All reservable campsites in the Loveland, Colo., area are booked up for Memorial Day weekend, but the soggy terrain and continued rain has caused closures of some sites, mud, slick roads and other problems heading into what is typically a busy camping weekend, the...
Beginning next week, the Deschutes National Forest’s Sisters (Ore.) Ranger District will remove a bridge at Indian Ford Campground, which has been a safety concern for several years, officials said Tuesday (May 19), television station KTVZ reported. The bridge...
If there’s one thing passers-by might get from a glance at Rustic Creek Ranch Resort at North Texas Jellystone, in Burleson, Texas, it’s that families are welcome. That will be even more apparent come Memorial Day, when the resort publically unveils its...
In a consumer release issued Wednesday (May 20), the Michigan Association of Recreation Vehicles and Campgrounds (MARVAC) touts the Memorial Day weekend as the unofficial start to summer and its website — www.marvac.org — as the starting point for a memorable summer...
Cruise Inn RV Parks continued its nationwide development by adding two locations in Iowa – Walnut Acres Campground in Monticello and Lazy Acres RV Park in Center Point. Cruise Inn has 21 parks open or in development now in California, Colorado, Iowa, New York, Oregon,...
Federal, state and local emergency crews were on the scene of a large oil spill in California along Santa Barbara County’s South Coast Tuesday evening (May 19), radio station KCBX reported. The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday afternoon that the spill stretched...
A bear that had been roaming near a southern Alaska campground is dead after an Alaska Wildlife Trooper shot the charging yearling female, the Associated Press reported. The Sitka Sentinel reported that Alaska Fish and Game Wildlife Biologist Phil Mooney said hundreds...
Occupancies continue to rise at Texas Lakeside RV Resort a three-year-old park that caters to guests who want a peaceful place to relax. “Occupancies were up quite a bit this past winter. We had a large population of Winter Texans from November to March,” said park...
More than 40 million Americans will head into the wild on a camping excursion this year, but 2015 is different from previous years in that people are ditching the basics and spending significant dollars to take their outdoor experience to a whole new level, says...
According to a recent study, nearly half of all Americans (48.4%) participated in at least one outdoor activity in 2014. This equates to 141.4 million participants, who went on a collective 11.8 billion outdoor outings. These findings are part of the Outdoor...
A recent post by the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC) to its website highlighted six campgrounds that enjoy close proximity to some of America’s most historical locations. Read the full report here. “If you’re looking to get off the...
In an announcement Tuesday (May 19), the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America’s national parks, has awarded 37 grants totaling $458,438 to national parks selected to participate in the 2015 Active Trails program. Now in its seventh year, the...
