much. Sure there are free campgrounds, but the Under $12.00 usually only applies to Senior Citizens for the majority of the sites I reviewed in the both books. Maybe a more fitting title would be "Camping for Seniors - Free or under $12".
It does offer a wealth of information that would be hard to access on the move without access to the Internet is the reason I am giving it three stars and not one.