Camping In Colorado With Kids
No Fee or Low Fee Camping in Tx, Ok, NM, Ar, La.?
Hi! I am a single mom with 5 kids.. and i have finally worked up the nerve and confidence to buy some camping gear and start taking the kids camping… AND.. its a low cost way to travel. Hotels are very expensive for all of us! Some capsites are expensive though. I paid $35 for a primitive campsite last weekend. Does anyone know of any no-fee or low-fee camping sites in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Lousiana, Arizona, or Colorado? THANKS!
$35 for a primitive campsite is robbery! Since you listed so many states I can only give you a general answer. The Forest Service provides campsites usually in the $5-$20 price range but they also allow dispersed camping which means you can camp almost anywhere you want in a National Forest for free.
http://www.fs.fed.us/
The Corps has nice campgrounds usually in the $10-$20 range but some of their primitive campgrounds are free. I actually found one the other day that had full hookups and it was free.
http://corpslakes.usace.army.mil/visitors/visitors.cfm
BLM land in the western USA I think is all free. Their website stinks but I’ll give it to you anyway.
http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en.html
Colorado Family Vacations
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