Find the BEST Camp Sites with THESE TRICKS

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I'm sharing how I find epic off road trails and campsites in this video. You'll learn how to find inspiration to even start looking for off road trails and camp sites, how to search and research off road accessible areas, how to discover more about each trail and campsite, and how to use some really great tools to plan your next off road camping adventure.
Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:10 Public/Private Land
02:15 Types of Trails
03:55 Types of Camping Areas
06:12 How to Find Trails and Camping Spots
07:30 Look Locally First
08:48 Tools I Use to Find Trails
10:29 My mapping techniques for finding routes and campsites
17:30 Final Tips
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[@Venture2Roam]

Let's here your tips on how to find offroad trails and camp sites!!! I'm just one person who loves this stuff...I'm sure many of you know more about this than I do...so I'm looking forward to learning from you! I'm building a playlist for content like this, so if you're looking for more, you can find it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGXXoYF8Zad6gJY

[@TheTrailheadNetwork]

Thanks for the Trailsoffroad shoutout! We work really hard on our guides and it's great to know it's worthwhile for people!

[@Venture2Roam]

Your work shows. There's nothing else out there like TOR.

[@azxpedition]

100%

[@travisLegg-eu4sq]

This channel continues to be fantastic. How do you not have millions of subscribers?????

[@Venture2Roam]

Thank you so much!!

[@cliffarnold7463]

I agree. Let’s get Will to 100k this year

[@Venture2Roam]

Let's gooooooo!

[@davesantimaw5413]

Incredibly helpful Will!

[@Venture2Roam]

Glad to hear it! Thanks for saying so.

[@TonySanchezChannel]

Great video. Looking forward to your next educational video. I have watched your travel videos and it is excellent to see how the trips are planned.

[@Venture2Roam]

So glad to hear it!! More coming soon!!

[@thriftytraveler33]

This video is showing me alot, and keeping me rethinking about how I want to camp

[@Venture2Roam]

I'm so glad you found it helpful!!! It's what I would have wanted to know a few years ago. Thanks for taking the time to watch and leafe a comment!

[@donnapablos8752]

Thank you for great info

[@Venture2Roam]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@BakerOverland]

Super helpful Will. Thanks man.

[@Venture2Roam]

Right on man. Thanks for the watch and comment!,

[@Jack-vn1nl]

Thanks! Will share this video with friends.

[@Venture2Roam]

Right on!

[@jahedberg]

Thanks Will! I have downloaded the video for viewing again! Very helpful and look forward to planning lots of adventures this summer and beyond!

[@Venture2Roam]

So great to hear it was helpful! Hope you have an awesome summer season..I know I can't wait to get out there in the warmer weather.

[@stevenpoppi]

Excellent lesson! Thank you from an Oregon Overlanding Newbie! Keep 'em coming!

[@Venture2Roam]

So glad you found it useful! I wish I had something like this when I started out...not that my vid is the best out there..but it's what I would have wanted to know when I started. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!

[@mtnessler]

Great content!! Just starting all this and it's great to learn all this stuff. Enjoy your videos too!!

[@Venture2Roam]

So glad to hear this was helpful. Thank you for watching my vids, I really appreciate it.

[@NorthologyAdventures]

Well done. We will be sharing this in our groups!

[@Venture2Roam]

I DID have a full sized tripod on this one...no crouching! 😂😂😂😂😎

[@NorthologyAdventures]

@@Venture2Roam I noticed!!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@IDAHOverland]

Great video Will - Thanks for all the awesome information and examples...

[@Venture2Roam]

Thank you! Hope it's helpful to folks. Really appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment!

[@fullarmorofgod5459]

Can't thank you enough. I've been using several of these apps/programs for months, but didn't realize how much more capable they are when used in concert with each other. I enjoy the overlanding videos, but especially enjoy and appreciate the instructional/informational videos. Thank you again.

[@Venture2Roam]

So glad to hear it was useful. More coming soon!

[@fullarmorofgod5459]

@@Venture2Roam Do you have a separate/external GPS receiver or have you found the iPad's/iPhone's internal GPS antenna to be sufficient? Thank you.

[@Venture2Roam]

@@fullarmorofgod5459 I’ve never had a problem with the phone GPS.

[@DocWrangler]

great video, these are good pointers, thanks!

[@Venture2Roam]

Thanks Ian!

[@normshafer2243]

Simply Must Go recommended you channel. Excellent video and I subbed. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. All the best, Norm in Arizona

[@Venture2Roam]

That's so great to hear! Matt is such a nice guy and a great creator. Thank you for subscribing!

[@alfa8822]

Awesome video and very helpful! Thank you

[@Venture2Roam]

So glad it was helpful! More like this coming soon!

[@twotoomanyproductions]

Will, I love how you CHANNEL your INNER SHATNER!!!! Overlanding Baby Steps. Thanks for the awesome video. My suggestion for folks is to practice the process locally. Lots of small trips you can take that will allow you to follow this model and get better using the tools without getting lost in the wilderness.

[@Venture2Roam]

OMG...Inner Shatner...I'm going to use that one now 😂. How do you make sitting at your desk interesting??? I still don't know...but Shatner would do it! Great suggestion by the way - start local - start small 100%.

[@darksideemt]

Great info Will

[@Venture2Roam]

Thank you! Hope it's useful.

[@cliffarnold7463]

Another great video and inspiration. Each one I watch reminds me to get out there and experience the great outdoors.

[@Venture2Roam]

Thanks Cliff!!

[@lymasl]

Cool video, thanks.

[@Venture2Roam]

Thanks - hope if was useful!

[@1twotour]

Amazing video!! I am not new to overlanding but I have not done everything you do here. I will definitely start incorporating some of your tips in my planning phase.

[@Venture2Roam]

Thank you so much. So glad you found it useful!!

[@ninez5740]

Great advice. I'm familiar with 90% of all the tools mentioned, but I always like to keep up on learning. Mapping routes can be one of the most tedious things in planning, but can save you a ton of time, with confidence when you get out.

[@Venture2Roam]

Great comment. I kind of love mapping because it’s where I get my brain into the trip…but it can definitely be tedious. Thanks for watching!!

[@azxpedition]

Great video! Absolutely hit the nail in the head. I especially liked your recommendation on “start local”. My Gaia is filled with routes I made in Colorado, Utah, Idaho, etc… and quite a few sit there still unexplored. I shifted gear and started local (AZ)… amazing what the back country in your backyard has to offer! I’m looking forward to this series!

[@Venture2Roam]

Same. We went to Moab…and I came back thinking my backyard was pretty dang good…and a lot easier to get to!

[@IcyReaper]

@@Venture2Roam I agree, we used to go to Moab alot before it was a "in destination" and a lot more fun and laidback. Now we do other locations in Utah (especially the San Raf swell), Idaho, Wyoming and here in Colorado.

[@chuckjones984]

This is so helpful

[@Venture2Roam]

So glad to hear that!!! Thanks for taking the time to watch!

[@michaelptm2269]

Best explanation I’ve seen on how to do this! Thank you

[@Venture2Roam]

Thank you so much! I'm glad to hear it was helpful.

[@HaugenDustin]

Fantastic video. Great territorial.

[@Venture2Roam]

Thank you, hope folks find it useful!

[@frontierstateoverland3816]

Nice to see how you use these different tools to map the routes!

[@Venture2Roam]

Doing this for our Oregon route right now!!

[@frontierstateoverland3816]

@@Venture2Roam thanks Willis!

[@OutdoorAuto]

This is a great video... Ton of effort put into making a video like this... appreciate it.

[@Venture2Roam]

Thanks man...you should know...I basically did my best Nathan Mueller impression.

[@chadzorger3513]

Much appreciated, great use of tools - thanks from Ohio!

[@Venture2Roam]

I wonder what trails are in Ohio…I bet there’s some good stuff out there. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!

[@annakickan]

Spectacular info!!!!

[@Venture2Roam]

Thank you. Hope it was helpful!!

[@tomassanesson902]

Awesome video

[@Venture2Roam]

Thank you. Hope it was useful!

[@mtnmnchronicles]

Great video.

[@Venture2Roam]

Thank you!

[@FreysOnTheSide]

Well done dude.

[@Venture2Roam]

Thank you sir 🍻

[@kevnrob1]

Just found your channel. What a wealth of info; this episode in particular. Great advice on looking for trails and camping spots. One observation - at 8:49, the first item says All "Tails" rather than Trails. Np biggie. It just caught my eye!

[@Venture2Roam]

LOL...All Tail is a very very different website 😜. If you watch more of my vids, you'll definitely catch more typos, my brain goes faster than my fingers on the keyboard. So glad you found my channel, hope you enjoy the rest of the vids on here!!

[@JEEP-N-DIRT]

I've stated this a thousand times already. You and your channel are GREAT!! Really great content and awesome approach to keep folks engaged. As stated before, I'm doing my channel (jeepNdirt) as a fun thing, but as I work on stuff to post (every few months) I can tell you one of the little projects I have is encourage folks who can't camp (due to special needs, etc.) on how to go about experiencing overlanding places without camping and how to find them. I think I'll simply do a small intro, feed some of my experience, then send them to your video here, then ask them to come back for more. (wait, your channel is so freaking great, they won't come back. Lol!!!) Ahh it doesn't matter, as long as I can help someone then in God's eyes I've served someone. God Bless you brother. Seriously I'm having a hard time understanding why you're not at 100k subscribers or more. Oh, and I'm also a YJ guy for over 21 years and love that hoodie.

[@Venture2Roam]

You know…posting stuff on YT comes with the understanding that you have to have thick skin because of the comment section…and while I do get hard commenting sometimes…I gotta say, it’s comments like these that make them meaningless. Thank you. I so appreciate this. Cheers!

[@nathanklemm179]

These are some great tips! Thank you! I don’t see it up anymore but years ago “Explore Southwest” posted a video with some interesting ideas. Old bookstores and libraries with a local section often have books that go into detail, including locations, on neat things to go see. Sometimes these POI’s never made the jump to the digital world so they’re relatively unknown. Another way to find good trails is to do essentially what Adv Taco does. Look through USGS reports of old mining claims or FAA records for old plane crashes and build your trip around finding that neat historical stuff. (or go hunt fire towers like you guys do) A lot of these spots had historical trails built to them to support whatever work was going on there. It’s can be helpful to have a goal in mind and let the trail exploration happen along the way

[@Venture2Roam]

That is some very next level advice..Super great ideas, thanks for sharing!

[@SimplyMustGo]

Awesome video Will! Super helpful! Also, epic sweatshirt! #SaveTheSquares. Now you just need to get an old YJ to play with.

[@Venture2Roam]

I do love those YJs...that might be a fun project someday! It's a great sweatshirt dude..well done.

[@krashnpa]

It sounds like you need coffee/red bull as well! Dont forget the creamer.

[@Venture2Roam]

I may or may not have had a little caffeine before filming this lol. My friends were like..."why are you talking so fast?" 😂

[@Mannix007]

Thanks Will, very helpful. What do you do on Gaia about "May Overlay" in Map Layers?

[@Venture2Roam]

Sorry not sure what May Overlay is.

[@Mannix007]

@@Venture2Roam Sorry Will! "Map Overlay". At the top of my Map Layers list, is May Overlay that has several options when clicked on. I was wondering what you have yours set to. Thanks!

[@Venture2Roam]

@@Mannix007 OH! lol...My main layers are Gaia Topo, MVUM, Public Land, Private Land, and Satellite with labels. I also will pull up Verizon cell coverage from time to time, snow depth if in winter, current fires if in fire season, and precip forecast anytime there's weather...but the first ones I listed are the ones I always have up. Is that what you were asking?

[@IcyReaper]

Will, Thanks a bunch for this vid and the coming series for beginners. Your delivery makes the subjects in all your vids very easy to understand and convey the info you want. A question on it. So do you need onX road or trails offroad or something like them to give you the info for Gaia? Does Gaia not have that info? Maybe in the series talk about the differences in all the tech nav and mapping apps. Are these apps what you have always been using and why. If you used others why did you change. Maybe some are easier for beginners?

[@Venture2Roam]

Really great question. All of the apps kind of do everything OK, but each has something they do especially well. So you could pick any of the apps I mentioned and they could work for everything. However, I'd say OnX is the best for initial discovery of a new route, TrailsOffroad is best for giving you detailed information about routes, and Gaia is best for planning and routing the trip because if it's layers. I think OnX and Trails Off Road are easiest for Beginners, but I really love Gaia even though it has a little bit of a learning curve.

[@IcyReaper]

@@Venture2Roam Thanks so, Again. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

[@lazynorse5607]

I've heard the newer 'overland' layer on Gaia includes many features of other separate layers, but in a much smaller file size, so easier to cram more on your phone. I've yet to systematically 're-do' may offline map layers on my phone, swapping for the overland layer.. don't think the overland layer includes satellite photos though, so still want those. Thoughts on this layer?

[@Venture2Roam]

I think it's good...I just haven't fully tested it out yet offgrid. Plus, I really like toggling on and off those layers when off grid..I don't always need the MVUM layer up and when I'm just navigating on a trail..and I still throw on the satellite layer often when I'm way-finding...sometimes having the public/private layers on is too much info when I'm just trying to see the map on my phone or apple car play..so jury is out for me on whether or not I'll completely replace what I'm doing now...but it's interesting because you don't really have to worry about accidentally not downloading one of those layers initially.

[@samperea8348]

It's great to learn how to find trails ourselves but surprising to hear that your subscribers are told that they have to find these epic spots themselves if they want to go to the places you show in your videos.

[@Venture2Roam]

What is surprising about it? I'm not sure I understand what you are saying.

[@IcyReaper]

Do you normally use your phone or a tablet for these while out on the trail? If a tablet does it need to have a gps chip in it or not?

[@Venture2Roam]

I normally use my phone and Apple Car Play with my head unit. If you use a tablet, you'll need one that is cell capable because of the gps chip they have. I don't like a crowded cockpit, so I try to keep it as simple as possible when driving.

[@jhayt4r]

Links to those videos on that lookout please?

[@Venture2Roam]

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[@idahocartel]

Nothing to see here folks! Montana is where you want to go

[@Venture2Roam]

Just drive right down to Utah, I hear it’s amazing down there!!

[@cliffarnold7463]

LMAO. You guys are awesome.

[@ravedog]

Decaf buddy. You could sell body building secrets on KZbin ads

[@Venture2Roam]

What’s decaf???

[@jayamos456]

Nice job, but I use OnX 😢

[@Venture2Roam]

So do I 😀…just not for mapping routes. I use more for discovering new trails.

[@jayamos456]

@@Venture2Roam me 2, exactly what we are having to do you here in Alaska OnX does the ground work and Gaia get the sugar 😎

[@ovrlndeast2834]

Haha. You said “yahoo’s”. I call my kids that all the time. Tried any good bourbons lately?

[@Venture2Roam]

Yes. Stranahans Diamond Peak. So good!

[@ovrlndeast2834]

@@Venture2Roam oh really. Picked up the Original Single Malt a few weeks ago and was disappointed. If you can get it try Elijah Toasted Barrel or John J Bowman. 🥃👍

[@Wklambert]

"Instaspammers" LMAO

[@Venture2Roam]

😂 True tho

[@Wklambert]

@@Venture2Roam haha, yes, yes it is. 😁 Hope you're doing well today man!

[@veronica0406]

Great information, thank you so much! Here is hoping for a great Idahome camping season in 2023! 🏕️

[@Venture2Roam]

Thanks for watching. Cheers to Idahome!