Product Description

Lists, alphabetically by state and city, all campgrounds where overnight camping fees of $12 or less are charged. It provides its buyers with an opportunity to save significantly on their travel costs when current overnight camping fees are typically $25 to $50 per night. The Western Edition now contains an enormous number of county and city parks with free or low-cost overnight camping as well as campgrounds of the national forests, national parks, bureau of land management, bureau of reclamation, Army Corps of Engineers and most state park systems.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29365 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 448 pages

Customer Reviews

UNDER $12.00 Only if your a senior citizen!
Let me first say that I bought the east and west versions of these books to offer up solutions for an entire cross country 5000 mile off road motorcycle adventure known as the trans am trail. I didn't buy this to be frugal and get free camping everywhere I plan to stay, but the book is a bit misleading. Saying that Free or UNDER $12.00 is a bit much. Sure there are free campgrounds, but the Under $12.00 usually only applies to Senior Citizens for the majority of the sites I reviewed in the both books. Maybe a more fitting title would be "Camping for Seniors - Free or under $12".
It does offer a wealth of information that would be hard to access on the move without access to the Internet is the reason I am giving it three stars and not one.

Another "two thumbs up" for campers and rv'rs
See also my review on NW rv destinations. I know the NW pretty well but am always looking for better and cheaper ways to travel around, hide out, and explore. For ecomony camping and rv'ing this is the book. A little cheaply done (newsprint type paper) this 440 pp reference guide is full of all the little hidey holes and cheaper places to hang out. Much more fine detail for this geographical area than say Trailer Life's RV Directory. Has complete information and prices on all the out of the way and mainline economical places to stay. Does not include commercial places like Wal-Mart, Cracker Barrel, etc. Very broad coverage (Entire Western US). While on you way to a destination park you can explore these out of the way and local money savers. Such camps usually don't have full hooks ups, but for ~ $12 or less who cares, you can boondock for a a night can't you -- maybe even a whole weekend!

Please clean up after your pets and keep them controlled. An increasing number of camps are not allowing pets due to owners' abuse of this privilege. Its not the dog's fault. Our Miniature Schauzer loves to RV and we love taking him, but are often dismayed by the number of parks that will not allow pets anymore.

Guide To Free Campgrounds-West 13h Edition: Includes Campgrounds $12 And Under In The 17 Western States
This guide provided me with valuable info from the first use. The campground detail is quite thin, but it gives me a great starting place to locate potential inexpensive camping spots. From there it is usually easy to get more detail using other resources. To be clear, this book is not a good single source but a valuable component and the data is well organized.