shown in tabulated form by states in the following chapter, so that the
reader by looking for a given state in its alphabetical place can see
what National Parks and Forests it may have, what State Parks and
Forests, and what municipalities within its bounds make provision for
campers. The tabulated list will also show what accommodations are
offered by each site listed.
The National Parks and Forests—Four Times the Area of New England
Few people realize the extent of our National Parks and Forests. They
embrace an area of about one hundred and seventy-five million acres,
which is equivalent to nearly four times the area of New England.
While located mostly in the Rocky Mountain region and in the states of
the Pacific Slope they are also found in some of the states of the
Atlantic Coast.
The Forests
There are one hundred and seventy-one separate National Forest tracts,
and these one hundred and seventy-one forests are found in twenty-nine
states and territories. The territories are Alaska and Porto Rico.
The administrative arrangement of these tracts is by districts, of
which there are eight. The First District contains twenty-six forests
situated in Idaho, Montana, South Dakota and Washington. In the Second
District there are twenty-seven forests located in Colorado, Minnesota,
Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming. District Three has fourteen forests
which are found in Arizona and New Mexico. The Fourth District includes
thirty-five forests in the states of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada,
Utah, and Wyoming. In District Five we have twenty-one forests which
are in California and Nevada. District Six holds twenty-five forests
situated in Oregon and Washington. The seventh district includes
forests in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Maine, New Hampshire,
North Carolina, Oklahoma, Porto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Virginia and West Virginia. District Eight covers the forests of
Alaska.
If you go into almost any city west of the Great Plains and pick up a
telephone book the chances are that you will find a number entered in
it for the “Forest Service.” And if you should go to the address
recorded with the number you will probably find an office building in
the business part of the town, within which somewhere is a glass door
carrying the name of a National Forest.
There are such offices in Seattle, Portland, and Los Angeles; in Denver
and Salt Lake City; in Missoula, Mont., and in Tucson, Ariz. Also there
are National Forest headquarters in dozens of little places of which
you may never have heard.
Besides trails suitable for foot passengers and pack animals there are
within the Forests other hundreds of miles of roadway fit for
automobiling. Much of this mileage has been built by the Forest
Service, usually in coöperation with local (county or State)
authorities. But, however financed, the finished roads lie far and
tempting through the forests. Thither the camping tourist in his
automobile may take his way and linger for days and weeks at a time.
The mountains, streams, and woodlands are laid open to many thousands
of persons in this way, and no one counting their crowding procession
can doubt their appreciation of the opportunity.
A typical example of this provision for public service is found in the
Park-to-Park Highway running between the Yellowstone and National Park
and Glacier National Park, constructed by Forest Engineers and passing
over the Great Divide and through the Beaverhead and the Bitterroot
Forests. The most famous example is certainly the Columbia River
Highway which, though not designed or built by the Forest Service,
passes for miles through the Oregon National Forest.
Along these automobile trails camps are in strong demand. Many trail
tourists do not mind patronizing the hotels a part of the time, but for
the rest they greatly prefer the tent and the camp fire. To meet their
needs the Forest Service has laid out and equipped a large number of
camps. These are always located where good water is available, and
usually a practicable wood supply is an item of the equipment. Simple
provisions are made for sanitation, and cement fireplaces are often
installed. Sometimes telephone service is made available. Such camps
are extensively used by travelers, especially along the more popular
through routes. To a certain degree they prove a protection for the
forests, since the camp fires of the tourists, instead of being set in
out-of-the-way and dangerous places, are made in safe areas. It is
found, moreover, that the campers, once their interest and coöperation
is aroused, become a volunteer fire guard of no mean efficiency. In
hundreds of instances these tourists report incipient fires or assist
in putting them out.
The number of visitors to the National Forests now mounts up into
millions. Of these over three and a half million last summer were motor
tourists.
The National Parks
National Parks. In addition to and distinct from the National Forests
there are a list of notable National Parks, some of them, as, for
example, the Yellowstone, of vast extent. These parks for the most part
ask motor visitors to register. Campers are required to register. The
registration of cars for the season of 1922 reached a total of 198,515
cars and 695,614 motorists. This number has since had a considerable
increase. The figures just given are those reported by the Director of
the National Park Service.
The National Parks are Hot Springs, Middle Arkansas; Yellowstone,
Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho; Sequoia, Middle East California; Yosemite,
Middle East California; General Grant, Middle East California; Mount
Rainier, West Central Washington; Crater Lake, Southern Oregon; Wind
Cave, South Dakota; Platt, Southern Oklahoma; Sullys Hill, North
Dakota; Mesa Verde, Southwestern Colorado; Glacier, Northwestern
Montana; Rocky Mountain, North Middle Colorado; Lassen Volcanic,
Northern California; Grand Canyon, North Central Arizona; Lafayette,
Maine Coast; and Zion, Southwestern Utah. There are two others, Mount
McKinley, Alaska (2,200 square miles), and Hawaii (118 square miles).
They are both inaccessible to the ordinary motorist. The largest of
these National Parks, as already noted, is the Yellowstone with 3,348
square miles—about a thousand square miles more than make up the state
of Delaware, which has an area of 2,370 square miles. Lafayette Park,
which consists of the group of granite mountains upon Mount Desert
Island, has only eight square miles of area. The other larger parks are
Glacier, 1,534; Yosemite, 1,125; and Grand Canyon, 958 square miles.
The total National Park area to date is 10,859 square miles for the
nineteen parks.
Most of the National Parks, like the National Forests, have numerous
motor trails, with frequent camping sites along these trails, many of
which have considerable equipment and offer convenient facilities of
various sorts to the motor camper.
Opening Dates of Parks
One thing for the motor tourist to ascertain when planning to visit one
of the National Parks is the dates at which the parks open. All the
National Parks are open during the summer months of July and August.
The usual dates of opening and closing as officially announced are as
follows: Crater Lake Park, July 1 to Sept. 30; General Grant Park, May
24 to October 10; Glacier Park, June 15 to September 15; Lassen Park,
June 1 to September 15; Mesa Verde Park, May 1 to November 1; Mount
Rainier Park, June 15 to September 15; Rocky Mountain Park, June 15 to
October 1; Sequoia Park, May 24 to October 10; Wind Cave Park, South
Dakota, June 1 to September 30; Yellowstone Park, June 20 to September
15; Zion Park, May 15 to November 1. Other National Parks not mentioned
above are open all the year.
State Parks and Forests
We come now to The State Parks and Forests. Most of the states own more
or less extensive areas of land, much of which is in forest. Most
states, too, have a forestry department. Where states have state-owned
land there is usually no objection to campers using it temporarily. In
many states, however, and particularly where provision has been made
for the accommodation of campers, a permit is required which may be
obtained from the local official of the Forestry Department. There is
usually no charge made for the temporary use of a state camping site.
The following states have state lands which are available for motor
tourist camping:
Alabama has state-owned forests which are in the control of the
Department of Conservation, but has no State Forester and has no
information relative to the state forests.
Arkansas has a Tourist Division of the Bureau of Mines, Manufactures
and Agriculture, which issues a sumptuous booklet entitled “Playgrounds
of Arkansas,” bearing the invitation, “Let the State of Arkansas Help
You Plan Your Vacation Trip.” This work gives valuable general
information about the state and its climate. It is also copiously
illustrated, and mentions the resorts that have camping parks for
motorists. Obtainable on application to Tourist Division, etc., State
House, Little Rock, Ark.
Florida is hospitable to motor tourists and has four State Parks. They
are the Royal Palm State Park; the Natural Bridge State Park; the Port
St. Joe State Park; and the Dade Memorial Park.
Illinois has a few State Parks under the supervision of the Department
of Public Works and Buildings. These parks are mostly of a
commemorative character and offer little in the way of accommodations
for the motor camper.
The largest of these parks is Starved Rock Park, on the Illinois River,
with an extent of approximately nine hundred acres. This park has much
scenic beauty and is equipped throughout with artesian water, electric
light and a sewerage system.
Indiana is interested in motor campers and issues a pamphlet entitled
“Automobile Camps in Indiana,” which lists both the State Parks
available for the camper and also the municipal motor camps. Obtainable
on application to Department of Conservation, Indianapolis. The State
Parks apparently number only five, of which the largest, the Clark
County State Forest, is a tract of 2,800 acres.
Iowa has a Board of Conservation which maintains sixteen State Parks,
the largest of which, Backbone Park, has an area of 1,279 acres and is
situated on the Maquoketa River. Lacey-Keosauqua Park is nearly as
large—1,222.1 acres. These and several other of the larger parks are in
the care of custodians who look after the requirements of campers.
Maryland.—The Maryland State Board of Forestry issues a pamphlet under
the title “The State Reserves of Maryland, A Playground for the
Public.” The most important of these reserves are the reserves of
Garrett County on the crown of the Blue Ridge in the western part of
the state, a reserve embracing about 2,000 acres. Permits are issued to
campers without charge upon the applicant signing an application in
which he agrees to abide by the regulations laid down by the Board.
Massachusetts has fifteen State Forests aggregating 50,000 acres. The
greater part of them are not of much benefit to motorists, as they are
not located on state highways, and many of them are in fact almost
inaccessible to motor cars on account of the condition of the roads.
There are three forests on the main highways, the Mohawk Trail Forest,
the Erving Forest and the Otter River Forest. Improved camp sites in
these forests await a legislative appropriation for the purpose.
Massachusetts has five State Parks which are owned by the state, but
maintained by the counties, and so under county jurisdiction. These are
the four mountain parks: Wachusett (1,200 acres), Greylock (8,000
acres), Sugar Loaf (150 acres), Everett (1,000 acres), and Tom (1,600
acres).
Michigan issues an illustrated pamphlet entitled “The Parks of the
People,” which are under the control of the State Department of
Conservation. There are twenty-three of these State Parks, mostly of
modest size. The largest of these parks is the Hanson Military Reserve
with an extent of 15,000 acres. No other exceeds several hundred acres.
The appointments of the Michigan State Parks are excellent for campers.
All State Parks are equipped with such conveniences as are necessary to
make the camper enjoy his stay. The bathing beaches have public bath
houses equipped in such a way that the bathers may place their
belongings under lock and key. Outdoor fireplaces constructed of
concrete will be found in all the park sites. An ample supply of good
drinking water is also provided. There are also receptacles for waste
paper and other rubbish, as also sanitary convenience stations.
Michigan is not only surrounded on three sides by water, but, with a
single exception, is said to have more small lakes than any other
state. All of the State Parks are accessible by well-built state
highways.
Minnesota has an area of some 350,000 acres in what is known as the
“New State Forests.” With the advent of good roads and the increase in
the number of automobile tourists a number of good camping grounds have
been established in the Forest. These grounds are easily accessible and
have a good supply of wood and water. The State Forester warns campers
that “it is unlawful to burn in this state when the ground is not snow
covered without first obtaining a burning permit from the local Fire
Warden or other authorized Forest Officer.”
New Jersey has state forests exceeding 17,000 acres in extent. The
largest of these is the North Jersey State Forest of 7,200 acres. There
are six others of lesser size. Camping privileges may be secured in
each of these, without charge, upon application to the local forester.
All these forests are fairly accessible by automobile.
New York has an imperial system of State Parks and Reservations. There
are some thirty-three parks administered in various ways which are
mostly of a commemorative character, such as Washington’s Headquarters
at Newburgh, and a number of battlefields. The largest of the parks is
the Palisades Interstate Park of 30,000 acres along the Hudson. The
Conservation Commission of the State of New York administers the
extensive forest preserves of the State. The largest of these, the
Adirondack Park, embraces an area of nearly three and a half million
acres and is slightly larger than the state of Connecticut. The
Catskill Park has more than half a million acres, more than a hundred
thousand acres of which are owned outright by the state. There are some
seven forest tracts owned by the state. In these forest reserves,
particularly in the Catskill Park, the state has constructed many
trails, and along these trails there are many camping sites, but
usually not much more is provided than a fireplace.
North Carolina has one State Park which is reached through the property
of the Mount Mitchell Development Company and is named the Mount
Mitchell State Park. This park comprises 1,200 acres of rough mountain
land, including the summit of Mt. Mitchell, the highest peak east of
the Mississippi River. This park is accessible by motor, and the
company owning the road makes a toll charge of $1.00 per person for all
automobiles using the road. The company also rents tents at the end of
the road which reaches the park.
Oregon owns 78,000 acres of woodland about equally divided between the
eastern and western sections of the state. Little attention has been
paid to providing camping sites in these State Forests, as many of them
are inaccessible to motorists. However, a number of wardens whose
districts include popular camping regions do erect fireplaces and
devote some time to fixing up suitable camp grounds and keeping them in
order for tourists.
Pennsylvania. The Department of Forestry of the State of Pennsylvania
has developed and equipped eight public camp grounds in the State
Forests for automobile tourists who carry camping outfits with them.
All that is asked is that the camper be careful with fire and that he
leave the camp as he would like to find it. These eight public camp
grounds have been equipped with a space for tents, a fireplace, a
supply of pure water, two comfort stations, four garbage containers,
four tables and eight benches. Where public camp grounds are adjacent
to state-owned telephone lines, public telephones are installed.
Rhode Island issues “A Guide Book to the Reservations of the
Metropolitan Park System of Rhode Island” which is illustrated and
describes eighteen parks, the largest of which is the Lincoln Woods
reservation with 458 acres. In most of these parks shelters and
fireplaces have been located for the use of such camping parties as
have applied for and received permission for such use.
South Dakota prides itself on its State Park among the peaks of the
Black Hills and issues an illustrated pamphlet setting forth its
beauties. The park is eight by twelve miles in extent and has an area
of 61,440 acres. The park is called the Custer State Park.
Vermont has a list of thirteen State Forests ranging in size from the
Groton Forest, 15,000 acres, down to the Arlington Forest of 225 acres.
The only forests of more than a thousand acres, however, aside from the
Groton, are the Mansfield, 5,000 acres, and the Putnam, 1,400. No
provision has been made by the Department for campers.
Washington has a State Parks Committee which reports that “camp sites,
not including those maintained by various municipalities throughout the
state, are now being established through four agencies, namely, the
State Forestry Department, the State Parks Department, the Washington
Forest Fire Association (an association of large timber land owners),
and those established by private land owners.
“Camp sites prepared by the State Forestry Department are generally
upon lands leased by the department, such lands being situated upon
public highways and usually adjoining running streams of pure water,
fireplaces and free wood being provided. There are twenty-one of these
sites, mostly in counties in the western portion of the state. There
are sixteen state parks, upon some of which camping sites have been
established, and others will be provided.”
Wisconsin has eight State Parks, with the establishment of four others
under consideration. The largest of these parks is the Peninsula State
Park of 3,400 acres fronting on Green Bay. The state issues an
illustrated pamphlet describing these parks, but no mention is made of
camp sites, though probably such exist.
The rising tide of motor tourists has led most municipalities from the
Middle States westward to lay out camping parks. In many cases no fee
is charged. Mostly, however, there is a small charge per day, averaging
probably not more than fifty cents.
California leads in the number of these motor-camping sites provided by
municipalities. But while the California camping parks exhibit every
quality of attractiveness, they cannot exceed the appeal of many of the
camping parks of the Rocky Mountain States, or even of those farther to
the eastward.
Boise’s Attractive Park
Take the camp at Boise, Idaho, as an example of an attractive motor
park. In Boise the camp is situated at a natural hot water spring—a
spring, by the way, which furnishes heat sufficient to warm practically
all the business blocks and residences in the city. Thus this camp has
hot water service. Practically all the equipment is electrically
operated, including stoves, laundry machines, etc. The land of the
Boise camp is city owned and loaned by the city council. The Chamber of
Commerce took hold and got the coöperation of the rest of the city.
Power and light were furnished free by the utility corporation.
Materials were donated for construction and the labor unions gave their
labor for the construction of the buildings and equipment.
A Model Site in Salt Lake City
The Salt Lake City camping park is another example of a most attractive
camp site. The camp comprises eight acres and will accommodate 400
cars. It is equipped with water, sewers, arc lights, a wash rack for
cars, free firewood and a commissary building at which tourists’
larders may be replenished. Signs posted on the fence invite the
tourists to stop and rest as guests of Salt Lake City. Hundreds of tall
shade trees help to make the place an ideal camping ground.
Practically every community of any size along the Lincoln Highway west
of Omaha offers to the motor tourist the use of a camp site, if it is
only an open lot in which the tourist is free to park for the night. No
accurate figures can be compiled of the number of motor campers, partly
because many never register or use the more popular municipal camping
parks, and partly because even where registry is required there is no
central bureau to which the figures can be reported. Even were it
possible for one to visit the two thousand or more camping sites of
various kinds that are used throughout the country he could not obtain
any accurate figures of the number of campers entertained.
But take a single park in a city along the Lincoln Highway, the city of
Cheyenne, Wyoming, and one can get a little idea of the vast multitude
taking to the open road at the height of the camping season. A visitor
to this camp ground of forty acres on the edge of a little lake near
this city on July 28, 1921, at the peak of travel for the season made a
careful census of the cars in the park on that day and found a total of
763 cars and 2,540 people from thirty-two states. In addition to the
people camped inside the forty acres, it was estimated that about 500
more people were outside, unable to get in. Of course, Cheyenne is a
crossroads community where a main north and south road from Denver to
the Yellowstone crosses the Lincoln Highway. However, many other
popular camping parks turn thousands away because of being taxed to the
limit of capacity, and this despite the fact that many motor campers
avoid the crowds at municipal camping parks and always prefer to camp
in more secluded spots.
Denver’s Remarkable Overland Park
One of the most noted camping parks is Denver’s quarter million dollar
automobile park. This park includes some seventy-five or eighty acres
covered with fine groves of cottonwoods, maples and other trees. It was
formerly the Overland Country Club, and is now called the Overland
Motor Park. The former clubhouse, a three-story building containing
twenty-four rooms, was remodeled for the convenience of tourists. The
first floor contains a modern grocery store and meat market, kitchen,
grill and lunch counter, steam table from which prepared foods are
dispensed, billiard room, barber shop, men’s showers and comfort
station and a laundry room, containing eight tubs for women campers.
Both the laundry room and the showers are equipped with hot and cold
water. On the second floor are located a large lounging room, equipped
with a phonograph, where visitors may dance, a restaurant and soda
fountain. The balconies of the building are also fitted with tables and
chairs where refreshments may be served. On the third floor are located
the rooms of the concessionaire who handles the commercial features of
the house, and the women’s showers and comfort station and lockers.
The campers register at the gate and are given written permits to
occupy a certain lot in the park for a period of two weeks. After the
expiration of this time, if the grounds are not crowded, the permit may
be renewed. The city engineers have surveyed 800 camp lots, each 25 by
35 feet. These are marked by posts driven in the ground and numbered.
The camp area, however, may be extended to any required size upon short
notice.
Pipes have been extended from the city water mains, so that no camper
is more than 150 feet from a water hydrant. The camp is also lighted by
powerful incandescents from the city lighting system. Several strictly
modern comfort stations have been erected at various points in the
grounds. Overland Park was at one time the site of an interstate
exposition, and several of these exposition buildings have been
utilized in the scheme of development. One of them houses an automobile
repair shop and a garage, as well as a moving picture theater seating
400 people. At the entrance of the park is an automobile filling
station, where gasoline, oil and motor accessories may be obtained.
It is obvious that a great many of these accommodations are put in for
the convenience of the camper, but must be conducted as concessions.
However, the free service the camper receives includes the following:
Camp lot, water and electric light, hot and cold showers for men and
women, sanitary conveniences, laundry, lounging and dancing room. The
grounds are well policed night and day by park authorities.
So much for a motor-camping park in and conducted by a great city.
However, the great Overland Camping Park of Denver does not surpass in
completeness of service some of the parks maintained by small
localities. Take an example. Alhambra is situated six miles northeast
of Los Angeles and three miles from Pasadena. Alhambra boasts that it
has the most complete auto camp in California, and California is the
land of auto camps. It is situated for rest and comfort in a clean and
sanitary location amid a stately grove of eucalyptus trees. The entire
camp is well graveled, smooth, level, no mud, no dust, no fog,
electrically lighted, under police protection.
The camp has an amusement hall, inclosed, with new player piano and
fine dancing floor for the free use of guests. Also free to campers is
an electric laundry room with concrete floor, hot and cold running
water, sewerage, large new electric washer and wringer, other washers,
tubs, drying rack, ironing boards, electric iron connections, etc.
Further, the campers have free use of community kitchens, inclosed,
new, sanitary, with water, screens, electric light and gas stoves for
cooking. There is open plumbing. There are free shower baths, with hot
and cold water. There is also a free rack and hose for cleaning autos.
There is no time limit. Each car is allotted a space twenty feet
square, and the charge for camping space is fifty cents for each
twenty-four hours. This appears to be the only charge.
These camps just described are but typical of a multitude of other
camping parks, many of which are quite as attractive as those
mentioned.
Most municipalities court the motor camper, and when the contrary is
the case it is felt as a fault. One chamber of commerce secretary in an
Indiana town writes, “We have no motor camp site. We are made up of a
bunch of retired farmers, the most unprogressive lot of folks on
earth.” The secretary of a Pennsylvania municipal commercial club gives
the information, “This darn town don’t seem to want visitors as far as
I can see.”
No doubt some motor campers are undesirable. One communication to a
sporting publication says: “It is difficult to believe that people of
even moderate intelligence can be as unsanitary as are many motor
campers. Many auto campers pay no regard whatever to the game laws.
Many auto campers steal. It is stealing for melons, corn, potatoes, and
other vegetables and fruit to be taken from the fields.”
The above is one side of the picture and a very small side. Most motor
campers are decent, kindly folk whose presence is appreciated by the
communities that they visit. Many places have found their motor-camping
parks veritable gold mines. Aberdeen, S. D., reports that during the
recent season tourists spent over $175,000 in the town. The great
profit that may derive from the wandering motor camper who proves to be
an angel not at all disguised may be seen from a report rendered to the
American Automobile Association a couple of years ago to the effect
that in a single season 460,000 tourist cars had visited the state, and
that their occupants had spent in the state a sum of not less than
$40,000,000.
As indicated above, much of the tabulated information is new. In
addition to the questionnaire already alluded to much information
relating to motor-camping sites has been obtained from state and
national sources. Use has also been made of lists of municipal camping
parks already published, and corrections made in the information
supplied from such sources when necessary.
Standardized Camping Parks
At a recent convention held at Long Beach, Cal., which was attended by
representatives from about a hundred towns and cities in Southern
California, it was decided to draw up a list of facilities which each
motor camp ground should give to visitors, and also to draw up a list
of rules which the visitors, as a return courtesy, should abide by.
It was decided that each municipal auto camp must have showers for men
and women, it must have gas for cooking, telephone service, public
comfort stations, water, and electricity for lighting.
Motor Inns
There is coming to be a new development in connection with motor
touring which is designed to meet the requirements of those who desire
a little more luxury than can be had in ordinary camping, but who do
not care for either the formality or the expense involved in putting up
at the average first-class hotel.
To meet the demands of this class what are called Motor Inns are
springing up in hundreds of localities, some of them being operated on
the chain principle, thus securing uniformity of operation and
standardized service and equipment.
One of the most complete of these motor inns is one that is in
operation at Los Angeles. Like others it combines in many respects the
features of both an automobile camp and a hotel. The plant consists of
an office, a community building, and a group of bungalows, numbering at
present some fifteen. Each bungalow has four bedrooms fitted up for two
persons, many of the rooms with private bath. These rooms rent for
$1.50 and $2.00 per night, accordingly as they are without or supply
baths.
This inn represents an investment of about $90,000, and one of the same
scope and cost, the second in a chain that is to dot the state, has
been established at Fresno.
The California motor inns for the most part consist of a group of four
apartment bungalows, garages, main building, and pavilion on spacious
landscaped grounds. Usually the bungalow apartments consist of a single
room with toilet and bath. Thus under one roof there will be but eight
persons, at most, housed at one time.
The price of entertainment also includes a garage for the car, and the
use of the kitchen and its equipment, such as gas stove, sink, running
water, tubs and the like. The kitchen is located in the community
house. The rooms are as large as one finds in first-class hotels. Those
without private bath adjoin so as to provide toilet and bath between
the two rooms.
The community building provides a well-furnished reception room, and
also a dining-room with tables for the guests. The motor inn is really
a first-class hotel with a large degree of self-service.
Ample furniture is supplied for both the bedrooms and those in the
community house. Naturally, however, kitchen utensils and dishes are
not furnished for the guests. In effect the guest continues to be a
camper, but a camper with hotel conveniences.
CHAPTER XIII
LIST OF CAMPING SITES BY STATES
A List of About Two Thousand Camping Sites Arranged Alphabetically
by States—Municipal Camp Sites, State Camp Sites, and Camp Sites in
National Parks and Forests, Beginning with Alabama and Closing with
Wyoming—This List Indicates in Tabular Form the Facilities Offered
at Each Camp Site.
(Note: So rapidly is the camping movement growing that any list of
sites is subject to continual addition. The following list, however, is
the result of a thorough canvass of all state and national forest and
park officials, and of all towns and cities in the United States. A
large percentage of the civic authorities in replying to inquiry either
omitted to give details concerning the camp site in their locality, or
else stated that the provision of facilities was as yet undetermined.
In such cases the line following the name of the site is left blank. A
number of facilities may be available at such points, but statement of
the accommodations is given in this chapter only where the authors have
a definite record on the various points noted.)
F indicates “Free.”
C indicates “a moderate charge is made.”
Y indicates “Yes, the facility referred to in the column heading is
available.”
ALABAMA
Municipal Camp Sites
Town or City Charge or Toilet Drinking Fireplace or Lights Bath or
Free Water Stove Shower
Albany F Y Y Y Elec.
Anniston F Y Y Y Elec. Y
Athens
Attala F Y Fuel Elec.
Birmingham 25c. Y Y Y Elec. Y
Brundidge
Calera
Clanton
Cullman F Y
Decatur F Y Elec.
Dothan F Y Y Y Elec. Y
Huntsville F Y Y Y
Luverne F Y Y Y Elec. Y
Montgomery F Y Y N Elec.
Ozark F Y Fuel Elec.
Talladega F Y Y Fuel Elec. Y
Thorsby
Tuskegee F Y
York F Fuel
The State of Alabama has a Department of Conservation, but no Forestry
Department, and can supply no information as to possible camping sites
on state-owned lands.
The Moulton National Forest is situated in the State of Alabama, and
the local forester would doubtless welcome motor campers.
ARIZONA
Municipal Camp Sites
Town or City Charge or Toilet Drinking Fireplace Lights Bath or
Free Water or Stove Shower
Ajo F Y Y Y Y
Bisbee (2 camps) F Y Y Y Y
Chloride F Y Y Y Y
Douglas F Y Y Y Y Y
Florence F Y Y Fuel
Globe Permit Y Y Y
Grand Canyon
Phœnix 50c. day Y Y Y Y
Prescott F Y Y Y Y Y
St. Johns F Y Y Y Y
Snow Flake Permit Y Y Fuel
Thatcher F Y Fuel
Tucson 50c. day Y Y Brick Y Y
Stoves
Yuma 50c. night Y Y Y Y
National Parks and Forests
It is hardly necessary to mention that the Grand Canyon National Park
is situated in Arizona, and that campers will find facilities by
applying to the Superintendent.
Arizona has ten of the National Forests within its borders, and as
several of the transcontinental highways pass through the state those
that are approached or penetrated by these highways offer camping
sites. The Kaibab National Forest, bordering the Grand Canyon, is one
of the most accessible.
The National Forests in Arizona are the Apache (1,182,782 acres),
Coconino (1,601,598 acres), Coronado (1,307,461 acres), Crook (870,130
acres), Dixie (17,680 acres), Kaibab (1,072,900 acres), Prescott
(1,433,366 acres), Sitgreaves (659,337 acres); Tonto (1,994,239 acres),
Tusayan (1,602,750 acres).
ARKANSAS
Municipal Camp Sites
Town or City Charge or Toilet Drinking Fireplace or Lights Bath
Free Water Stove or
Shower
Alma F Y Wood Y
Arkansas City F Y Wood
Batesville F Y Wood
Bentonville F Y Y Wood Y
Coal Hill F Well Wood
Cotter F Spring
Cotton Plant F Y
Eureka Springs F Springs Wood
Fayetteville F Y Y Y
Fort Smith F Y Y Y Y Y
Gentry F Y Well Wood
Green Forest F Y Y Wood Y
Jonesboro F Y Y Y Y
McGehee F Y
Marmaduke Permit F Wood
Mineral Springs F Y Y Y Y
Springdale F Y
Star City F Y Springs Wood
Van Buren F Y Y Y Y Y
While there seems to be no system of State Forests in Arkansas and camp
sites therein for the motor camper, Arkansas abounds in beauty spots,
in mineral springs, and mountains where the camper is welcomed and
where he may camp delightfully. Campers find attractive camping sites
which may be freely used at such places as the city of Little Rock,
Eureka Springs, Mena, Mt. Magazine, Mt. Nebo, Sulphur Springs, Mammoth
Springs, Hardy Spring River, and Lake Chicot.
The Hot Springs National Park, in central Arkansas, is one of the most
interesting spots in the country, and the vicinity is attractive to
motor campers.
There are in the State of Arkansas the Arkansas National Forest near
Hot Springs and the Ozark National Forest; the former has an area of
626,746 acres, nearly a thousand square miles, and the latter about
half as large, 291,840 acres. The National Government has constructed
good motor roads through these forests and provided hundreds of camping
sites.
CALIFORNIA
Municipal Camp Sites
Town or City Charge or Toilet Drinking Fireplace Lights Bath
Free Water or Stove or
Shower
Alhambra 50c. day Y Y Y Y Y
Alturas F Y Y Y
Anaheim 50c. day Y Y Y Y
Anderson F Y Y Y Y
Arbuckle F Y Y
Arcata F Y Y Y Y Y
Arroyo Grande F Y Y Fuel Y
Atascadero F
Auburn
Bakersfield 50c. day Y Y Y Y Y
Barstow F Y Y Y Y Y
Beaumont (2 camps) 1 Free Y Y Y
1 25c.
Benicia F Y Y Y Y
Bishop
Blythe Y Y
Brentwood
Buena Park Y Y
Calistoga F Y Y
Ceres F Y Y Y Y Y
Chico F Y Y Y Y Y
Chino F Y Y
Chula Vista
Cloverdale F Y Y Y Y
Clovis F Y Y Fuel Y
Coachella
Coalinga F Y Y Y Y
Colfax
Colton 50c. day Y Y Free gas Y
Colusa 50c. day Y Y Free gas Y
Compton Free permit Y
Corning F Y Y Y Y Y
Corona F Y Y Y
Covina F Y Y Y
Crescent City F Y Y Y
Daly City F Y Y
Davis C Y Y
Delano F Y Y Y
Del Mar
Downey F Y Y
Dunsmuir F Y Y Wood
Dutch Flat F Y Y
Dyerville F Y Y Y Y
East San Diego F Y Y Y Y
Echo F Y Y
El Cajon F
El Centro F
El Modeno F Y Y
El Sinore F Y
Escondido F
Etna Mills
Eureka 50c. day Y Y Y Y Y
Exeter
Fairfield F Y Y Y Y
Fallbrook Y
Ferndale
Fillmore
Fortuna C Y Y Y Y
Fowler
Fresno F Y Y Y Y
Fullerton F 3 days Y Y Y Y
Gardena
Gilroy F Y Y Y
Glendale 50c. day Y Y Y Y Y
Glendora F 5 days Y Y Y Y
Grass Valley C Y Y Y Y Y
Gridley
Half Moon Bay C Y
Hanford
Hayward F
Healdsburg F Y Y Y Y
Hemet
Hermosa Beach
Hollister
Holtville F Y Y Y Y
Hornbrook F Y Y Y Y Y
Imperial 50c. day Y Y Y Y
Independence 25c. day Y Y Y
Indio 25c. day Y Y
Jackson F Y Y Y Y
Kelseyville C Y Y Y
Kennett
King City
La Jolla
Lakeport F Y Y Y Y Y
Lancaster
La Verne
Lindsay C Y Y Y Y
Livermore
Lodi
Long Beach 50c. day Y Y Y Y
Los Angeles 50c. day Y Y Y Y Y
Los Gatos 60c. day Y Y Y Y Y
Lower Lake F Y Y Fuel
Loyalton
Madera
Maricopa
Marysville F Y Y Y Y Y
Mayfield F Y Y Y
Mecca F
Merced F Y Y
Modesto 50c. day Y Y Y
Mojave
Monterey F Y Y
Morrow Cove F Y Y Y Y Y
Napa F Y Y Y Y Y
Needles
Nevada City F Y Y Y Y Y
Newhall F Y
Newport Beach 25c. day Y
Oakdale F Y Y Y Y Y
Oakland $3–$6 wk. Y Y Y Y Y
Oceanside 25c. day Y Y Y Y Y
Ontario 25c. day Y Y Y
Orland F Y Y Y Y Y
Oroville F Y Y Y Y
Oxnard
Pacific Grove F Y Y Y
Palo Alto 25c. day Y Y Y Y
Pasadena 50c. day Y Y Y Y Y
Paso Robles 50c. day Y Y Y Y
$2 week
Perris
Petaluma F Y Y Y Y
Piru
Placerville F Y Y Y Y
Pleasonton
Pomona 25c. day Y Y Y
Porterville F Y Y Y
Quincy F Y Y Y
Randsburg
Red Bluff F Y Y Y
Redding F Y Y Y Y
Reedley Tent 50c. Y Y
day F
Redlands F Y Y
Redondo Beach 50c. day Y Y Y Y Y
Rialto
Richmond F Y Y Y Y
Riverside F Y Y Y Y Y
Rocklin 50c. day
Roseville F Y Y Y Y
Sacramento F Y Y Y Y Y
Salinas 25c. day Y Y Y
St. Helena C Y Y Y Y
San Bernardino F Y Y Y Y Y
San Diego C Y Y Y Y Y
San Fernando
San Gabriel
Sanger F Fuel
San Jacinto F Y Y
San Jose $1 day Y Y Y
San Luis Obispo F Y Y Y Y
San Pedro
San Rafael F Y Y Y Y Y
Santa Ana 50c day Y Y Y Y Y
Santa Barbara 50c. day Y Y Y Y Y
and $1
Santa Clara
Santa Cruz 50c. day Y Y Y Y
Santa Maria F Y Y Y Y Y
Santa Monica F Y
Santa Monica B’ch
Santa Paula
Santa Rosa 50c. day Y Y Y Y Y
Seal Beach
Sebastopol 25c. day Y Y Y Y
Sisson C Y Y Y
Sonoma
Sonora F Y Y Y
Stockton F Y Y Y Y
Susanville
Taft
Temecula
Thermal
Tracy F Y Y Y Y
Tulare F Y Y Y Y Y
Turlock 25c. day Y
Trinity Center F Y Y
Ukiah F Y Y Y
Upland 25c. day Y Y Y Y
Vacaville
Ventura F Y Y Y
Victorville
Visalia F Y Y Y
Watsonville 50c. day Y Y Y Y
Weaverville F Y Y Y
Westwood F Y Y Y
Whittier 50c. day Y Y Y Y Y
Williams C Y Y
Willits 50c. and Y Y Y Y Y
25c.
Woodland F Y Y Y
Willows
Yreka F Y Y Y Y Y
California is the land of National Parks and Forests. Within the state
boundaries there are three of the great National Parks, viz.: Yosemite
National Park, General Grant National Park and Sequoia National Park.
In these parks the U. S. Government has arranged facilities for
motorists to camp, either using their own equipment or renting tents
and utensils after arriving in the parks.
Of the 171 National Forests no less than twenty are found either wholly
or in part within the State of California. These California National
Forests have a combined area of nearly eighteen million acres—more than
twenty thousand square miles, equal to all the New England states,
leaving out Maine and Vermont. The figures given after each of the
names of the California National Forests represent the acreage. These
forests are: Angeles (820,980), California (807,444), Cleveland
(547,981), Crater (46,977), Eldorado (549,392), Inyo (1,269,980),
Klamath (1,470,841), Lassen (936,877), Modoc (1,182,986), Mono
(784,620), Monterey (316,058), Plumas (1,144,835), Santa Barbara
(1,688,571), Sequoia (1,882,980), Shasta (803,448), Sierra (1,489,934),
Siskiyou (349,069), Stanislaus (810,399), Tahoe (542,226), and Trinity
(1,430,547).
The U. S. Forestry Department is authority for the statement that
during the season of 1921 “over one and one-half million visitors
entered the National Forests of California, most of whom traveled by
automobile and were prepared to camp.” This number was exceeded in the
season of 1922.
Much of the National Forest area is accessible to automobiles and more
roads are being constructed all the time by State or National agencies.
Owing to the activities of the Forest Service and the automobile clubs,
California can now claim to have the best signed mountain roads in
America.
The Forest Service has arranged a great number of camping places for
motor tourists.
COLORADO
Municipal Camp Sites
Town or City Charge or Toilet Drinking Fireplace Lights Bath
Free Water or Stove or
Shower
Alamosa F Y Y Y Y
Arriba
Ault F Y Y Y Y
Berthoud F Y Y Y Y
Boulder F Y Y Y Y Y
Brush F Y Y Y Y
Buena Vista F Y Y Y
Burlington
Canon City F Y Y Y Y Y
Castle Rock F Y Y Y
Cheyenne Wells F Y Y Y
Colorado Springs 25c.–50c. Y Y Fuel Y
a day
Creede (2 parks) F Y Y Y Y
Cripple Creek F Y Y Y
Denver F Y Y Y Y Y
Eagle
Flagler
Florence F Y Y Y Y
Fort Collins F Y Y Y Y Y
Fort Morgan F Y Y Y Y
Fowler F Y Y Y Y
Fruita
Glenwood Spr’gs F Y Y Y Y
Grand Junction F Y Y Y Y Y
Greeley F Y Y Y Y Y
Green Mountain Falls
Holyoke F Y Y Y Y
Hotchkiss F Y Y Y Y
Idaho Springs F Y Y Y Y
La Veta F Y Y Y Y Y
Leadville
Limon
Littleton
Loveland F Y Y Y Y Y
Manitou
Matheson
Meeker F Y Y Y Y Y
Monte Vista F Y Y Y Y
New Castle
Ordway F Y Y Y Y
Ouray F Y Y Y Y
Pagosa Springs F Y Y Y Y
Palisades
Peyton
Pueblo F Y Y Y Y
Ramah
Red Cliff
Rocky Ford
Silverton F Y Y Y Y
Simla
Starkville F Y Y Y Y Y
Steamboat Sp’ngs F Y Y Y Y
Sterling F Y Y Y
Trinidad F Y Y Y Y
Victor F Y
Windsor F Y Y Y Y
Woodland Park
State Parks
Colorado has no State Parks, but the claim of the state authorities is
that “every town and community in Colorado has an auto camp.” The City
of Denver has a Mountain Park system that is unmatched. It consists of
a series of plots aggregating about four thousand acres distributed
over a region embracing approximately one hundred square miles,
connected by some seventy-five miles of mountain boulevards, and
providing many camping spots. Denver offers every possible hospitality
to the auto camper. The Executive Secretary of the Denver Civic and
Commercial Association writes, “An auto camp, in my judgment, is just
as essential to any city, town or community that wants to thrive and
prosper and keep abreast of the times as a railway station.” Denver
business men say that the months of July and August instead of being
the dullest months are now, next to December, the best months of the
year. For over seven weeks during the summer of 1921 Denver had a
little city of 5,000 people a night at the auto camp.
National Parks and Forests
Colorado possesses two of the National Parks, the Mesa Verde Park and
the Rocky Mountain Park. During the season of 1921 the Rocky Mountain
Park was visited, according to the report of the Forest Service, by
120,388 people who came in 30,264 cars. A majority of these were auto
campers.
There are now seventeen National Forests in Colorado, with acreages as
indicated, viz.: Arapahoe (634,903), Battlement (651,227), Cochetopa
(905,723), Colorado (847,328), Durango (614,129), Gunnison (908,055),
Hayden (65,598), Holy Cross (576,905), La Sal (27,444), Leadville,
Montezuma, Routt, San Isabel, San Juan, Uncompahgre, White River, Pike,
and Rio Grande. The combined area of these National Forests totals more
than thirteen million acres.
These National Forests are free to the public, and all that the Forest
Service asks of the visiting camper is care with fire and proper camp
sanitation.
Colorado is called “The Switzerland of America,” and the National
Forest system of splendid roads gives access to pretty much all the
finest scenery, almost all of which is included within the bounds of
the National Forests. This system of roads connects up these Forests,
so that the motor tourist can readily reach any one of them. To guide
tourists the Forest Service has laid out a system of fifty-four logs,
or routes of travel for the auto tourist.
CONNECTICUT
Municipal Camp Sites
Town or City Charge or Toilet Drinking Fireplace Lights Bath or
Free Water or Stove Shower
Bristol F Y Y
Danielson F Y Y
Madison
New Haven F Y Y Y Y
Wallingford
FLORIDA
Municipal Camp Sites
Town or City Charge or Toilet Drinking Fireplace Lights Bath or
Free Water or Stove Shower
Apalachicola F Y Y
Apopka F Y Y Y Y
Bradentown
Brandford F Y Y Y Y Y
Brooksville F Y Y
Campbellton
Cocoa F Y Y
Dade City F Y Y
Deland 35c. day
$1.50 week Y Y Y Y
Eustis 25c. day Y Y Y Y
Ft. Lauderdale F Y Y Y Y
Ft. Pierce C
Ft. Myers
Gainesville F Y Y Y Y Y
Jacksonville
Lakeland F Y Y Y Y
Lynn Haven F Y Y Y
Manatee F Y Y Y Y
Marianna
New Smyrna F Y Y
Orlando
Plant City F
Pensacola F Y Y Y
St. Augustine C Y Y Y
St. Cloud F Y Y Y
St. Petersburg $4 week Y Y Y Y
Sarastota
Sebring Permit Y Y Y
Stuart Y Y Y
Tallahassee Y Y
Tampa F Y Y Y Y Y
Tarpon Springs F Y Y Y Y
Umatilla F Y Y
Valparaiso C Y Y Y Y
W. Palm Beach 25c. day Y Y Y Y
White Springs F Y Y
GEORGIA
Municipal Camp Sites
Town or City Charge or Toilet Drinking Fireplace Lights Bath or
Free Water or Stove Shower
Abbeville F Y Y Y Y
Adel F Y Y
Adrian F Y Y
Ashburn F Y Y Y Y
Atlanta F Y Y Y Y
Barnesville
Brunswick—2 F Y Y Y
Calhoun
Canon F Y Y Y
Carrollton F Y Y Y Y
Columbus F Y Y
Dalton F Y Y Y
Dublin F Y Y Y Y
Fitzgerald F Y
Glenville F Y Y Y
Griffin F Y Y Y Y
Harlem F Y
Lafayette
Macon F Y Y Y Y Y
Madison F Y Y Y
Meigs F Y
Millen F Y Y Y
Milltown F Y Y Y
Moultrie F Y Y
Nicholls
Poulan F Y Y
Rochelle F Y Y Y Y
Rome F Y Y Y
Royston F Y
Savannah F Y Y
Statesboro F Y Y Y
Summerville F Y Y
Sylvester F Y Y Y Y
Tennille F Y Y Y Y
Thomasville F Y Y
Valdosta F Y
Vidalia
Waycross F Y Y
Wrightsville F Y Y
Georgia contains two of the National Forests which are gradually being
improved by the Forest Service, and where fast as roads are constructed
motor campers will have access through them and will find the Foresters
glad to aid them in locating camping sites. The two Georgia National
Forests are the Cherokee Forest and the Nantahala Forest. Motor
tourists may obtain detailed information regarding these forests by
addressing the Department at Washington, D. C.
IDAHO
Municipal Camp Sites
Town or City Charge or Toilet Drinking Fireplace Lights Bath or
Free Water or Stove Shower
Boise F Y Y Y Y Y
Bonners Ferry F Y Y Y Y
Burley F Y Y Y Y Y
Caldwell F Y Y Y
Cœur d’Alene
Harrison F Y Y Y
Hope
Idaho Falls F Y Y Y Y Y
Kellogg Y Y Y Y
Lewiston Y Y Y Y
Mullan F Y Y Y Y
Nampa F Y Y Y Y
Parma F Y
Payette F Y Y Y Y Y
Pocatello F Y Y Y Y Y
Preston F Y Y Y Y
Rathdrum F Y Y Y Y
Sandpoint F Y Y Y
Shoshone F Y Y Y Y
Twin Falls F Y Y Y
Wallace F Y Y Y Y Y
Weiser F Y Y Y Y
National Parks and Forests
A portion of one of the National Parks lies in Idaho, the Yellowstone,
and nineteen of the National Forests, namely: Boise (1,058,941), Cache
(492,668), Caribou (681,540), Challis (1,259,237), Clearwater
(785,103), Cœur d’Alene (662,611), Idaho (1,193,439), Kaniksu
(198,757), Lemhi (1,095,924), Minidoka (509,536), Nezperce (1,624,582),
Fayette (831,926), Pend Oreille (676,014), St. Joe (493,925), Salmon
(1,621,707), Sawtooth (1,203,387), Selway (1,693,711), Targhee
(977,847), Weiser (562,609). The figures tell the number of acres in
each forest.
The National Forests of this region offer exceptional opportunities for
automobile campers. The Forest Service has as yet done little in this
district to improve camp sites, but everywhere one finds spots of rare
natural beauty where the autoist may camp at will. A certain class of
people enjoy getting out of the beaten trails and finding out spots for
themselves. To this class the National Forests of Idaho especially
appeal.
ILLINOIS
Municipal Camp Sites
Town or City Charge Toilet Drinking Fireplace Lights Bath
or Free Water or Stove or
Shower
Albion F Y Y Y
Altamont F Y Y Y
Amboy F Y Y Y Y
Arthur F Y Y Y
Assumption F Y Y Y Y
Atlanta F Y
Atwood F Y Y Y
Aurora F Y Y Y
Barry
Belvidere F Y Y Y Y
Bloomington F Y Y Y Y
Bridgeport F Y Y Y Y
Brookfield F Y Y Y
Buda F Y Y Y
Camargo
Canton—2 F Y
Carrollton F Y Y Y Y
Carthage F Y
Casey F Y Y Y Y
Charleston F Y Y Y Y
Chester F
Chicago—a number in F
outskirts
Chicago Heights F Y Y Y Y
Chrisman F Y Y
Christopher F Y Y Y
Clinton F Y Y Y Y Y
Crescent City F Y
Danville F Y Y Y Y
Decatur F Y Y Y Y
Dekalb F Y Y Y Y
Depue F Y Y
Des Plains F Y Y Y
Dixon F Y Y Y
East Dundee F Y Y
East Peoria F Y Y Y Y
Effingham F Y Y Y Y
Elburn F Y Y Y
Eldorado F Y Y
El Paso F Y Y Y Y
Erie F Y Y Y Y
Farmer City F Y Y Y Y
Farmington F Y Y Y Y Y
Freeport F Y Y Y Y
Fulton F Y Y Y Y Y
Galesburg F Y Y Y Y Y
Galena F Y Y Y
Galva F Y Y Y Y
Girard F Y Y
Grafton F Y Y
Granite City F Y Y Y Y
Greenfield F Y Y
Griggsville
Hammond F Y Y Y Y
Homer F Y Y Y Y Y
Hoopeston F Y Y Y Y Y
Hume Y
Jacksonville F Y Y Y Y Y
Joliet F Y Y Y
Kankakee F Y Y Y Y
Kewanee F Y Y Y Y
Lacon F Y Y Y Y
Ladd F Y
La Salle (Starved F Y Y Y Y
Rock)
Lena F Y Y Y Y
Lewistown F Y Y Y Y Y
Litchfield F Y Y
Lyons F Y Y
Macomb F Y Y Y Y
Marengo F Y Y Y Y
Marissa F Y Y
Marshall F Y Y
Martinsville F Y Y Y Y
Mason City F Y Y Y Y
Mattoon F Y Y Y Y
Mechanicsburg
Milford Y Y
Millstadt F Y Y Y
Moline F Y Y Y Y
Momence F Y Y Y Y
Monmouth F Y Y Y Y Y
Monticello F Y Y Y Y
Morris F Y Y Y Y
Morrison F Y Y Y
Morrisonville F Y
Mound City F Y Y Y
Mt. Carmel F Y Y
Mt. Carroll F Y Y
Murphysboro F Y Y
Nauvoo F
Neoga F Y Y Y Y
New Baden F Y Y Y Y
New Berlin
Newman F Y Y Y Y
Normal F
Oakland F Y Y Y
Obey F Y Y
Ottawa F Y Y Y Y Y
Palatine F Y Y Y
Pana F Y Y
Paris F Y Y Y Y Y
Pearl F Y Y
Pekin F Y Y Y
Peoria F Y Y Y Y Y
Peru F Y Y Y Y
Petersburg F Y Y Y Y
Plainfield F Y Y Y
Pontiac F Y Y Y
Prophetstown F Y Y Y
Quincy F Y Y Y Y
Ridgway C Y
Robinson F Y Y Y Y
Rochelle F Y Y
Rockton 50c. Y Y
Rock Island F Y Y
St. Anne F Y Y Y Y
Sandoval F Y Y
Sandwich F Y Y Y
Shawneetown F Y Y Y
Shelbyville F Y Y Y
Springfield F Y Y Y Y Y
Steger F Y Y Y Y
Sterling 25c. Y Y Y Y
Stewardson F Y Y Y
Streator F Y Y Y Y
Tuscola F Y Y Y Y
Urbana F Y Y Y Y
Vandalia F Y Y Y Y
Vermont F Y
Warren F Y
Watseka F Y Y Y Y Y
Wayne City C Y Y
Wilmington F Y Y
Windsor F Y Y
INDIANA
Municipal Camp Sites
Town or City Charge Toilet Drinking Fireplace Lights Bath
or Free Water or Stove or
Shower
Albany F Y Y Y
Attica F Y Y Y Y
Batesville F Y Y Y Y
Bedford F Y Y
Brownstown
Canaan
Claypool C Y Y
Clifty Falls
Columbus F Y Y Y Y
Corydon F Y Y Y
Covington F Y Y Y Y Y
Crawfordsville F Y Y Y Y Y
Delphi F Y Y Y Y
Elkhart F Y Y
Elwood F Y Y Y Y Y
Farmersburg F Y Y
Franklin F Y Y Y Y
Gary F Y Y Y Y Y
Goshen F Y Y Y Y Y
Greenfield F Y Y Y Y
Hamlet
Hobart
Indianapolis F Y Y Y Y
Jasonville F Y Y
Knox F Y Y Y Y Y
Kokomo F Y Y Y Y Y
Lebanon F Y Y Y Y Y
Ligonier F Y Y
Lowell F Y Y Y Y
Madison F Y Y
Marengo F Y Y Y Y Y
McCormick’s Creek C Y Y Y Y Y
Canon
Michigan City F Y Y Y Y
Middlebury F Y Y Y Y
Middlefork F Y Y Y Y
Milltown Y Y Y Y Y
Montezuma F Y Y Y Y Y
New Castle F Y Y Y Y
New Harmony F Y Y Y
Osgood F Y Y
Oxford F Y Y
Pendleton F Y Y Y Y Y
Peru 50c. Y Y
Petersburg F Y Y Y
Plymouth F Y Y Y Y
Portland F Y
Princeton F Y Y Y Y Y
Remington F Y Y Y Y
Richmond F Y Y Y Y Y
Rockville F Y
St. Paul C Y Y Y Y
Seymour F Y Y Y Y
Shipshewana F Y Y Y Y
South Bend F Y Y Y Y
Spencer F Y Y Y Y
Spiceland F Y Y Y Y
Union City
Valparaiso F Y Y Y Y
Vernon F Y Y Y Y Y
Turkey Run Park 2 C and F Y Y Y Y Y
Vinegar Mills F Y Y Y Y Y
Wabash F Y Y Y Y
Warsaw
Washington F Y Y Y Y Y
Waveland F Y Y Y Y
Winamac F Y Y Y Y Y
Wolcott F Y Y Y Y Y
Wolcottville F Y Y
Indiana has none of the National Parks or Forests, but the state itself
maintains four State Parks and a State Forest. In all of these,
provision is made for motor campers to which all tourists are welcome.
These parks and the forest are not extensive in area, but are well
worth a visit by the tourist. The State Parks are: Turkey Run State
Park (470), McCormick’s Creek Canyon State Park (350), Clifty Falls
State Park (400), and Vinegar Mills State Park (100). Figures indicate
acreage.
The Clark County State Forest (2,800) is open to the public and is of
especial interest to people who wish to see what is being done by the
State of Indiana in scientific forestry.
IOWA
Municipal Camp Sites
Town or City Charge or Toilet Drinking Fireplace Lights Bath
Free Water or Stove or
Shower
Adel F Y Y Y Y
Akron F Y Y
Albia F Y Y Y Y
Allison F Y Y
Anamosa F Y Y Y Y
Armstrong F Y Y Y Y
Atlantic F Y Y Y Y
Boone F Y Y Y
Burlington F Y Y Y Y
Carlisle F Y Y Y Y
Cedar Falls F Y Y Y Y Y
Cedar Rapids F Y Y Y Y
Centerville F Y Y Y Y Y
Charles City—2 F Y Y Y Y
Charter Oak F Y Y Y Y
Chatsworth F
Cherokee F Y
Clarinda F Y Y Y Y
Clinton F
Colfax F Y Y Y Y
Columbus Junc’n F Y Y Y Y
Corydon F Y Y Y Y Y
Council Bluffs F Y Y Y Y Y
Davis City F Y Y Y Y
Decorah F Y Y Y
Denison F Y Y Y
Des Moines
De Witt F Y Y Y Y
Dows F Y Y
Dubuque 50c. Y Y Y Y
Edgewood F Y Y Y Y
Eldora F Y Y Y Y Y
Elkader F Y Y Y
Emmetsburg F Y Y Y
Estherville F Y Y Y Y
Farmington F Y Y
Fonda F Y Y Y Y Y
Fort Dodge F Y Y Y Y Y
Gladbrook F Y Y Y Y
Greenfield F Y Y
Grinnell F Y Y Y Y Y
Guthrie Center F Y Y Y Y
Guttenberg F Y Y Y
Hawarden F Y Y Y Y
Humboldt F Y Y Y Y
Ida Grove F Y
Indianola F Y Y Y Y
Iowa City F Y Y Y
Iowa Falls F Y Y Y Y
Jefferson F Y Y Y Y
Jewell F Y Y Y Y
Keokuk F Y Y Y Y
Keosauqua F Y Y Y Y
Keota F Y Y Y
Kingsley F Y Y
Knoxville F Y Y
Lake Mills F Y Y Y Y
Lake View F Y
Lamoni
Laporte City F Y Y Y
Legrand F Y Y Y Y
Leon F Y Y Y
Lowden
McGregor F Y Y Y Y
Maquoketa F Y Y Y
Marshalltown—2 F Y Y Y Y
Mason City F Y Y Y Y Y
Missouri Valley F Y Y Y Y Y
Mitchellville F Y Y Y Y
Mondamin
Montezuma F Y Y Y
Mount Pleasant F Y Y Y
Nashua F Y Y Y
Nevada F Y Y Y Y
Newton F Y Y Y Y
North Vernon F Y Y Y Y
Northwood
Odebolt F Y Y Y Y
Oelwein F Y Y Y Y
Onawa F Y Y Y Y
Oskaloosa F Y Y Y Y
Pella F Y Y Y Y
Red Oak F Y Y Y Y
Riceville F Y
Rock Rapids F Y Y Y Y
Sac City F Y Y Y Y
Salix
Sheffield
Shellsburg F Y Y Y Y
Shenandoah F Y Y Y
Sidney F Y Y Y
Sioux City F Y Y Y Y
Sloan
Spirit Lake F Y Y Y
Storm Lake F Y Y
Tabor F Y Y Y Y Y
Tama F Y Y Y Y Y
Valley Junction F Y Y Y
Villisca F Y Y Y Y
Vinton F Y Y Y Y
Waterloo F Y Y Y Y Y
Webster City F Y Y Y Y
Westfield
West Liberty F Y Y Y Y
Whiting
Williamsburg F Y
Woodbine F Y Y Y Y
Woodward F Y Y
Zearing
List of State Parks
The following is a list of the State Parks of Iowa, with their location
and acreage. Each of these parks is in charge of a custodian, and there
are camping opportunities in them.
Backbone Park, Delaware County, on Maquoketa River, twelve miles
northwest of Manchester, 1,279 acres.
Oakland Mills, Henry County, four miles west of Mt. Pleasant, 110
acres.
Morehead Caves, Jackson County, eight miles northwest of Maquoketa, 10
acres.
Lacey-Keosauqua Park, Van Buren County, near Keosauqua, 1,222.1 acres.
Dolliver Memorial, Webster County, eight miles south of Ft. Dodge, 457
acres.
Ledges, Boone County, five miles south of Boone, 570 acres.
Pilot Knob, Hancock County, three miles southeast of Forest City, 203
acres.
Eldora Steamboat Rock, Hardin County, near Eldora, 231 acres.
Fort Atkinson, Winneshiek County, at Fort Atkinson, small historic
area.
Farmington, Van Buren County, at Farmington, 102 acres.
Anamosa, Jones County, near Anamosa, 168 acres.
Theodore F. Clark, Tama County, four miles northeast of Traer, 25
acres.
Lepley, Hardin County, near Union, 9 acres.
Roosevelt, Floyd County, near Greene, 15 acres.
Gitchie Manitou, Lyon County, Sioux Falls granite, in northwest corner
of state, 40 acres.
Palisades, Linn County, some ten miles southeast of Cedar Rapids on
Cedar River.
KANSAS
Municipal Camp Sites
Town or City Charge or Toilet Drinking Fireplace Lights Bath
Free Water or Stove or
Shower
Almena F Y Y Y Y
Arkansas City F Y Y Y Y Y
Ashland F Y Y Y Y
Atchison F Y Y Y Y
Belleville F Y Y Y Y
Beloit F Y Y Y
Blue Rapids F Y Y Y
Brewster F Y Y
Burlington Y Y Y Y Y
Caldwell
Clayton Y Y
Caney F Y Y Y Y
Centralia F Y Y Y Y
Chanute F Y Y
Cherryvale F Y Y Y Y
Chetopa F Y Y Y Y Y
Clyde F Y Y Y Y
Coffeyville F Y Y Y Y Y
Columbus F Y Y Y Y
Concordia F Y Y Y Y
Conway Springs F Y Y Y Y
Cottonwood Falls 50c.–75c. Y Y Y Y Y
Dodge City F Y Y Y Y
Effingham F Y Y Y Y
Emporia F Y Y Y Y Y
Eudora F Y Y Y Y
Eureka F Y Y Y Y
Fairview
Fort Scott F Y Y Y Y Y
Frankfort F Y Y Y Y
Fredonia F Y Y Y Y
Girard F Y Y Y Y
Goodland
Great Bend F Y Y Y
Greensburg F Y Y Y Y
Halstead F Y Y Y
Hanover Y Y Y Y
Hayes F Y Y Y
Herington F Y Y Y Y
Hiawatha F Y Y Y Y
Highland F Y Y Y Y Y
Horton F Y Y Y Y Y
Hutchinson F Y Y Y Y Y
Iola F Y Y Y Y
Jennings
Jewell F Y Y Y Y
Junction City F Y Y Y Y
Kanorado F Y Y Y
Kansas City 50c. day Y Y Y Y Y
Larned F Y Y Y Y
Lawrence F Y Y Y Y
Leavenworth F Y Y Y Y
Liberal F Y Y Y Y
Lindsborg F Y Y Y Y
Little River F Y Y Y Y
Louisburg F Y Y
Lyons F Y Y Y Y
McPherson F Y Y Y Y Y
Manhattan F Y Y Y Y
Marion F Y Y Y Y
Marysville F Y Y Y
Meade F Y Y Y Y Y
Medicine Lodge F Y Y Y
Miltonvale F Y Y Y Y
Minneapolis F Y Y
Mound City F Y Y Y Y Y
Moundridge F Y Y Y
National Military F 1 day Y Y Y
Home
Newton F Y Y Y Y
Norton
Oakley F Y Y Y Y
Osawatomie F Y Y Y Y Y
Osborne F Y Y Y Y
Oswego F Y Y Y Y
Ottawa F Y Y Y Y Y
Paola F Y Y Y Y
Parsons F Y Y Y
Peabody F Y Y Y Y
Pleasanton F Y Y Y Y
Pittsburg F Y Y Y
Pratt F Y Y Y Y
Sabetha F Y Y Y Y
St. Paul F Y Y
Salina F Y Y Y Y
Scandia F Y Y Y Y Y
Sedan F Y Y Y Y
Sedgwick F
Seneca F Y Y Y Y
Smith Center F Y Y
South Cedar F Y Y Y Y
South Haven
Spring Hill F Y Y Y Y
Stockton F Y Y Y Y
Topeka F Y Y Y Y
Troy
Valley Falls F Y Y Y Y
Wamego F Y Y Y Y Y
Washington
Wellington F Y Y Y Y Y
White Cloud F
Wichita F Y Y Y Y Y
Winfield F Y Y Y Y Y
Yates Center F Y Y Y Y
KENTUCKY
Municipal Camp Sites
Town or City Charge or Toilet Drinking Fireplace Lights Bath or
Free Water or Stove Shower
Barlow F
Bowling Green F Y
Guthrie F Y Y Y Y
Henderson F Y Y Y
Lancaster F Y Y Y
Louisville F Y Y Y Y Y
Mayfield F
Mount Vernon
Pembroke C Y Y Y
Wickliffe F Y Y
LOUISIANA
Municipal Camp Sites
Town or City Charge or Toilet Drinking Fireplace Lights Bath or
Free Water or Stove Shower
Alexandria F Y Y Y Y
Baton Rouge F Y Y
Bogalusa F Y Y
Bunkie F Y Y Y Y
Delhi F Y Y
De Ridder F Y Y
Houma F Y Y Y
Jonesboro F Y Y Y
Lafayette F Y Y Y Y
Marksville F Y
Monroe F Y Y
Natchitoches F Y Y Y Y
Ponchatoula F Y Y Y Y Y
Rayville F Y
Shreveport F Y
MAINE
Municipal Camp Sites
Town or City Charge or Toilet Drinking Fireplace Lights Bath or
Free Water or Stove Shower
Auburn F Y Y
Augusta F Y Y Y Y
Bangor F
Bar Harbor F
Bath C
Belfast F Y Y Y
Carmel C
Dover F
Lake Cobosseecontee F
Lewiston F Y Y Y Y Y
Norway (Leavitt F
Park)
Lafayette National Park, situated on Mount Desert Island, two miles
from Bar Harbor, offers the motor tourist a number of splendid camp
sites.
The only State Park in Maine is the Katahdin Park Game Preserve, in
which motor tourists are free to camp subject to the regulations of the
game wardens.
MARYLAND
Municipal Camp Sites
Town or City Charge or Toilet Drinking Fireplace Lights Bath or
Free Water or Stove Shower
Baltimore F Y Y Y
Boonesboro F Y
Frederick F Y Y Y Y Y
Frostburg F Y Y Y Y Y
Hancock F Y Y Y
The State Forests of Maryland offer a list of first-class camping sites
for motorists which are free to any who apply for them. Permits are
required, but no fee is charged. These camp sites are listed below.
Forest Camp Sites
Town or City Charge or Toilet Drinking Fireplace Lights Bath or
Free Water or Stove Shower
Bellgrove F Y Y Y Y
Conococheague F Y Y Y Y Y
Cooksville F Y Y Y
Elkridge Farm F Y Y Y
Negro Mountain F Y Y Y
Patapsco Reserve.—This is adjacent to the City of Baltimore. Maryland
here owns 916 acres, chiefly wooded land, with the addition of over
1,000 acres which are open to the public, with full park privileges in
return for the protection which the Board gives to its respective
owners in the matter of patrol against trespass and fire. The entire
reserve is essentially a protection and a recreation forest. There are
numerous camping sites in this reserve and the State Forester, who can
be reached by telephone in Baltimore, will be glad to be of assistance
to the motor camper.
MASSACHUSETTS
Municipal Camp Sites
Town or City Charge or Toilet Drinking Fireplace Lights Bath or
Free Water or Stove Shower
Athol F Y Y Y
Boston (Revere)
Fall River F Y Y Y
Gloucester F Y Y Y Y Y
Marlboro F Y Y
Northampton F Y Y Y
Pittsfield
Salem F Y Y Y
Saugus Center
Springfield F Y Y Y Y Y
Wellesley F
The fifteen Massachusetts State Forests, aggregating 50,000 acres, are
mostly off the main highways and almost inaccessible to motorists.
However, three of the State Forests are on main highways, the Mohawk
Trail Forest, the Erving Forest, and the Otter River Forest. In these
more accessible forests the Department of Conservation is planning to
establish camp sites as fast as the Legislature provides funds.
The five State Parks, Mt. Wachusett (1,200 acres), Mt. Greylock (8,000
acres), Mt. Sugarloaf (150 acres), Mt. Everett (1,000 acres), and Mt.
Tom (1,600 acres) have no public camp sites, but all except Everett
have a hotel or casino at the summit, and Greylock and Wachusett have a
good auto road to the top.
MICHIGAN
Municipal Camp Sites
Town or City Charge Toilet Drinking Fireplace Lights Bath
or Free Water or Stove or
Shower
Adrian F Y Y Y Y Y
Albion F Y
Allegan F Y Y Y Y Y
Alpena F Y Y
Amasa F Y
Baraga F Y Y Y
Battle Creek F Y Y Y Y Y
Belding F
Benton Harbor F Y Y Y
Bessemer F Y
Boyne City F Y Y Y Y Y
Cadillac F Y Y Y Y Y
Calumet F Y Y
Champion F Y Y Y Y Y
Charlevoix F
Charlotte F Y Y Y Y
Cheboygan F Y Y Y
Coldwater F Y Y Y Y
East Tawas F Y Y Y Y Y
Escanaba F Y Y Y Y Y
Evart F Y Y Y Y
Frankfort F Y Y Y
Flint F Y Y Y Y Y
Gaylord F Y Y
Gladwin F Y Y Y Y
Glenn Haven F Y Y Y
Grand Haven F Y Y Y Y Y
Grand Rapids F Y Y Y Y Y
Grayling F Y Y Y Y Y
Hancock F Y Y Y
Harbor Beach F Y Y Y Y Y
Harrison F Y Y Y Y Y
Harrisville F Y Y Y Y Y
Hart F Y Y Y Y Y
Hermansville F Y
Indian River and Burt F Y Y Y Y Y
Lake
Interlochen F Y Y Y Y Y
Iron River Y Y Y Y Y
Kalamazoo F Y Y Y
Kalkaska F Y Y Y
Lake Odessa F Y Y Y Y Y
Lakeview F Y Y Y Y
Ludington F Y Y Y Y Y
Manistee F Y Y Y Y Y
Manistique F Y Y Y Y Y
Marine City F
Menominee F Y Y Y Y Y
Michigamme F Y Y Y Y
Midland F Y Y Y
Munising F Y Y Y Y Y
Muskegon
Heights F Y Y Y Y
Onaway F Y Y Y Y
Ontonagon F Y Y Y
Otsego F Y Y Y Y
Paw Paw F Y Y Y Y Y
Pent Water F Y Y Y Y Y
Petoskey F Y Y
Plainwell F Y Y Y Y Y
Port Huron F Y Y
Posen F Y Y Y Y Y
Saint Joseph 50c. day Y Y Y
Sand Lake F Y Y Y Y
Sault Ste. Marie F Y Y Y
Schoolcraft F Y Y Y Y
Shelby F Y Y Y Y
South Haven F Y Y Y Y
Sparta F Y
Stambaugh F Y Y Y
Standish F Y Y Y Y
Tecumseh F
Union City F Y Y
Yale F Y Y
Michigan has a list of twenty-three State Parks, in each of which
provision is made for the comfort of motor campers.
The Conservation Department opens Michigan’s State Parks to all,
whether residents or non-residents of the State.
Campers are permitted to fish in adjacent waters in accordance with the
law, and to make use of any of the conveniences, such as outdoor
fireplaces, tables, benches and pavilions, when not in use by other
visitors.
Non-residents may secure fishing licenses from care-takers.
Campers are permitted to use the dead wood or driftwood for fireplaces.
Tourists are permitted to camp for less than one week without a permit,
but for a longer period a permit must be secured from the custodian of
each park.
Automobiles may be parked in spaces provided in each site.
The public bath houses are for the use of visitors as well as the
rowboats which may be rented in those parks having boating facilities.
State Parks
Cadillac State Park, William W. Mitchell State Park, Cadillac.
Cedar Hill State Park, Lenawee County, near Clinton.
Cheboygan State Park (formerly Obrien’s Grove), Cheboygan.
Charles Mears State Park, Pentwater.
D. H. Day State Park, Glen Haven.
Dunes Park (located on Silver Lake) Oceana County, near Hart.
East Tawas State Park, East Tawas.
Frank W. Fletcher State Park, Posen Township, Presque Isle County.
Gladwin State Park, Gladwin.
Grand Haven State Park, Grand Haven.
Hanson’s Military Reservation, Grayling.
Harrisville State Park, Harrisville.
Indian River State Park, Indian River.
Interlochen State Park, Interlochen.
Island Lake State Park, Island Lake.
Onaway State Park, Onaway.
Orchard Beach State Park, Manistee.
Otsego Lake State Park, Otsego County.
Paw Paw State Park, Paw Paw.
Traverse City State Park, Traverse City.
White Cloud State Park, White Cloud.
Wilson State Park, Harrison.
Young’s State Park, Boyne City.
MINNESOTA
Municipal Camp Sites
Town or City Charge or Toilet Drinking Fireplace Lights Bath
Free Water or Stove or
Shower
Ada F Y Y Y Y
Albert Lea F Y Y Y Y Y
Alexandria F Y Y Y Y
Anoka
Appleton
Austin F Y Y Y
Bagley F
Barnesville
Baudette F Y
Bemidji F Y Y Y Y Y
Benson F Y Y Y Y
Brainerd F Y Y Y Y
Breckenridge F Y Y Y Y
Canby F Y Y Y Y
Cass Lake F Y Y Y
Champlin
Chisholm F Y Y Y Y
Crookston F Y Y Y Y Y
Dassel F Y Y Y Y
Delano F Y Y Y Y
Detroit F Y Y Y Y
Duluth F Y Y Y Y
Elk River F Y Y Y
Excelsior F Y Y Y Y
Eveleth F Y Y Y
Faribault F Y Y Y Y
Fergus Falls F Y Y Y Y
Fulda F Y Y Y Y
Grand Rapids F Y Y Y Y
Gully
Hallock F Y Y Y Y
Hawley F Y Y
Hector F Y Y Y Y
Hinckley F Y Y Y Y
Hutchinson F Y Y Y Y
Jackson F Y Y Y Y
Jordan F Y Y Y Y
Lake City F
Litchfield F Y Y Y Y
Little Falls F Y Y
Mankato F Y Y Y Y
Marshall F Y Y Y Y
Melrose F Y Y Y Y
Minneapolis F Y Y Y Y
Montevideo F Y Y Y Y
Moorhead F Y Y Y Y Y
New Richland F Y Y Y Y
New Ulm F Y Y Y Y
Northfield F Y Y Y Y
Norwood
Ortonville
Osakis F Y Y Y Y
Osseo
Owatonna
Park Rapids
Paynesville F Y Y Y Y
Pelican Rapids F Y Y Y Y
Princeton F Y Y Y Y
Red Lake Falls
Red Wing F Y Y Y Y Y
Redwood Falls F Y Y Y
Renville F Y Y Y Y
Reowina F Y Y Y Y
Rochester F Y Y Y Y
Roseau F Y Y Y Y
St. Cloud F Y Y Y Y
St. Joseph
St. Paul F Y Y Y Y Y
Shakopee F Y Y Y Y
Staples
Stephen F Y Y Y
Stillwater F Y Y Y Y
Thief River Falls
Tower F Y Y Y Y
Trail
Two Harbors F Y Y Y Y
Virginia F Y
Wabasha F Y Y Y Y
Wadena F Y Y
Warren F Y Y Y Y
Warroad F Y Y Y Y
Waterville F Y Y Y Y
Wegdahl
West St. Paul F
Wells F Y
White Bear Lake F Y Y Y Y
Willmar F Y Y Y
Winona F Y Y Y Y
Winthrop F Y Y Y Y
Minnesota has more than two million acres of state owned lands, much of
which contains beautiful lakes and other attractive features. A great
deal of this territory is not readily accessible to the motor camper.
The New State Forests are located mostly in the extreme northeastern
corner of the state, and when the highway development now planned is
completed they will offer a wide range of camping sites to the auto
tourist. The State Forester and his department offer every
encouragement to the visitor from other states.
Two National Forests are situated in Minnesota, the Superior National
Forest (857,255 acres) and the Minnesota National Forest (190,602
acres). Ely, which makes a specialty of furnishing accommodations for
tourists, is the headquarters of the Superior National Forest Service.
The roads leading from Ely are with few exceptions suitable for
automobile travel, and three good roads lead directly into the National
Forest. The Superior Forest also can be reached from Duluth by
automobile. Fine camping sites are abundant in the Superior Forest.
Specific information will be gladly furnished tourists by the Forester
at Ely.
MISSISSIPPI
Municipal Camp Sites
Town or City Charge or Toilet Drinking Fireplace Lights Bath or
Free Water or Stove Shower
Coldwater F Y Y
Electric Mills F Y Y
Greenville F Y Y Y Y
Gulfport F Y Y Y Y
Meridian 50c. Y Y Y Y Y
Regist’n
Pascagoula F Y Y Y Y
Richton F Y Y
Sumner F
Mississippi has a great deal of land that belongs to the state, but it
has not been designated as “State Forests” and no provision seems to
have been made thus far for camping sites.
MISSOURI
Municipal Camp Sites
Town or City Charge or Toilet Drinking Fireplace Lights Bath or
Free Water or Stove Shower
Adrian F Y Y
Albany F Y Y Y Y
Anderson F Y Y Y Y
Bethany F Y Y
Bevier F Y Y Y
Bonne Terre F Y Y Y Y
Boonville F Y Y Y Y
Breckenridge F Y Y Y Y
Brookfield F Y Y Y
Bucklin F Y Y Y
Cameron F Y Y Y
Carterville F Y Y
Carthage F Y Y Y Y Y
Chamois F Y Y
Chillicothe F Y Y Y Y Y
Clarence F Y Y Y Y
Eagleville F Y Y
Excelsior Springs F Y Y Y Y
Fornfelt F Y
Fulton F Y Y
Golden City F Y Y
Hamilton
Hannibal F Y Y Y Y Y
Independence F Y Y
Joplin F Y Y Y Y Y
Kansas City F Y Y Y Y
Kirksville F Y Y Y Y
La Clede
Lancaster F Y Y Y Y
Lebanon F Y Y
Lockwood F Y Y Y
Macon F Y Y Y Y Y
Maryville F Y Y Y Y
Meadville F Y
Mexico F Y Y
Moberly F Y Y Y Y
Monett F Y Y Y Y
Monroe City F Y Y Y Y
Mooresville F Y
Nevada F Y Y Y Y Y
New Cambria
Osborn
Osceola F Y Y Y Y Y
Palmyra F Y Y Y Y
Pattonsburg F Y Y Y Y
Poplar Bluff F Y Y Y
Republic F Y Y Y
Ridgeway F Y Y Y
Rock Port F Y Y Y Y Y
St. Charles F Y Y Y Y Y
St. Joseph F Y Y Y Y
St. Louis F Y Y Y Y Y
Sedalia F Y Y Y
Shelbina F Y Y Y Y
Springfield F Y Y
Stanberry F Y Y Y Y Y
Stewartsville F Y Y Y
Sweet Springs F Y Y Y
Trenton F Y Y Y Y
Union Star
Webb City F Y Y Y Y Y
Winston
MONTANA
Municipal Camp Sites
Town or City Charge Toilet Drinking Fireplace Lights Bath
or Free Water or Stove or
Shower
Alhambra F
Anaconda F Y Y Y Y
Armington
Augusts F Y Y Y
Baker F Y Y Y Y
Barkell Hot Springs F Y
Basin F Y Y
Belgrade F Y Y Y Y
Belt F Y Y Y Y
Benchland
Big Timber F Y Y Y Y Y
Billings F Y Y Y
Bole
Bonita F Y Y Y
Boulder F Y Y Y
Bozeman F Y Y Y
Bridger F
Broadview F
Brockton F
Browning F Y Y
Butte—2 camps F Y Y Y Y Y
Bynum F
Camas Hot Springs F Y Y
Chester F Y Y
Choteau F Y Y Y Y
Clarks Fork
Clyde Park F Y Y
Columbus
Crow Agency F Y Y
Culbertson F
Deer Lodge F Y Y Y Y Y
Drummond F Y Y Y Y
Dupuyer F Y Y
Eureka F Y
Elkhorn Hot Springs F Y
Fairfield F
Fallon
Forsythe F Y Y Y Y
Fort Benton F Y Y
Frenchtown
Geyser
Glacier N’l Park F
Glendive F Y Y Y Y Y
Grass Range F
Great Falls F Y Y Y Y Y
Gregson Hot Springs F Y Y Y
Gilman F
Glasgow F Y Y Y Y
Hamilton F Y Y Y Y Y
Hardin F Y Y Y
Harlem F
Harrison
Havre F Y Y Y Y
Helena—2 camps F Y Y Y Y Y
Hobson
Hysham
Hunter’s Hot Springs F
Ismay
Kalispell 25c. day Y Y Y Y
Laurel F Y Y Y Y Y
Lewiston F Y Y Y Y Y
Libby F Y Y Y Y Y
Livingston F Y Y Y Y Y
Gateway to Yellowstone
Park
Lodge Grass F
Malta F Y Y
Manhattan F Y Y Y Y
Mason City
Mildred
Miles City F Y Y Y Y Y
Missoula 50c. day Y Y Y Y
Moccasin
Moore F Y
Philipsburg
Pipestone Hot Springs F Y Y Y
Plevna
Polson F Y Y Y Y
Poplar F Y Y
Potosi Hot Sp’gs F Y Y Y
Ravalli F Y Y Y
Raynesford
Reed Point F
Rochester
Ronan F Y Y Y
Rosebud
Roundup F Y Y Y Y Y
St. Ignatius F Y
St. Joseph
St. Regis F Y Y Y Y
Saltese F Y Y Y Y Y
Sheridan F Y Y Y Y
Stanford
Stevensville F
Superior F Y Y Y Y
Terry F Y Y Y
Thompson Falls
Three Forks F Y Y Y Y
Townsend F Y Y Y
Troy
Virginia City F Y
Westmore
West Yellowstone F Y
Whitehall F Y Y Y
Wibaux
Willow Creek
Windham F Y
Wolf Point F Y Y Y
Wyola
The National Forests of Montana are exceptionally attractive to auto
campers. During the summer months there is usually little rain. The
weather is cool, especially at night, but it is seldom necessary to
provide more than a light tent and sufficient blankets for warmth. Many
of the tourists passing through this country use folding cots or air
mattresses, but many simply spread their blankets on a piece of canvas
placed next to the ground. Owners of Ford cars commonly have the back
of the front seat hinged in such a manner that it may be folded back at
night, making a very comfortable bed. Such a bed is a little short for
an adult, and should be lengthened by a piece of board at the foot. By
putting up the side curtains a person has as much privacy as he
desires. Some of the larger cars use patent beds which stretch across
the tops of the seats. The patent auto tents are also very popular.
What are called “Road Homes” are coming to be seen very frequently. A
typical road home as seen along the Montana trails usually consists of
a small cabin built upon a truck chassis. Many of these appear to be
home-made.
A part of the Yellowstone National Park is in Montana, as also the
whole of the Glacier National Park.
There are eighteen of the National Forests in this state; the list
which follows also shows the acreage. They are: Absaroka (842,467),
Beartooth (662,537), Beaverhead (1,337,223), Bitterroot (1,047,012),
Blackfeet (865,077), Cabinet (830,676), Custer (428,922), Deerlodge
(833,178), Flathead (1,802,905), Gallatin (564,855), Helena (687,983),
Jefferson (1,039,766), Kootenai (1,336,061), Lewis and Clark (811,161),
Lolo (850,677), Madison (958,691), Missoula (1,031,529), Sioux
(96,743).
Among the regions of this state which offer exceptional opportunities
for the motorist may be mentioned the Beartooth National Forest,
located just northeast of the Yellowstone Park. Here is a region of
rugged mountains, glaciers, and lakes unrivaled for mountain scenery
except by Glacier National Park. This country is easily reached by the
motorist over excellent roads.
The canyon of the West Gallatin River is traversed by an excellent
motor road. The trip between Bozeman and the west entrance of the
Yellowstone National Park over this route is justly famous for the
grandeur of its scenery.