Camping

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1693+ words) Your campsite shouldn’t come with a soundtrack of someone else’s weekend. North Carolina has plenty of campgrounds where the loudest neighbor might be a bird in the trees. Some sit deep in the mountains. Others tuck into forests, along rivers,…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1715+ words) Louisiana has a pretty convincing argument for turning off your phone. The mosquitoes already have your number. But seriously, camping here is less about checking “sleeping in nature” off a bucket list and more about remembering what it feels like…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (813+ words) Fall color can behave very differently inside a national park. In Alaska, tundra can start turning in August. In Montana, some conifers wait until October to turn yellow. In the Great Smoky Mountains, elevation stretches the show across several weeks....

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (166+ words) Florida’s four-month sales tax holiday on outdoor gear, camping equipment, firearms and ammunition is underway and continues through December 31. Shoppers can save on items with tents and fishing rods with set price limits, while there are no price caps on…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (835+ words) WorldAtlas Watkins Glen State Park funnels close to 1.4 million visitors a year onto a narrow gorge trail that's barely a mile long. It's not hard to do the math, because on a Saturday in July you are likely to get…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (262+ words) Because each state has its own system, campers need to check the individual rules before planning a trip. A campsite that offers electricity, showers, and a dump station in one state may have just a fire ring and a nearby…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (55+ words) FOX 2 Detroit Deep in the Northern Michigan wild is a toilet that makes going to the bathroom while camping more pleasant than one might expect. And the science behind the toilet is just as cool. The National Park Service built…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1588+ words) Better yet, many take on a completely different personality as the seasons change. Waterfalls swell in spring, forests turn colorful in fall, and winter can bring a quiet beauty of its own. These seven state parks have enough to keep…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1199+ words) A three-hour hike can turn into a three-day ordeal when the trail markers run out. That is the quiet danger inside some of the largest state parks in the United States. Wide backcountry, faint junctions, and dead cell zones catch…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (330+ words) by CBS12 NEWS STAFF WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Florida's Sales Tax Holiday for hunting and camping material has begun. Starting Tuesday, Sept. 1, items related to hunting, fishing and camping are not taxable, says the Department of Florida Revenue. The sales tax…...