Guides

Plain answers to the questions people ask before a free camping trip.

Will my car make it?

Six checks before you drive a dirt road to a free campsite. What high clearance means, and why a little rain can stop a four-wheel drive.

Usually. Here is how to spot the times it is not, and why you keep twenty dollars in the glovebox.

Twelve miles from town on the map can be a day of driving. How to plan fuel and water around the real drive.

434 places to camp on public land across Idaho, Oregon, Utah, Arizona and Montana.