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KOA Announces 2015 "Big Weekend" Dates

Participating Kampgrounds of America (KOA) locations throughout North America will be offering camping on May 9 for $10 as part of the annual KOA Care Camps Big Weekend to benefit KOA Care Camps for children with cancer.  Campers who stay as paying guests on May 8...

Wisconsin Camping, RV Show Coming Back

The Central Wisconsin RV & Camping Show will again fill the Central Wisconsin Expo Center in Rothschild on March 13-15, the Post-Crescent reported. The show, now in its fifth year, allows visitors to explore the RV and camping lifestyle. A large selection of RVs,...

Canadian Camping Week Planned For May

Planning for the inaugural countrywide Canadian Camping Week is under way, according to an announcement from the Canadian Camping and RV Council (CCRVC), based in Quebec City. The CCRVC is working with campground associations in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba,...

WACO Preparing For Its Annual Convention

The 52nd Annual Wisconsin Association of Campground Owners (WACO) Convention will take place March 11-15 at the Stevens Point, Wis., Holiday Inn Hotel & Convention Center. Lori Severson, WACO executive director, said this year’s jam-packed educational content is...

Mountain Falls Holding A Clubhhouse Event

Mountain Falls Luxury Motorcoach Resort in Lake Toxaway, N.C., will host what it’s calling “The Big Reveal” celebrating the opening of the brand new clubhouse and amenities May 23, the resort said in an announcement. With the completion of this...

January Park Model RV Shipments Rise 4%

The Recreation Vehicle Industry Association said January’s park model RV shipments totaled 261 units, an increase of 4% over the 227 units in the same month of 2014. By state, the largest amount went to Arizona, followed by Texas, then Maine, Wisconsin,...

Recreation Will Expand At A California Lake

This summer, campers and day visitors to California’s Lake Hemet will buck tradition, the Press-Enterprise reported. They finally will be allowed to immerse themselves in the historic reservoir in the mountains east of the San Jacinto Valley. Splash Island II...

Nudist Campground's Struggling To Survive

To celebrate her 40th birthday, Tracia Kraemer decided to get naked in public. It was 2008, and Kraemer, a single mother, for years had been curious about Indian Hills Nudist Park, a secluded 55-acre campground on U.S. Route 190 in Slidell, La. When her birthday...

British Columbia Reservations Set To Open

It’s camping season . . . well, almost. And for campers wanting that prime spot in British Coumbia provincial parks, the reservation desk opens for business at 9 a.m. March 15, the Castlegar Source reported. There are two ways to make those reservations to...

Hatteras '15 Campground Dates Announced

The Oregon Inlet, Frisco, and Ocracoke campgrounds along Cape Hatteras National Seashore all will open to the public April 17, National Parks Traveler reported. Oregon Inlet and Frisco campgrounds will close for the year at noon on Oct. 12, and Ocracoke Island...

Buffalo Chip Gets To Put City Push To A Vote

During the Sturgis (S.D.)  Motorcycle Rally it is home to more than 500 employees and a temporary home to thousands of visitors. But come May, the Legendary Buffalo Chip Campground could be South Dakota’s newest city, as reported by television station KOTA. A...