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Bureau of Land Management Camping Guide

Bureau of Land Management Camping, 2nd Edition

A new, updated edition of our Bureau of Land Management Camping (affiliate link) guide is now available. The second edition of this popular paperback book has been improved with new maps, 131 additional camping areas, and 3 states not covered in the previous edition.

We listened to the customers who said it was difficult to use the maps for locating camping areas. Locations are now shown and grouped according to their geographical area within each state. Each location’s ID number is also shown on the map, which makes it easier to cross-reference with the camping area information. Because camping areas are grouped by region, you no longer have to flip back and forth through several pages to read camping area details.

Bureau of Land Management Camping, second edition, includes 1,273 camping areas in the following states:

  • Alaska
  • Arizona
  • California
  • Colorado
  • Idaho
  • Montana
  • Nevada
  • New Mexico
  • North Dakota
  • Oregon
  • South Dakota
  • Utah
  • Washington
  • Wyoming

To learn more about this new book or to order a copy, go to Amazon’s website.

National Forest Camping

The U.S. Forest Service manages nearly 193 million acres of public land in 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands. These areas provide a wide variety of opportunities for outdoor recreation. Discover trails for hiking, bicycling, and horseback riding. Enjoy boating, fishing, or swimming. Watch the wildlife while enjoying a picnic or explore historic places. From remote mountaintops to secluded canyons, alongside streams, rivers, and lakes, Forest Service areas offer some of the best camping experiences in the United States. In this directory, you’ll discover 3,704 camping areas in 41 states.

Select this link to buy a copy from Amazon.

Included States:

  • Alabama
  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • California
  • Colorado
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Idaho
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Maine
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri
  • Montana
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada
  • New Hampshire
  • New Mexico
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • North Dakota
  • Ohio
  • Oklahoma
  • Oregon
  • Pennsylvania
  • South Carolina
  • South Dakota
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Utah
  • Vermont
  • Virginia
  • Washington
  • West Virginia
  • Wisconsin
  • Wyoming

RV Camping in State Parks

RV Camping in State Parks, 7th EditionMillions of Americans enjoy camping in state parks every year. This guide is designed to help you find them. Although there are thousands of state parks in America, not all are included in this book. Instead, only those that can accommodate and have campsites for recreational vehicles are included. In all, there are 1,644 parks in 49 states described (Hawaii is not included).

State parks are shown on a map, which helps to visually identify their location within each state. Also included is contact information, phone numbers, directions, and GPS coordinates. You can use the coordinates for navigating with your smartphone of GPS device.

State park information includes activities available like boating, fishing, swimming, hiking, and others. Amenities within each park is also mentioned; places like a marina, camp store, or visitor center. The book also mentions any unique attractions found within a park. Camping details include the season, number of sites, cost per night, type of hookups available, and facilities such as restrooms, showers, dump station, etc.

Learn more or buy a copy at Amazon.

Peaceful Sunset Years

Path in wooded setting

More than any other age group, we golden agers yearn for a sense of well-being and peace of mind. Whoever we are, wherever we live, no matter our current state of mind and body, or sum of our resources, we just want to be happy. This little book will guide you to the primary source of happiness and serenity — an every day quiet time for prayer and meditation, in silence and solitude. People who commit to this simple spiritual practice will, in time, discover joy and peace with God.

Peaceful Sunset Years is a new book from our good friend and author, Jane Kenny.

Available at Amazon (affiliate link). Desktop computer users can use Amazon’s “Look inside” feature to view and read some sample pages. This feature is unavailable on mobile devices.

Mississippi River Locks

Lock and Dam 2, Hastings, Minn. Upper Mississippi River mile 815.2

In the 1930s, the United States Army Corps of Engineers began constructing a series of locks and dams on the Mississippi River in order to maintain a navigational channel of at least nine feet deep. The dams form pools that make the river navigable in shallow areas. The locks are the passageways through the dams, allowing boats to travel from one pool to the next. There are a total of 29 locks and dams between Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Saint Louis, Missouri. Downstream of Saint Louis, the river is deep enough that locks and dams aren’t needed.

To learn more about the history of the Mississippi River locks and dams, select the link below:

Lock and Dam 6, Trempealeau, Wis. Upper Mississippi River mile 714.1

Many of the locks have an observation deck where visitors can watch towboats and their barges of cargo pass through the locks. The entire locking process typically takes less than 30 minutes. My wife and I have been to many of these locks to watch the river traffic pass through. Many locations also have picnic tables. Below is an interactive map I created to show the location of each lock and dam. Select a map pin to learn more about each lock and whether there is an observation area.