Ep. 6: Boondocking 101 - How to Find That Perfect Spot | RV How-to Free Camping tips tricks

Camping on public land is a special experience. Unlike staying in a campground, you can find unique and beautiful places off the grid with no neighbors in sight, often right next to special amenities like a mountain lake, a bubbling stream or a desert mesa. The peace and solitude can be unmatched. And perhaps best of all, it's usually absolutely free!

But how do you find these spots? How do you know that they're legal to camp? That's what we're here to explain in Episode 6 of Grand Adventure.

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[FranksBmwAdv]

Best video I ever have seen about this subject! Thanks Happy New Year 2019

[gerardhoward]

Thanks for taking the time to make this video it was very informative.

[vernonchristopher]

Thanks for the info!! I have the 5the wheel (23' 9"). Now all I need is the truck!! (Pickup 3/4 ton gas 4 door long bed). I can hardly wait!!

[travelingmertonandsue]

Sue and I just purchased our first RV, a Class C. We are going to do some boondocking out west this coming winter so thank you for the tips much appreciated and they will help. >Merton

[duckiegirl]

Always been a mystery to us! Thank you!

[campingalan]

Awesome information, Marc!!  Thank you very much for sharing it!  If these online tools were a snake, they would have bit us!

[curtzblues]

This video was eye popping and info packed. Well done. USA has incredible areas and you helped us to navigate and select from smorgasbord of locations.

[timothybowen]

Just found your channel and the video was awesome! My wife and I are 10 months into full time rv'ing and just purchased a generator so we could begin boondocking. Now we know where to start and how to get the information. Thank you very much!

[laughingram]

It was nice to watch this video again now that I understand it a little better. Thanks Marc!

[whiskywillie]

Good old Utah! I was stationed at Hill as a young pup but as a NYC dweller, I was not attracted to its natural beauty but today, 30 years later, I appreciate those those two camping trips into the Wasatch mountains, flying around Logan and out to Wendover, and of course, Park City! Greetings from Orlando!

[teamcj]

Man this is some great information. Love these videos.

[naomihomes]

Thank you for that helpful information

[joeybaby.]

Every video just gets better and better. I'm gaining more confidence with each video I watch . So generous of you. OK, on to your next video . Rich blessings upon you always .

[crumbdav]

Superbly communicated. Thanks for the work...

[vasonar]

Thanks professor Guido, I learned a lot in your class.

[TheJayrusbeerus]

Thank you so very much! We're newbies, WAITING patiently for our house to close January 18, and then it's AWAY WE GO, full-time retirees in our brand new camper van! Looking forward to getting out there (from our East Texas up-to-this-point home) and experiencing some of that great BLM, etc, FREE outdoors! Hope we get to meet up at some point in this RV life!

[martinjcamp]

This video is a real treasure; all the advice, links, and references are very valuable. THANK YOU, AND HAPPY CAMPING!

[rxonmymind]

Solid. Subscribed.
Safe travels to you and your family.

[marcelbelanger]

Thanks, for making such a helpful - and inspiring - video!

[danschechter]

A couple more thoughts that might be of use --

Once you have downloaded an MVUM, you can take screenshots of interesting areas. This allows you to put enlarged screenshots up on your screen while looking at Google Maps to check the terrain.

Also, I find that Google Earth is also helpful when "scouting" for boondocking sites on the computer. You can pan and zoom, so as to check out the view from your intended site.

I also use Garmin Basecamp to examine the terrain -- it allows me to draw routes to see if a certain road is going to be too steep for safe towing.

Finally, I would add that for those of us who boondock in trailers, it helps to scout the area in person in your tow vehicle without the trailer, to make sure that the access road and the site are suitable. Folks in truck campers don't need to do that as much as us trailer people do.