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Syracuse Sand Dunes Park
Syracuse, KS
265 days ago
Nathan @ Wand'rly 397 reviews
"Dodged a tornado…"
After driving south for 30 minutes on accident (without ever having made that wrong right turn in Lamar, I swear!) we ended up retracing our steps and ending up here.
Coming in from town, to the north, we took the first turn in and looked the...
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Beaver Creek Campground
Glasgow, KY
265 days ago
Nathan @ Wand'rly 397 reviews
"Simple little back in spots…"
If it hadn’t rained cats and massive water droplets all night, we may have been more inclined to obey any happy camper stickers we might have come upon.
This is a small campground with dry camping sites near a boat dock, a small beach and a...
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Big Spring Campground
Van Buren, MO
265 days ago
Nathan @ Wand'rly 397 reviews
"Had an entire loop to ourselves…"
There are several loops here, and they all have many, many sites to choose from. Those loops which — on a map — appear to be closer to the river were loaded up. Presumably to try and catch the big ol’ gobbler of a turkey roaming around the place....
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Timber Hill Park
Cherryvale, KS
265 days ago
Nathan @ Wand'rly 397 reviews
"Personally, exceptional. "
As someone who drastically prefers free, out there in that woods and far away from any one or thing else camping, this place was not that, but lovely all the same.
Our spot was nestled in the oaks and their seemingly infinite hardwood fellows,...
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Middle Fork Campground
Slade, KY
266 days ago
Nathan @ Wand'rly 397 reviews
"The creek makes the place…"
We had site #29. Our extension cord suffers from a lack of length, which is why it drives such a big van…and given the oddity of the hookups positioning mentioned elsewhere, we had to — and were allowed to — park in the grass to accommodate. The...
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Deep Creek Lake State Park
Swanton, MD
269 days ago
Nathan @ Wand'rly 397 reviews
"We lucked out on a camp host spot…"
…which was much, much larger than others. We had maybe 30’ between us and the actual campground host, and nobody behind us.
I never saw a WiFi signal, and my 2 bars of Verizon LTE were perfect for showing an endless loading signal on any web...
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Stone Cliff Campground
Oak Hill, WV
269 days ago
Nathan @ Wand'rly 397 reviews
"Just average for a national park campground"
When it comes down to brass tacks, and we all know how often those come down in this modern era, national park campgrounds are often vastly inferior to national forest campgrounds in general, with about the same amenities. This campground is...
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Oak Point Campground
Golconda, IL
274 days ago
Nathan @ Wand'rly 397 reviews
"They have the lake all gated off, pretty weak"
We chose this place specifically to hang out at the lake, which was closed in early August except for weekends. So, given that bit of a disappointment, I was t overly stoked on what is otherwise a fairly nice campground. Sites are well spaced,...
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1064 days ago
Nathan @ Wand'rly 397 reviews
"Access isn't exactly constellation worthy..."
I thought I’d clarify a few things here as I think folks are being a bit optimistic.
Yes, as far as endless beauty goes, yes, 5.7 stars on the Andy Richter scale no doubt. If you want privacy, find a spot just large enough for yourself. Big...
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Scarlet Oak Trailhead Dispersed Camping
Logan, OH
"Camping alllowed in OHV parking lots, and random camping between them. "
"Access isn't exactly constellation worthy..."
Washita Primitive Camping Area
Story, AR
"Beautiful site very near the road and current construction..."
Hot Springs National Park KOA
Hot Springs, AR
"Maybe your only option if you want to be close and didn’t make a reservation..."
Bynum Creek Campground
Water Valley, MS
"Give me 30 minutes and I’ll be back with the sheriff’s department. "
Hunting Island State Park
Saint Helena Island, SC
"Here I am, rock you like a hurricane of which the damage can no longer be seen..."
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Chinati Hot Springs, Ruidosa Texas
There’s a little slice of heaven, available at discount Mexican rates, just north and east of the line in the sand they call the Texas / Mexico border. Advertisement Texas has the...
Fondest Greetings from Washington’s Old-Growth on Wand'rly
How the mix of shredding cotton ball cirrus clouds fell in to absorb a long gone jet’s lingering chemtrail mixed with wildfire smoke puffing out of a nearby mountain shap...
How to Make a Tarp City
I can sleep anywhere. A friend’s couch. A friend’s couch covered in cat urine. A park bench (though I prefer the grass). A tent. Or no tent, but still in the woods. The f...
Judging Immaculate vs. Perfection on Wand'rly
I woke up in a land almost indescribably beautiful. Two glacier-dimpled mountains surrounded by vast colorful autumn alpine scrub. I drove my family and I to and through...
Young Bones in Bear Creek Campground, Winthrop, WA
I wish the hunters wouldn’t leave so much for the gatherers. And by hunters I mean just that; campground attendees who come to take a deer and so often leave a pile of...
Outrunning the Twisp Wild Fires in Eastern Washington August 2015
“They’re evacuating Twisp,” Renée told me. She and the kids were in the town of Winthrop, I back in with our Airstream at a boondocking site by the name of Bear Creek....
Old-Growth National Forest Campgrounds of the Pacific Northwest on Wand'rly
A naturalist was standing just outside of the fence surrounding the Big Tree, an ancient, massive Ponderosa Pine near La Pine Oregon, when a tourist approached him. “Th...
Old-Growth National Forest Campgrounds of the Pacific Northwest on Wand'rly
A naturalist was standing just outside of the fence surrounding the Big Tree, an ancient, massive Ponderosa Pine near La Pine Oregon, when a tourist approached him. “Th...
Old-Growth National Forest Campgrounds of the Pacific Northwest on Wand'rly
A naturalist was standing just outside of the fence surrounding the Big Tree, an ancient, massive Ponderosa Pine near La Pine Oregon, when a tourist approached him. “Th...
Old-Growth National Forest Campgrounds of the Pacific Northwest on Wand'rly
A naturalist was standing just outside of the fence surrounding the Big Tree, an ancient, massive Ponderosa Pine near La Pine Oregon, when a tourist approached him. “Th...
Old-Growth National Forest Campgrounds of the Pacific Northwest on Wand'rly
A naturalist was standing just outside of the fence surrounding the Big Tree, an ancient, massive Ponderosa Pine near La Pine Oregon, when a tourist approached him. “Th...
Old-Growth National Forest Campgrounds of the Pacific Northwest on Wand'rly
A naturalist was standing just outside of the fence surrounding the Big Tree, an ancient, massive Ponderosa Pine near La Pine Oregon, when a tourist approached him. “Th...
Old-Growth National Forest Campgrounds of the Pacific Northwest on Wand'rly
A naturalist was standing just outside of the fence surrounding the Big Tree, an ancient, massive Ponderosa Pine near La Pine Oregon, when a tourist approached him. “Th...
Greetings from Tioga Pass in Sunny Yosemite! on Wand'rly
Snow still stripes the Eastern Sierras as foreign eyes from lands as far as Germany, Japan, or as nearby as Pennsylvania and Michigan state up the mountains. Aspen groves...
Hike to the Cross at Bisbee
A trail leads to a shrine at the 5900′ summit of the mountain which makes up the northeastern slope of Bisbee, Arizona. We had taken the trail before though, walking pa...
Greetings from Durango on Wand'rly
Construction workers toil away fixing potholes in the divided highway that bypasses old downtown Durango, Colorado. A few miles of strip greet newcomers, heavy traffic sl...
Short Stories on Nederland, Colorado
In the dissipation of the last night’s fog over Boulder Creek a man sits on, not at, a picnic table, looking down over the small gully that divides his current home–the...
4/20 Easter Greetings from Capitol Reef Country on Wand'rly
4/20 Easter Greetings from Capitol Reef Country Men load up the bed of their pickup trucks with coolers full of sandwiches and Coors Light. Loc...
Greetings from Moab, Utah on Wand'rly
Greetings from Moab, Utah It was with disillusionment that we first met Moab, nearly two weeks ago. A town full of adventure seekers who’d come...
Greetings from Glen Canyon! on Wand'rly
The women who set us up with a spot on our first night in the area are Indians. Navajo, most likely. We’ve got a spot at Wahweap Resort. A dam just downstream from us ha...
The Legend People and the Coyote of Bryce Canyon's Hoodoos
Bryce Canyon is not, technically, a canyon. The details are best left to scientific explanations about the means behind erosion, the flow of water, and other wonderfull...
Greetings from the Sequoias on Wand'rly
Long before the sun completely sets, trees the size of many whales cast their shadows dark over smaller pines and the occasional oak. They feel like particle board, a hor...
Greetings from the Redwoods on Wand'rly
Greetings from the Redwoods Several years ago a man, his Lady, and their VW Bus spent nights sleeping beneath the bows of the mighty Redwoods o...
Stories, Videos & Facts: Coastal Redwoods & Jedediah Smith State Park
The mist is more than thick, it is downright cuttable. On the advice of a ranger, my party and I skipped the standard entrance to Jedediah Smith State Park–one of seve...
Airstream Caravan in Joshua Tree National Park
The wind is heavy, more like a wall of sound and dust than invisible moving air. Tonight our caravan of three families in Airstreams and a woman in a tent will not build...
Greetings from Picacho State Park! on Wand'rly
Greetings from Picacho State Park! It’s amazing the amount of traffic that a freeway can hold at any given ungodly hour of the night. From a s...
Greetings from Guadalupe Mountains National Park! on Wand'rly
The moon came up slow. Many and cumulus were the clouds covering the horizon, and from about a half hour below the tops of them it shone up through like the opposite of h...
Greetings from Catalina State Park, just North of Tucson! on Wand'rly
“Why is this place full when Gilbert Hill is a ghost town?” she asks. No one seems to know. The park rangers are young and look like they’re having more than your averag...
Greetings from Fort Davis and the Davis Mountains National Park! on Wand'rly
These mountains don’t stand particularly tall, but boy do they look good doing it. At 4000′ on average, even the flat parts of West Texas are higher than most everything...
Greetings from Sunny Bend, Oregon! on Wand'rly
Greetings from Sunny Bend, Oregon! An old friend is jumping a few feet into the air to land, a bit topsy turvy, on a slackline strung b...
Traveler's Guide to Astoria, Oregon
Search Explore Issue #200 A Day in the Life of Astoria, Oregon We walk you up and down the streets of Astoria...
Elk in Nehalem Bay State Park
The sand dunes lounging between the evergreens and neon yellow Scotch Broom lining the peninsula stretching south from Manzanita to hug Nehalem Bay like a raindrop desperate to cling to a leaf are ever...
Nights are Cold on the Oregon Coast
When your beers are kicked and a morning bike ride is calling, what could be more enjoyable than a good piss to put your fire out. All of the RVers have shown their respective piles of hey what a good...
Bike America 2006 | ClickNathan – Handmade Websites
This is the personal blog of Nathan Swartz, a web designer, traveler and family man. It started way back in May of 2004, making it one of the older blogs on the web and one of a relative few which have...
Greetings from the Everglades! on Wand'rly
Greetings from the Everglades! Two osprey perch stalwart in the dead standing snag that was once a fig tree. It’s well after dark, and...
Greetings from Big Cypress National Preserve! on Wand'rly
Greetings from Big Cypress National Preserve! Driving along US 41 through Florida, the Tamiami Trail as it’s known, a show rarely seen...
Greetings from the Florida Keys! on Wand'rly
Greetings from the Florida Keys! Keyhopping: the back and forthing via bridges and an automobile from one small island to another. I...
A Feral Freedom to be Wild on Wand'rly
A Feral Freedom to be Wild 10/4/14 10:33 pmI’ve been lead to believe that once an animal has ever been tamed, neither it nor its descendants can ever be considered truly wild again. They are...
Greetings from Deer Trail Park Campground on Wand'rly
Greetings from Deer Trail Park Campground It’s the evening before Memorial Day and for every spoke on every spinning bike tire whizzing...
Greetings from Rifrafters Campground on Wand'rly
Greetings from Rifrafters Campground Nanny holds Wylder, our youngest at 8 months, as he sleeps on her shoulder at a picnic table an un...
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