Campground and RV Park News

(Sept. 20, 2018) -- On September 22, join in the nation’s biggest celebration of the great outdoors on National Public Lands Day! All national parks will have free admission and many will host volunteer service projects open to all. Read More »

(Sept. 20, 2018) -- Twin Falls Resort State Park's 36th annual Lumberjackin' Bluegrassin' Jamboree kicks off Friday, Sept. 21, at 7 p.m. with storytelling by Bugs Stover and Cully McCurdy. Read More »

(Sept. 20, 2018) -- Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control officials unveiled on Sept. 18 a new playground at Trap Pond State Park during a dedication ceremony also attended by state Sen. Bryant Richardson, Rep. Timothy Dukes, Trap Pond Partners President Chase Cline and a host of other local officials. Read More »

(Sept. 20, 2018) -- Sam Houston Jones State Park is getting a face lift. Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser announced several possible projects at the park, and is asking for the public’s input. A new fishing pier and board walk was proposed, as well as a new covered pavilion, and a splash pad. Read More »

(Sept. 20, 2018) -- The Walker River State Recreation Area is officially open. The 12,000-acre property is made up of four historic ranches that the previous owner donated to the state. Read More »

(Sept. 20, 2018) -- Both black bears and grizzly bears have been seen in the area according to the warning, with the advisory coming into effect on Tuesday and continuing “until further notice.” Read More »

(Sept. 20, 2018) -- At the regular City Council meeting, the big news was the first reading of ordinances to approve a new “upscale” RV park. This new development will be located on 185 acres on the east side of U.S. 17 south of Exit 5. Read More »

(Sept. 20, 2018) -- The Bighorn National Forest temporarily closed Leigh Creek Campground on Monday for installation of a new toilet facility. The campground will be reopened as soon as the project is completed, possibly by early November. Read More »

(Sept. 20, 2018) -- The Mountain View County subdivision and development appeal board has overturned an earlier decision by the municipal planning commission (MPC) refusing a development permit for a proposed tourist campground in the Bearberry-Coalcamp area west of Sundre. Read More »

(Sept. 20, 2018) -- Bonnie Vale campground in the Royal National Park has been closed due to an increasing number of fragments of asbestos-containing material emerging from the soil. Read More »

(Sept. 19, 2018) -- “From Friday night until this moment now, we had no rain. We had the streets dry. This area behind be was dry almost to the fence back there,” she says. “And now we’ve got all that water in and it just keeps coming off that north side.” Read More »

(Sept. 19, 2018) -- When the Castelli brothers bought the Empty Saddle RV Park on Tucumcari’s east side in April, one of the first things they did was change the name. Read More »

(Sept. 19, 2018) -- The thunder and lightning during the late night rain storm on Sunday, September 16, startled many, but probably none more so than Scott Johnson, a camper at the Grand Marais campground. It appears that his fifth-wheel camper took an almost direct lightning strike. Read More »

(Sept. 19, 2018) -- The Government of Saskatchewan has announced its commitment to investing more than $2 million for facility and infrastructure improvements in provincial parks in the southeast region. Read More »

(Sept. 19, 2018) -- Reservations will be required for the popular Ventura County campsites along the Rincon to keep people in members-only Facebook groups from trading the sites among themselves and monopolizing the beachfront property, county supervisors decided Tuesday. Read More »