Workers in Yosemite Valley in California will be expanding a walk-in campground and upgrading a road that connects Yosemite Village to Yosemite Falls until winter weather hits, according to Yosemite National Park officials. According to The Madera Tribune, the work...
Site preparations have begun at the location of a new front-country campground at Mount Revelstoke National Park in British Columbia. According to the Revelstoke Review, surveying and tree falling for the road and utilities corridor is taking place in preparation for...
Access to the most popular areas of Stub Stewart State Park in Oregon will get a little trickier this season, with intermittent closures expected throughout the fall and winter. According to OregonLive.com, Oregon State Parks announced a plan to temporary close the...
Sandusky (Ohio) theme park Cedar Point plans to tear down Sandcastle Suites, its 187-room, lakefront hotel – but is being coy about what will replace it. According to Cleveland.com, among the possibilities: An expansion to Lighthouse Point, the cabin and RV...
The town of Oliver in British Bolumbia has decided not to put such a damper on campgrounds when it comes to fire pits. According to the Oliver-Chronicle, instead of one wood-burning pit per campground, it will allow one pit per 25 sites. For example, a campground with...
The Recreation Vehicle Industry Association’s (RVIA) September survey of manufacturers found RV wholesale shipments finished at 43,598 units, an increase of 29.4% over the 33,704 units shipped last September. September 2017 shipments are the best September on...
Editors Note: Outdoor Recreation Industry Roundtable (ORIR) members have been working to deliver a strong and unified message to Congress and the administration about the importance of including the outdoor industry in disaster recovery efforts after a very tough year...
The U.S. National Park Service (NPS) is considering increases to fees at highly visited national parks during peak visitor seasons. According to a press release, proposed peak season entrance fees and revised fees for road-based commercial tours would generate revenue...
David Strait of Antioch, Calif.-based Strait Answers, a marketing firm, was awarded the Camp-California President’s Award at the recent Californa Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (CalARVC) RV Park Day at Benbow Kampgrounds of America (KOA). According to a press...
Sam Zell’s mobile home park company has captured the RV crowd. Now it’s going after the yachting set. According to Cranes Chicago Business, Equity LifeStyle Properties, a real estate investment trust led by the billionaire Chicago investor, is expanding in the marina...
The first round of re-branded Gander Mountain stores will open early next year, according to federal regulatory filings. Guns.com reported that Camping World Holdings Inc. — the nation’s largest recreational vehicle dealer — detailed its plans in a Securities and...
The U.S. National Park Service (NPS) is considering tripling its per-person entrance fee in the summer for Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve and Colorado’s Rocky National Park, among 15 other national parks, in response to a major backlog in...
