So far (as of 3/31/25), we’ve stayed in 197 different Campgrounds with Lizzy, in 42 different States. With revisits to some of our favorite (and/or most convenient) campgrounds, we have 231 Campground Visits, for 1,131 nights, in 71/2 years. (And we’ve towed Lizzy >42K miles, ~10K in 2023 alone, ~7.5K in 2024! AND…we just did the 120K mile oil change on The Beast!)
We’ve got 3 Lizzy Campground Albums (pictures of every Campsite, mostly up-to-date) and identified a few Campground Highlights:
Albums of where we’ve “Camped” with Lizzy!
Album of our Lizzy Campsites, Living-on-the-Road, since January 2025, in order, by “trip”.
Album of our Lizzy Campsites, Living-on-the-Road, from January 2023 through 2024, in order, by “trip”.
2023: 23 States (11 new), 49 new Campgrounds
2024: 18 States (8 New), 43 new Campgrounds
Year End 2024 Total: 42 States, 180 Campgrounds
Album of the Campsites we stayed in with Lizzy from 2017 through 2022, in order, by trip. In our first 5+ years, we camped in 88 different Campgrounds, in 23 different States, for 505 nights.
Campgrounds/Sites by “Type”
- 8 National Parks
- 1 National Forest
- 42 State Parks
- 2 State Forests/Rec Areas
- 95 KOAs
- 42 RV Parks/Resorts (not KOA)
- 4 Harvest Hosts
- 3 Backyards/Driveways
States in which we’ve camped with Lizzy!
In First Time Order
(Year for 1st new state in year)
Alphabetically (# Different Campgrounds)
(1-3, 4-7, 8-11, 12-15, 16-20, 21-25)
- New Jersey (2017)
- Massachusetts
- New York
- Virginia (2018)
- South Carolina
- Georgia
- Florida
- Connecticut
- Pennsylvania
- Ohio
- Indiana
- Iowa
- South Dakota
- Wyoming
- Montana
- Idaho
- Washington
- Oregon (2019)
- California
- Nevada
- Arizona (2020)
- Colorado (2022)
- Utah
- New Mexico (2023)
- Texas
- Oklahoma
- Missouri
- Kansas
- Illinois
- Rhode Island
- Maine
- New Hampshire
- Vermont
- North Carolina
- Alabama (2024)
- Mississippi
- Louisiana
- Tennessee
- Michigan
- Wisconsin
- Minnesota
- Arkansas
- Arkansas (5)
- Alabama (4)
- Arizona (11)
- California (14)
- Colorado (2)
- Connecticut (1)
- Florida (9)
- Georgia (6)
- Idaho (6)
- Illinois (2)
- Indiana (2)
- Iowa (1)
- Kansas (1)
- Louisiana (4)
- Maine (4)
- Massachusetts (3)
- Michigan (7)
- Minnesota (3)
- Mississippi (2)
- Missouri (5)
- Montana (4)
- Nevada (2)
- New Hampshire (1)
- New Jersey (5)
- New Mexico (8)
- New York (5)
- North Carolina (3)
- Ohio (4)
- Oklahoma (1)
- Oregon (18)
- Pennsylvania (6)
- Rhode Island (1)
- South Carolina (5)
- South Dakota (2)
- Tennessee (1)
- Texas (11)
- Utah (2)
- Vermont (1)
- Virginia (6)
- Washington (12)
- Wisconsin (2)
- Wyoming (4)
Lizzy Campground/Campsites Highlights
Most Visited Campground!
TIP TAM RV Park @ 6 times & 56 nights in 2 years!
In Jackson, NJ, close enough to Mark’s Kids and Grandkids, it’s easy to visit. Close to a Costco and a good grocery store, and only 20 miles from our favorite Airstream place, Colonial Airstream. It’s our Go-To place for the Jersey Shore portions of our Camping Trips to visit Family in the Northeast.
Most Visited Campground – Runners Up!
Nehalem Bay State Park @ 6 times & 29 nights.
Near the cute little town of Manzanita, Oregon, a relatively easy days drive from home. We love hanging/hiking on 4 miles of Manzanita Beach, hiking the loop trail around the Airstrip, out the spit, into town. We’ve seen multiple deer and elk, on multiple visits and first flew a kite here, too!
Fort Stevens State Park @ 4 times & 26 nights.
At the mouth of the Columbia, in Oregon, really easy days drive. Site of the Wreck of the Peter Iredale, It’s also near Astoria and lots of Lewis & Clark & Clatsop history. We LOVE camping/visiting here and nearby:
- 2 times & 8 nights at the KOA across the street (1 time/2 nights in a cabin)
- 2 times & 6 nights at Cape Disappointment across the mouth of the Columbia in Washington.
Mesa/Apache Junction KOA @ 1 time, but 48 nights!
Apache Junction was where we were when Covid first hit and shut everything down. Extending a week at a time, we ended up staying ~7 weeks. We had a view of the Superstition Mountains, and we were there for Spring Cactus Blossoming!
Camping at National Parks!
When camping in a National Park (8, so far), that means less driving to explore it!
Indiana Dunes NP-Dunewood Campground (September 2020) 
Indiana Dunes NP-Homestead Farm, near Dunewood Campground (September 2020) 
Crater Lake NP-Mazama Campground (August 2019) 
Crater Lake NP-the most BEAUTIFUL National Park (August 2019) 
Lassen Volcanic NP-Manzanita Lake Campground (October 2019) 
Lassen Volcanic NP-Chaos Crag & Lassen Peak over Manzanita Lake on hike from campground (October 2019) 
Organ Pipe Cactus NM-Twin Peaks Campground (February 2020) 
Organ Pipe Cactus NM-Victoria Mine hike from campground (February 2020) 
Big Cypress NPre-Monument Lake Campground (January 2024) 
Big Cypress NPre-Egret & Alligator living in harmony (January 2024) 
Buffalo National River-Tyler Bend Campground (November 2024) 
Buffalo National River-Grinders Ferry near campground (November 2024) 
Hot Springs NP-Gulpha Gorge Campground on Gulpha Creek (January 2025) 
Hot Springs NP-Buckstaff Bathouse, where we did our Hydrotherapy Treatment, a short drive from camp (January 2025) 
Big Bend NP-Rio Grande Village Campsite with Roadrunner (February 2025) 
Big Bend NP-On Rio Grande Village Nature Hike view north…campsite in view (February 2025)
Does camping in a State Park “linked to” a National Park (2, so far) count?
Camping for City of Rocks NRes @ Smokey Mountain Campground, Castel Rock SP (July 2022) 
City of Rocks NRes-Twin Sisters (July 2022)– Left Sister is from Green Creek Granite (~2.5 Billion years old) – Right Sister is from Almo Pluton Granite (28 Million years old) 
Camping for Little River Canyon NPre @ DeSota SP (March 2024) 
Little River Canyon NPre-Little River Falls (March 2024)
Camping by/in sight of Rivers, Lakes, the Ocean
And that does NOT include the many times we’ve camped CLOSE to the water, but not actually in site of it…a LOT in Oregon Coast State Parks, where many Campgrounds are “just over the dunes” from the Pacific. Ventura RV Park in CA was also close to the Pacific, but not right on it.
Camping on Lake Santee SP, South Carolina (February 2018) 
On Redbird Creek at Fort McAllister SP, Georgia (February 2018) 
BEST Campsite, right on Lake Yargo at Fort Yargo SP, Georgia (March 2018) 
Another great site, on the Missouri River at Snake Creek RA, South Dakota (September 2018) 
Tanaka Campground on Keyhole Reservoir at Keyhole SP, Wyoming (September 2018) 
On Joe Creek, right where it enters the Pacific at Pacific Beach SP, Washington (March 2019) 
That’s Lizzy across the grass on the Columbia River at Maryhill SP, Washington (April 2019) 
That’s the Rogue River, behind our campsite at Valley of the Rogue SP, Oregon (September 2019) 
Overlooking the Pacific (and Pacific Highway/the 101) at Malibu Beach RV Park (February 2020) 
That is the Pacific behind us, through the trees at Cape Blanco SP, Oregon (April 2021) 
Big Thompson River, right behind our campsite at Riverview RV Park, Loveland, Colorado (June 2022) 
Barge/Tow Boat on the Columbia, seen through bedroom window (when it woke us) at Peach Tree RV, near Maryhill, Washington (September 2022) 
Sunset just a few steps away from our campsite at Bar Harbor KOA, Maine (September 2023) 
Sunset from our campsite at Sunset Point RV Park, Maine (September 2023) 
View of Lake from our campsite at Mount Pleasant / Charleston KOA (December 2023) 
View of Monument Lake from our Campsite, Big Cypress (January 2024) 
Sunrise over the Mississippi River from campground in Vidalia, Louisiana (February 2024) 
Sunset over Mayes Lake from our campsite at LeFleur’s Bluff State Park in Jackson, MS (February 2024) 
Logon Martin Lake/Coosa River from Safe Harbor RV Park Campsite, Riverside, AL near Birmingham (March 2024) 
View of Waterloo Harbor/Gem Creek from our Waterloo/Finger Lakes KOA campsite 
Camping on a lake in Ypsilanti, outside Detroit, not our usual Lake View! (July 2024) 
View of small lake (~3/4 mile to walk around it) at our Muskegon KOA campsite 
Peek-A-Boo View of Lake Superior from our Apostle Islands Area campsite (September 2024) 
View of Kabetogama Lake from The Pines of Kabetogama Campsite (September 2024) 
Gulpha Creek behind Gulpha Gorge Campsite, Hot Springs National Park (January 2025) 
View of Steinhagen Reservoir where Gum Slough enters, from Martin Dies Jr State Park Campsite, Texas (January 2025) 
Camping on Laguna Madre in Corpus Christi (February 2025) 
Camped on the lake at Lake Casa Blanca International State Park (February 2025)
Camping with Friends!
And sometimes, nearby Family / Friends come to visit!
How about “camping” in a driveway or back yard?
And…Camping in a Parking Lot!?!?!
