Customer Reviews

Woodall's North American Campground Directory with CD, 2010 (Woodall's Campground Directory: North American Ed.)

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Just so you understand my review, I don't think RV camping is camping. It's moving a house around. This guide is really for RV'ers, not for someone like me who wants to camp far away from RV'ers and the noise. I camp using my motorcycle.

Now, setting aside my bias, let me say one thing. WOW. This is a thorough, complete, huge guide. The dead tree version is hard to use (old school though) because there is just so much information. And I find how they organize the states odd. It took a while to figure out where California was located in the guide. Even me, who likes camping away from things, needs to find a more modern campground for showering, washing clothes, connecting to the internet. And this guide is good for that.

But the best thing is the CD which appears to be the whole book on one disk. Now this thing itself should get 10 stars. It's easy to search. It fits in a small area.

So, if you're into car or RV camping, this guide is perfect. If you want to find that secluded primitive campground in the Rockies, this isn't so useful. A solid 5 stars for the finding clean, modern, state of the art campgrounds. A solid 3 stars for those who search for the quiet place.

But that CD is just perfect, which I will carry when I need to find one of those modern campgrounds.

REALLY ENJOYED USING THE CD THAT CAME WITH THE BOOK. THE BOOK IS VERY THICK, BUT VERY INFORMATIVE. WE TOOK OUR LAPTOP ON VACATION WITH US AND IT WAS MUCH QUICKER TO POP THE CD IN AND SEARCH FOR A CAMPGROUND THAN IT WAS TO FLIP THROUGH THE BOOK. VERY IMFORMATIVE.

A great resource for trip planning, and on the road quick finds. We pick up a new Woodall's every 2-3 years, we bought this one because of the GPS address feature.

This directory is poorly organized. It didn't list all of the campgrounds in a area. It is sometimes impossible to find the town shown on the map in the directory itself. Since the directory is alphabetical, but looking for a campground is geographical, we found ourselves flipping between the map and among numerous pages within a state. It was even worse in areas bordering 2 states. We noticed many Forest Service campgrounds were missing.

My wife and I find all the Woodall products geared to produce advertising revenue as opposed to serve the customer. Many many small or state campgrounds aren't listed merely because they wouldn't or couldn't afford the fees. Very poorly organized making it virtually impossible to find any campgrounds near where you are. Also, unlike previous directories, there are no charts or tables that provide an easy reference regarding ammenities.

We literally ended up throwing the book away in sheer frustration...

When we first bought our RV 3 years ago, the dealer told us we needed Woodall's directory to help us plan trips. I rushed out to a book store and plunked down $30 for one, and it has been very helpful. On multi-state trips this year, we found much of the information in our edition was obsolete, so my husband remarked that we needed to check for a more recent edition. Imagine my delight to find a 2010 edition on Amazon for less than half the price I had paid for the old one. Although the book I purchased was listed as "used", it appeared brand-new, and we look forward to using it for a cross-country trip next year.

I purchased this directory to help find campgrounds while on the road when we didn't have internet access. I was disappointed to find that it listed so few campgrounds. It lists just a fraction of campgrounds that are available for any particular area. Very incomplete and not worth the purchase price.

An essential for RV'ers, campers and outdoors people. Contains all the information needed for a successful overnight trip in the outdoors. Received promptly and in stated condition.

This guide is well laid out and useful as advertised. If you travel and camp it is worth your money.

This RV reference is absolutely essential to the RV traveler. It provides information that is invaluable for locating the right spot and it is all in one source. Amazon delivered it in record time.