My Favorite Camping Spots In The United States

Outdoors in the United States is great fun and outdoor enthusiasts go all the way just to camp out in the United States wilderness. The United States is a temperamental place to unplug and enjoy mother nature.

There are lots of places around the USA where outdoors buffs can go and get away from their usual life. Deciding a place to camp out in a pool of camping spots in the United States is difficult, there are so many good options. Worry not, we have created a list of my favorite camping spots in the United States.

 

List of My Favorite Camping Spots in the United States

Big Bend National Park

Placed in Texas, this park is a HubSpot for all backwoods camping and camping activities. It’s a lot of fun, especially at night the looming desert is rustic and glistens the stay. Visitors can stay in their RV or accommodate themselves in the tent. It has over 1200 species of flora & fauna and is a cocoon bed of diverse ecology -- the dry, hot desert, and cool mountains. Rafting, canoeing, kayaking is a great way to experience the park for a wet traveler. For dry travelers, the location has desert trails and atop mountain statues. The chimneys trail is the most visited there, on the way travelers pass through vistas and end with a rock formation summit. Then there is the Marufo Vega trail, the South Rim trail, and the Outer Mountain loop trail.

This national park has multiple campgrounds and all are run by the national park authority. The park offers at least three developed campgrounds there for camping.

Best Camping Sites: Big Bend National Park, Chisos Basin Campground

 

Sawtooth National Park

A national recreation area in central Idaho, the Sawtooth national park provides recreational activities like hiking, backpacking, rafting, camping, rock climbing, kayaking, mountain biking, and fishing. The geology of the park is such a way that explorers here can explore mountains, rivers, lakes, hanging valleys, etc. It is a place both for wet travelers and dry travelers.

This untamed beauty is embossed with upper mountain treks and craggy fields to present several challenging trails to the hikers.  To camp, Sawtooth National Recreation Area is the best spot here along with the glacier view campground. Nature buffs will appreciate the glacier view while there are many lakes to dunk your feet in. 

Best Camping Sites: Sawtooth National Recreation Forest, Glacier View Campground

 

Glacier National Park

Nuggled in between the Canada United States border, the Glacier National Park constitutes two mountain ranges, 1300 named lakes, and 100-plus flora & fauna. There are more than 1000 sites and 13 named camping grounds. The visitors can bask in the sunlight of sun personified fields and hike to 700 miles of trail passages the Glacier National Park has to give.

The backwoods camping lover is allowed to camp along the trail passages through a permit and allowed vehicles on camping sites near the park. Glacier backcountry camping is more fiercer in these parts and many hikes are taken in daylight due to being snow packed.

Rock climbing and fish flying is also a popular sport there. Lewis overthrust fault structure is the area that attracts most rock climbers.

Best Camping Sites: Glacier National Park, Glacier Backcountry Campground

 

Crater Lake National Park

A natural attraction in Orlando that comes with a vivid view. The place is famous for its breezing blue color lake, wonderful vistas, and sunsets. A Volcano, mount mazama, and the caldera of crater lake shut in the Crater Lake National Park. Park is grid in with several hiking trails and camping grounds.

The Cleetwood cove trail is the most notable of all, offers direct access to the lake shoreline and requires 200 m ascending. Backpackers can select Mazama for both RV and tent camping and Lost Creek for tent camping. Asides, the place offers several backcountry camping sites but requires a permit.

Best Camping Sites: Crater Lake National Park, Lost Creek, Mazama

 

Joshua Tree National Park

Joshua Tree National Park is a dry dull desert transverse on the Mojave and low Colorado desert. It encompasses lots of campsites. The place is usually flocked with rock climbers for winter rock climbing.

Jumbo Rocks and other named 100 campgrounds placed with larger boulders give a good camping ground despite being dry and draining desert. There are several mountain tops to hike along with backcountry camping that requires a permit.

Best Camping Sites: Jumbo Park, Black Rock, Cottonwood

 

Acadia National Park

Acoustic views, tallest mountains, summit points, lakes, streams, cobbled beaches, valleys, and granite domes… this place is surrounded by lots and lots of nature personified elements. Meadows and iconic coastlines give Acadia National Park an abundance of footfall every year. Wet travelers can relish activities like canoeing, kayaking, motor vehicle touring, snowmobiling, skiing whereas dry travelers can avail hiking to summit points of the tallest mountains, rock climbing, horse riding, mountain biking, etc.

The location has several camping grounds for both backcountry camping and camping activities. Blackwood’s camping site is secluded in woods and cradles the best camping one has taken and Seawall campground likewise. Acadia National Park also hosts private camping sites and is located at Schoodic Peninsula, Isle au Haut, and within boundaries outside of the park.

Best Camping Sites: Seawall Campground, Blackwood, Schoodic Woods

 

Badlands National Park

Jagged structure, hanging cliffs, canyons, tempest weather, the location has it all for nature lovers. Badlands national park has amazing vistas that leave travelers awe-struck, buttes and pinnacles leaving a taste of sweetness and content, hike trails, a boardwalk, and all sorts of fossils to peek at.

The jagged structure has two campground sites, one is Cedar Pass and the other is Sage creek. Cedar Pass is imbued with modern accommodations and comes with amenities. Sage Creek is unspoiled and has not had any amenities.

Best Camping Sites: Cedar Pass, Sage creek

 

Shenandoah National Park

Shenandoah National Park is one of the favorite destinations for nature buffs. Located in the mountains of Virginia, this park comes as one of the favorite camping spots in the United States. Park is ringed by wildlife, plants, trails, serene waterfalls, breathtaking views, and campgrounds. It is long and narrow, attached to the Shenandoah River and has some of the best rolling hills.

Folk comes to this park eagerly to hike the Dark Hollow Falls Trail. The Dark Hollow path is steep, starts at Skyline Drive, passes through Hogcamp Branch & Dark Hollow Falls, stops at the creek, and connects Rose River fire road.

The Shenandoah National Park has four campgrounds and can be used for both backcountry camping and wilderness camping.

Best Camping Sites: Dundo group Campground, Loft Mountain, Lewis Mountain, Big Meadows Campground