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Subject:Re: Name of campground along 395?
From:Mike Catlin
Date:Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:05:02 -0700

I used to have a copy of the Northern California Atlas and Gazetteer, and I
think it showed all the campgrounds.  It is available at REI, Amazon, local
bait shops and many other sources.

 

Mike Catlin

Davis, Calif.

 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of

> BA

> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 8:30 PM

> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM

> Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Name of campground along 395?

> 

> Hi,

> 

> A single source for "ALL campgrounds in a given area"? Doubt it!  It

> wouldn't stay current for very long.  Particularly, the private

> campgrounds seem to change name/ownership as often as I change socks!

> 

> Sounds like a perfect addition to the Vanagon Wiki, since everyone who

> uses it can help keep it up-to-date:

> http://vanagonwiki.net , or http://www.vanagonwiki.net .

> 

> AAA (the Auto Club) (at least in CA) is now producing maps titled

> "Camping" and here subtitled "Northern California" and "Southern

> California".  They include most of the public-agency campgrounds

> (including some as deep as city level) and even some private

> campgrounds.  If you poke at your state's Auto Club, maybe you can

> find a comparable map?

> 

> There are many campground review sites on the web.  Some are oriented

> towards RV'ers and some towards tent campers and some towards

> backpackers.

> 

> Also, Micro$quish MapPoint has many campgrounds in their database:

> http://www.microsoft.com/mappoint/default.mspx

> 

> Oriented specifically towards camper-vanners, we have a wonderful

> burgeoning resource in the RoadHaus campground review site:

> http://www.roadhaus.com/camp.php

> 

> 

> B&S

> '87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc'

> SoCal

> 

> 

> 

> On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 18:42:16 -0700, you wrote:

> 

> >Chris Flat sounds right to me, and the campground map looks like I

> >remember.   Thanks much!

> >I somehow managed to miss searching the USFS website entirely.

> >

> >Makes me wonder... is there a single source (online?) that lists ALL

> >campgrounds in a given area?

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