The Van Riper State Park in Champion, Mich., has experienced an increase in volume of about 12% compared to last year, WLUC-TV, Negaunee, Mich., reported. A lot of the campers are from the Upper Peninsula, but there has been a fair share of out-of-state campers as...
Washington County Planning Commission members Monday night (Aug. 30) recommended that 40 acres along Orchard Ridge Road east of Hancock, Md., be rezoned to allow for a 60-site campground, the Hagerstown Herald-Mail reported. Some residents who live near the planned...
RV owners would have a place to pull off the road, park in the shade and head for slot machines and craps tables if an applicant for a resort casino license for a Holiday Inn near Harrisburg, Pa., wins a nod from Pennsylvania regulators, the Scranton Times-Tribune...
The electric has been shut off for four weeks at Otter Creek Campground in Lower Chanceford Township near York, Pa., and it’s because the park is struggling financially in light of the economy, director Lori Heiland said Monday (Aug. 30), the York Daily Record...
The recent contest hosted by the National Park Foundation and Coca Cola where you can vote for your favorite park is showing some surprising results, notes Lauren Himiak in the National and State Parks blog, http://usparks.about.com. So far, a little known state park...
There is good news at the gas pump, as Americans get ready to fill their cars, RVs and boats for the Labor Day weekend, Associated Press reported. The national average price for gasoline has been falling steadily this month, reaching $2.678 for a gallon of unleaded...
Halloween came early this year at Wide Open Wilderness Campground in Urbania, Nova Scotia. Watch today’s Featured Video to see how this campground, located near the Bay of Fundy, celebrates the occasion. Note: the campground is open May 15 through Oct. 10.
More vacationers are opting for a more rustic getaway than in years past, say rangers at West Virginia’s Kanawha State Forest, where campground usage has increased from last year, the Charleston Daily Mail reported. Kevin Dials, assistant superintendent at...
More RV owners may soon be calling College Station, Texas, home after the city council voted last week to change an ordinance to allow RV parks in the city, the Bryan-College Station Eagle reported. RV parks were not allowed in the city limits under the previous...
Click here to watch a video, courtesy of WHP-TV, Harrisburg, Pa., about neighborhood reaction to a proposal to put a casino and RV park in a Holiday Inn in Pennsylvania. A hearing on the matter is scheduled today. “This is a nice neighborhood,” Scott...
The Massachusetts girl impaled when a tree fell on her family’s tent at a Lebanon, Maine, campground earlier this month has made a stunning recovery and returned home Thursday night (Aug. 26), Foster’s Daily Democrat reported. Emily Malewitz, an...
In their third attempt, opponents of a proposed RV campground at Fanny Bay on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, have persuaded regional district directors to reject the plan, the Comox Valley Echo reported. Residents in the Holiday Road area have...
