There are hundreds of campsites around the U.S. and Canada, and around Europe, Australia and many other parts of the globe.
Whether you like desert areas, evergreen trees, lakes and mountains, or even swampland, there’s a campsite to match your taste. You can camp out in the hot sands of Arizona or Nevada. You can head [...]

The military has a term for moving personal equipment from place to place that backpackers have adopted – humping your gear. It’s apt. There’s something about the phrase that suggests effort, and that is certainly true. Hauling personal gear for camping and hiking can be one of the less thrilling parts of the experience.
In order [...]

Camping should be spontaneous, fun and relaxing. But in order to relax and enjoy that spontaneity, advance planning is a must.
Camping has been a tradition for over 100 years, but back then it wasn’t camping so much as just living in the wild for a while. It began in earnest, as a widespread form of [...]

The three most common toxic plants that campers are likely to encounter are poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac. Any one of these can cause a painful, itchy rash.
Poison ivy is probably the most common of the three, since it grows throughout most of North America. Shrubs can be as tall as four feet [...]

It sounds harsh and even a little bit silly, but the first rule of camping safety is: don’t do anything dumb. You wouldn’t think it should be necessary, and it might be useless, to point out how that’s unsafe. But one can always try. Two common dangers that are easily avoided are lightning and inappropriate [...]

Campers are always faced with a dilemma. Either you bring the entire house or you invariably find that the one thing you need was left at home. There’s no perfect way out of this, but a little thought will help improve your odds. Bring what you really need, without overflowing your vehicle or breaking your [...]