Find Dispersed Camping Sites From Home - Gaia GPS + Google Earth Pro

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In this episode I break down how I find beautiful and isolated dispersed camping sites from home. We’ll cover how I use Gaia GPS, Google Earth Pro, the National Weather Service and Forest Service resources to find somewhere epic to ruin my families 3 day weekends.

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Video Contents
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00:00 Intro
01:33 Dispersed Camping Overview
02:20 Camping on US Public Lands
05:03 Finding Dispersed Camping Sites
05:24 Gaia GPS
06:28 Motor Vehicle Use Maps
07:31 Holder Cabin Site
08:32 Finding Epic Camping Views
09:31 Google Earth Pro for Camping
12:08 Weather for Dispersed or Remote Camping
12:43 Outro

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[michaelbexarthomas]

As someone who works for a state agency I appreciate this video. Info like this saves people a lot of time in planning their trip which can be a frustrating experience when heading out during non business hours. 🌲🐆

[csamons]

I backpack all the time and didn't even know how to do this to this detail. Thank you! This was very helpful

[Jesusistheway]

Don’t know why this doesn’t have more views. Excellent - I repeat - EXCELLENT information and presentation! Thanks!

[tjdalyvideo]

Media professional here, had to drop a quick note that I love the writing, shoot, edit. Best "adventure/outdoors" content I've seen in a bit. Thank you for sharing!

[RubiMelange]

I was born and raised in Yakima. Thank you for highlighting the beautiful surroundings of the city! 🌲💖⛷️🏂🪂🏇🧗‍♂️🚵‍♀️🚁🌋⛺️🌌

[rcoker]

My wife and I are new to overlanding and dispersed camping. Your video is great. I have Gaia but don't know how to use it yet. I'll watch this video over and over again to learn as much as possible. Do you have any other videos that would be more of a Gaia tutorial? Once again, thank you for this video.

[DMHRC]

Thanks so much for walking through the process!

[Jonathan-jqcl]

thank you for this video, you know your stuff, very helpful and educating

[lolotusborderless]

Great info for campers wanting to go with the family and planning on bringing them back… enjoyed your fairly serious posting ;) 🏴‍☠️

[MrFuzzyscreen]

Yes. Finally something that gets me going in the right direction. Thank you!

[LorenDavis]

Me too! Thanks for a helpful, succinct, and humorous video. I clicked the Sub button.

[josephromond]

Game changer. Thank you so much for this

[SuperMeiMei]

I am glad to find your channel ! very informative!

[jorgensen]

Lots of wonderful information and a great presentation. Unfortunately you have the same sense of humor I do - and I love it.

[lukefarrow]

Jake your channel is just what I needed love all this practical content!

[jarodzillinger]

This video is exactly what I was looking for, thank you so much for the well made video

[pahaadinomad]

Great info.. well presented.. so funny that i was thinking of overlanding at mogollon rim this weekend.. so was looking at general dispersed camping info… and found u.. lol.. also there’s a shaded map layer option on gaia.. that works out great to spot cliffs and stuff

[jasondroninaround]

Something I don't hear a lot about in these dispersed camping videos are OHV areas. We live in Central California and like to camp up in the hills. Most of these OHV areas in the western Sierra Nevada Mountains are free to enter and ripe for exploration. Most of the OHV users ride and camp there for the entire weekend. There's nothing in the rules that says you have to have an ATV to camp there. Get to know the OHV park and find areas with the least amount of traffic. We spend a lot of time in the area between Dinkey Creek and Shaver Lake. You can also do the same thing at Miami Trails near Oakhurst. We also like Hungry Valley SVRA. This place, you do have to pay to get into the gate. For that price you get sporadic toilets scattered around the park and ranger patrols. This place is huge and allows dispersed camping. You can set up near civilization or you can explore and find your own little secluded spot. The pro on OHV dispersed camping is there's always an open spot. They are never sold out. The con is an OHV park. You might have to deal with some ATVs and dust if you pick the wrong spot.

[ArdenBallard]

I'm just starting to outfit a new (to me) GX 470; I'm glad I stumbled on your channel!

[brandonmiller]

Thank you so much. This video is a life saver.