My buddies and I are thinking of taking a 2-3 trip during the summer to go camping and be in the outdoors for a little, but none of us really know what we’re doing/where to look for a good spot to camp. So what I’m looking for is a good area in the St. Louis MO area to go camping(with tents) that allows for fire pits and possibly, okay if not, hunting. There’s 4-5 of us and I don’t know of any restrictions or anything about party size or anything like that. Like I said it’s all of our first time camping and we think it’s a cool idea to just hangout, fish and bond. Any information helps!! Thank you.

I’m taking my young nephew camping for the first time (so excited!) and I need to ensure I have power to keep my phone charged to stay in touch with family, as well as a projector for our movie night, and to recharge lanterns once they’ve gone out since he’s small and still on the fence re how he feels about nighttime darkness lol. I hear a lot of good things about Jackery batteries, but hoping for input from people who have larger camping batteries that can charge/power items for a 3-4 day camping trip. Many thanks to anyone who takes the time to give me their recommendations from personal experience.

My grandma buys me a national parks pass every year for Christmas, and after using them, I display them in a collection on my wall. Unfortunately based on how she timed the gift the past two years, I ended up with two 2025 passes (one expiring in Jan, the other in Dec) and no 2024. I want to fill that gap in the collection if possible and am interested in buying your expired 2024 pass if you have one!

I've been thinking about doing some biking along the great american rail trail and have been struggling to find camping options. Ideally, I'd like to be able to go from the indiana border and travel through Ohio using mostly free primitive camping spots near the trail. I'm just struggling to find anything and since I've never planned a trip like this I wanted some advice on how to do so.

Is it safe to light 2-3 tealight candles in a tent if I am very careful with not knocking it over.

I read into it a bit and theyll survive years, so storage isnt an option. It hurts cause its a new, big Winter one, cost me 300. Wiping and uv light wont do the trick either. Detergent and disinfecant doesnt kill them, so that wont do it either. It needs to be heat. Im planning to put it in he dryer at 80 without a wash. If here are any better ways please let me know. Itd hurt to have it collapse but theres no way around cleaning or tossing it...

Edit: To answer some comments; since its a winter one, its really big and sadly wont fit into my small portable dorm oven. Nor do i have a pot this big. And yes i want to go for 80C to be damn sure due to seeing some types of roundworm even survive 70c for a little and idk which I have. I really dont want to have a round 2 because of how exhausting the cleaning is. :( Id rather take the risk than have to go through all of this again. They die at minimum 60C° but some types even survive 75 for a few mins. Which is why im doing for 80. I bought a steam cleaner for the matresses, but noticed it doesn't heat exactly evently and looses bunch of water. Since i cant hygene properly when im out I also wanna go the 100% safe route and heat it throughly or replace in the worst case.

Its mostly looking like clothes dryer it is

Can anyone recommend a good and reliable battery pack/power bank? Ideally something handheld and that can provide a few full charges to my phone. Or if anyone has had luck with the thousands of options on Amazon?

I recently got a Falden sleeping hammock with an mosquito net for Christmas i unpacked it today. In the package was the hammock and the two straps for wrapping around the tree(without any loops or gadgets to tie it around the tree). I am wondering if I should have received any ropes to be able to actually hang the hammock or if that is overrated.

My family is trying to decide if we should tent camp in the Grand Canyon the first week of April. I am notoriously cold and I’m worried that I’m going to be miserable once the sun goes down at night. Does anyone have any experience with that area during that time of year? We don’t camp regularly so if we do go I’d like to be fully prepared for the elements. We also have a preteen and teen and I can already hear the complaints if it’s uncomfortable. Thank you in advance for your help.

Does anyone know where I can get a wooden tire-mounted table for camping? I've searched just about everywhere but I keep seeing only steel or aluminum ones. PLEASE HELP?!

Love Citico Creek, but it can get crowded, and I'm open minded to getting a little further off the beaten path. Are there any other East TN & surrounding area dispersed camping favorites?

I'm wanting to dispersed camp in the St. Francis National Forest (the little sliver of land near the Mississippi river) but I can't get any information on it. Most online pages relating to it just come up as "404 not found" and I've tried to call the ranger station multiple times with no luck. Should I just use my best judgement to go out there and find a spot to camp?

Edit: I got some super helpful responses, thanks everyone for your help!

I want to start taking weekend camping trips this summer.

What equipment would you recomend?

What brands?

I live in Northern Idaho.

I know the obvious like sleeping bags, and tents. But what else.

Hiya,

Can anyone recommend any UK campsites that allow air tents with wood burning stoves and even metal log burner pits?

Thanks

My friends dad is an experienced camper, I’ve never been before and really want to start, but I’m afraid my inexperience would ruin a potential trip with him. Should I be worried?

Hi,

Apologies for the length of post, I'm trying to give context.

I appreciate this is a variant of a common question, but would still really appreciate any thoughts as a bit stuck...

Me and my partner are both 5ft10 and unlikely to have kids. I live rurally and work a primarily office based job. I've started playing music in a band and enjoy going to small music festivals/retreats, and want to go to more.

My primary use case is being able to use my daily "car" go to 6 or so festivals (max duration 5 days, usually a weekend) a year.

BUT I want this to be as easy as possible (even if it slightly sacrifices comfort). I decided not to camp at a weekend festival last year, but drive in, due to it being rainy and a hassle to find all my tent items, put them up in the rain etc. I don't want that to happen again!

I recently bought a Citroen Berlingo (small panel van) as my daily "car", with a plan to convert that as a micro camper.

However, now I own it, I'm enjoying having the space of a van more than I thought (odd jobs), bicycles in the back etc.

I'm considering getting a high end roof tent (they tend to keep a lot of their value on resale), such as the tentbox cargo or classic, and putting it on my van.

I feel this will give me the best fit for my use case, but also seems a little odd to have a van and not convert it.

Has anyone else bought a van and ended up using a Rooftent with it, rather than convert, and if so would they recommend this approach.

Thanks for your time.

Hello all, I would like some advice on a kit change I am trying to proceed too. When I was first camping, I would go with my grandfather, who was a soldier in the military, specifically a mountain force. He gifted me his issued tarp and bivouac bag and rucksack for my 19th birthday and I am wondering if I should just bring it on all of my trips instead. My belief is the bivouac can hold my sleeping mat inside of it, and hold outside of my bag, it will comfortably fit my hiking bag (when camp empty) in the bivouac lid. And any issues with the breathability, specifically around the face area, I can reinforce with the tarp, and have a larger working area I can call a camp. The bag itself is made out of a synthetic similar to nylon, and acts like a waterproof windshell jacket, with a protective pad in the back. The tarp is a classic style, using a waterproof and impermeable synthetic I cannot identify. Thank you all.

Experienced camper with a German Shepherd that loves day trips in the snow. He loves the stuff and can’t get enough. Originally used dog boots and a little coat before learning more about how warm sheps can actually be in the winter and got turned on to mushers goo for his pads, which has worked great.

I’m planning an overnight up in the mountains. He loves day trips but I’m a little concerned how he’ll be once the running around stops, the sun is down, and we’re in a cold camp. Has anyone had experience with this? Any specific strategies you’ve used to keep your pup warm and comfortable?

With the Provincial Parks getting harder and harder to book, we have decided if we're going to jeep camping we're going to have to go back to canoeing in to the crown land sites in the back lakes north of our home in Ontario.

I've got some good ideas for putting together a 'minimalist glamping' outfit that we can carry in the canoe, but my 55 year old bones aren't looking forward to giving up the 6" futon mattress we carry when car camping.

In our younger years we carried old school rubberized canvas inflatables, but there's no way I'll deal with punctutes and deflations any more.

What are recommendations for legitimately luggable home comfort in sleeping pads for an old couple who still love to sleep and cuddle together ?

Alguém conhece uma boa comunidade, aplicativo, fórum ... onde o pessoal compartilhe localizações para camping selvagem no Brasil?

A maioria dos campings estruturados, estão parecendo mais pousadas do que campings.

My wife and I have 3 dogs. We would like to take them camping. I think the truck bed tents like the “Napier outdoors backroadz” might be too small for the 5 of us. Would like to hear what others are running?

I am going camping this Sunday with my dad somewhere here in Ireland. We are going for a hike-to-camp idea. We have been many times before around Ireland. I want to try something a bit more interesting, like going without a tent and building a shelter, but he says its too cold for that, as it will be about 2/3°C(35-37°F). Is there anything we could do thats a bit in between thats a little more interesting than your average tent campout? Also any nice hiking+camping suggestions in Ireland would be helpful.

Hey everyone,

A friend of mine lost one of the tent poles for his MSR Elixir 3, specifically the short cross pole that connects the two main poles at the top and helps create more headroom. We’ve been searching for a replacement but haven’t had much luck.

Does anyone know where we could find a replacement for this specific pole? Are there any third-party alternatives that could work? Any information about possible fixes Is welcome. We’re also open to buying a used one if someone has an extra, but we aré from Argentina, so it is unlikely

Any help or suggestions would be a great favor

Thanks in advance