Hello All! I have been car camping for a while now in private campgrounds. I want to do so in a state park.

My set up is my car (SUV) + a 6 person tent that attaches to the back via my trunk.

Inside the car my seats are dropped down a car self inflating mattress is placed in the back and our storage bins are placed in the floor of the seats so it can be slid out and used if needed.

Inside the tent is 2 chairs and foot rests that are inflatable (self inflating via pushing a hump on the plastic so thats nice) I place tapesties on these to give it a more comfy feel. Between the chairs is a side table with a propane heater I typically set one of the big power stations here too (may not need heater depending on time of travel) I also have a inflatable sofa with tapestries on it. This can turn into a bed if needed.

I have a foldable coffee table too which is used to eat on or do like rainly day activities on. Then I have a bar station where theres an area to make drinks + store bar supplies. At the bottom of this i plave 2 coolers that are electric. 1 big with food in it. 1 small for cold drinks. These are both connected to a second big power station.

Outside of the tent we have a cooking station set up. Its the common 3 compartment camping cooking station online lol. It allows us to store stuff and cook using a few propane items (gas burner, gas stove, and gas grill). We also have a coleman portable fire pit with some camping cast iron camping cooking items. + a windshield for cooking. I also have like 3 eletric air pumps + 2 eletric air pump/battery jumper/portable charger things.

We also have the pop up tent with shower and toilet needs. But my research is showing i may not really need that.

We will also have inflatable kayaks + life jackets. Fishing gear as well...

Does electric hook up mean just for RVs? Can cars hook up to it? Is it an outlet in the ground or what? Im seeing mixed things and dont want to get it wrong. My main concern is as long as my power stations are charged we would be fine. But relying on solar only is not fun with so many electrical things at play.

TLDR

I have a lot of stuff to have fun with longer term glamping via car + tent only done private camping grounds and dont know how state parks work. I can see how to reserve online but need more clarification on

1. What eletric hook ups mean

2. Can car tent camping be done in state parks with all the stuff i want to bring like 1. small mobil bar 2. propane cooking appliances + propane protable campfire 3. power stations + solar panal charging. (the rotation is 1 for us to use for any personal stuff 1 for eletric coolers and 1 solar charging but our stays have been less than a week and generally only 1 cooler so im worried about that)

Hi im a 16m and just wondering if there are any paid jobs for underage people :)

Kayaking

Hey everyone, I have been working on this website that allows people to rate any kind of park (national/state/provincial/county etc) from any place in the world on the same set of 8 metrics. It also has/will have other related features like calendars showing when things are open, when crowds are, and how bad the weather is.

I like this subreddit in particular because I need to start the process of getting info on the best state parks in each state and doing that all on my own would be extremely time consuming.

Any feedback is welcome. Keep in mind this is very much an early version and there will be bugs and rating data is not likely permanent yet. Here is the site! https://www.internationalparks.org/

Join the discord to give feedback! This would be VERY appreciated. https://discord.gg/wyAzYC9v6Z

I'm making a website that involves rating national and state level parks from all around the world. I won't post it unless a mod says it's okay. This post isn't an advertisement.

Are there any tools that you wish existed? For example I've always wanted to see how national parks in the US compare to state parks in the US. I went to Niagara falls and was like "WOW this should be a national park". I also want to see how US national parks compare to international national parks. That's why I made the website, but since I'm doing it I'd like to add any other tools that other people want and I could see as useful.

It doesn't have to be about ratings, it can be a travel planning thing, it can be something with maps, it can be something with general stats about parks... anything!

Thanks!

Hey all-

I don’t know if this is the right place for it, but I’m hoping someone can help point me in the right direction.

My daughter and I both have qualifying disabilities for the state park life passes. I have doctors notes, as I read those are required.

Does anyone know what I should send with them? If you’ve applied before, do you know what the turn around time is?

Thank you!

Hey friends and fellow state parks enthusiasts! I just wanted to share that I’ve made a podcast called The State Parks Project: America’s Second Best Idea. It’s available on just about every streaming platform. It’s a pure passion project, I make no money on this (if anyone has any ideas on how to change that I’m all ears). But I hope you check it out and let me know what you think. If folks have some great stories around state parks that I should know about, drop me a line!

Thanks much!

Alex

Here’s a picture of me recording an episode in California’s Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

Is there a way to filter the posts to only show ones with fresh water lakes and or streams/brooks?

If not, ca ya'll share your favorite state parks with tent sites that have water & electric & also have a lake you can swim in or a brook/stream you can sit in? Gratefully appreciated. Thanks!