best state for camping

I wouldn't like getting soaked every time I hike at all. But here its just all uphill. There isn't much flat forest in this town at least.

 

It's the greatest thing on a hot summer day in VA, MD or PA. Let it pour and keep pickin em up and puttin em down...

 

I have camped in almost every state, and each one has so much to offer that I am hard-pressed to pick a favorite. It really comes down to what sort of experience you want. For example, if you like mountains they can be found in probably half of all states. But each one is unique - for example, the mountains in the southwest states are mostly arid and desert-like, whereas those in the northwest can be like rain forests. So I think they are all good.

 

I'm from Virginia,that's the only state I've camped in,if you've never camped in Va. you should try it sometime,camping in the mountians during the hot part of summer is great + you can meet some really nice people while your there,but you can meet nice people where ever you go camping

 

oregon, where else can you go from the pacific coast, to some of the best fram land in the u.s. to mountains and then the high desert in under 3 hours drive. plus we have the some of the best skiing in the u.s.

 

I vote for Oregon and Arkansas based on where I have camped so far. My home state of Minnesota is great too (in summer!) but what I love in Oregon is that it is a beautiful state,and 2 places I camped there were both the most pleasant surprises: Pacific City had a great little city park for $12, and Deschutes River S.P. was $8 and very nice.

Arkansas is half price in winter ($5 tent sites!!) and often has good weather any time of year. It is nice country too and good fishing and hiking. Oklahoma annoyed me with a $20 tent site at one state park.

I live on the road a lot in a van, and I like state parks in most areas, and national forests, but I have to watch my budget too.

Florida where I have been most recently has some great national forests (Ocala, Osceola, and Apalachicola) and Gallup New Mexico has a "Red Rocks" county park that was $10 a night with beautiful views.

 

I pick Australia. Tropical sun, incredibly vast wilderness with a warm climate that is not found in N. America and other lands in this day and age, a place where you can have real solitude and hundreds of miles of relatively uninhabited desert, semi-desert, grasslands, forests, etc. Unique and interesting wildlife and Aboriginal culture. I'm a desert rat and to me most deserts in N. America (and other wildlands) are too regulated, covered in thorny cacti, overpopulated and adjacent to urban areas, etc compared to the Australian semi-deserts, deserts, and other wildlands.

Likewise, other N. American wilderness areas in latitudes that allow for warm pleasant climates (not talking about boreal forest of arctic here, to me those places are too hostile climate-wise for comfortable long-term living all-year round) are largely logged, urbanized, overly regulated and full of people whereas most wildlands in OZ are still intact, are hundreds of miles away from any large town/city and are uninhabited aside from the occasional cattle rancher and Aboriginal settlement scattered here and there.

In the bush in OZ, you can go days and days without seeing a single person if you are so inclined, and there are hundreds of thousands of brumbies (wild horses), wild camels and the native wild life running around and all the bush tucker there to eat. For those who like to camp in the wild open spaces with lots of room around to roam in and enjoy solitude and hot pleasant temperatures go to tropical Australia.

 

I've camped and packed all over the western USA for the past 30 years, mostly the mountain states ... Idaho, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona. You can't go wrong with any of 'em.

 

cant beat the desert, how many stars can you see ???? answer way more than you can count/ n.m. rocks

 

I've only camped in North and South Carolina, and i'm sure its not the "best" camping in the US, but its pretty amazing. i do a lot of camping in pisgah national forest, and recently just discovered a hidden secret on the SC coast. The frances marion national forest is like 20 minutes north of Charleston and it has 450 miles of dirt roads running through the swamp..you can pretty much throw up a tent anywhere, there are plenty of hiking trails, an abundance of wildlife (gets a little too swampy in summer, best time to go is winter or early spring).

 

Arizona, new mexico, colorado. iv been camping in arizona more frequently since i live here. best time to go though is in the fall and spring around late march and through april. good thing is that its always nice and cool around then and it doesnt always rain but when it does the ground doesnt stay wet for long. best spots there are south of san francisco peaks, around the natural lakes. also around blue ridge reservoir.

 

I'm a fan of the National Forests. Also, camped in some state forests in Oklahoma, Texas, Indiana, and Kentucky.

 

Have you ever been to Oregon???? The scenery is amazing. You have the coast, which if you dont know the Oregon Beach Bill check it out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Beach_Bill you also have the mountains, the desert, rivers, lakes, you name, Oregon has it, all within a few hours drive. Plenty of National Forest to camp in, among other types of forest. I hope I have been of some help here. Thanks

 

Hey I'm from washington state, and I love the camping here. Ofcourse the winters not a great time, unless you're pretty hardcore, but the greenery is very lush, and the scenery is amazing. Lost of diversity as well, if you are on the eastern side of the state it's pretty dry and rolling wheat fields, but as you go west you get more lush greens and a little bit more precipitation. The best times for camping are obviously summer, but you can't hate on the winter camps too. Also I've been trying to find a new alcohol stove for camping cuz mine just took a shit, but if anyone's used the trangia stoves let me know, I wanted to see if they are any good. Thanks you guys take it easy!
-Cheryl Fletcher

 

One of my favorite spots has always been red river gorge in eastern kentucky. west virginia isnt bad either

 

My favorite state for camping, and everything else, is Oregon.

 

I've only camped in California and I also have only lived in California. If one were to choose California to camp, I definitely recommend Northern California for camping. Yosemite, Big Trees, Angels camp are all good places i've been. I think there are some other quality places way up north by like Chico and Humboldt.

I camped on an Indian Reservation about 45 mins to an hour (east?) from here (San Diego) which is Southern California and it was subpar. We brought mushrooms with us so that made things interesting but it's definitely not a place I would recommend if you are traveling from somewhere far to come camp at.