How to Camp for FREE on Public Lands

Free Camping in an RV or Van on Public Lands is Super Easy when you follow a few simple rules. I tell you everything you need to know in this video.
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00:00 Intro
00:51 What is Dispersed Camping and Boondocking
02:46 Where Can I camp for Free in the National Forest
03:15 Boondocking in the National Forest or BLM Road Rules
04:20 Free Camping Near Water
09:56 Free Camping in National Forest Limits
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[@CarolynsRVLife]

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[@Queen_of_Hearts-Sharnell]

I just have to say, since I haven’t yet, your hair is FANTASTIC! I love your channel. Awaiting the title to my RV as we speak. Heading to Bellingham, WA. I’ve got to get myself back to the 🎵🎶🎵Oooooceeeaaaannn🎵🎶🎵

[@Queen_of_Hearts-Sharnell]

Excellent tips, also meadows can be deceptive, and a heavy vehicle in a seemingly sturdy meadow can weigh enough to sink the tires enough for you to get stuck. If you are faced off road with a stuck vehicle alone, the cost to the land by getting someone there to pull you out is way worse than trying to be creative and get close to nature. That nature DOES NOT WANT YA THERE!! We have horrible wildfires in Washington State right now. The air quality in our state is awful. If anyone is traveling in Washington, please have a different plan than a campfire. 😢

[@Ravynblk08]

What does it mean?

[@CarolynsRVLife]

@@Queen_of_Hearts-Sharnell Thank you so much Queen! Glad you enjoy my channel! Have fun at the ocean in your RV!

[@BlueSpirit.]

Thanks. I love useful, and informative videos. 🌎, our only home, and the only planet that billionaires should be spending their extreme wealth on is on a rapid path of extinction. When I take a deep breath on the East Coast, I don’t want my lungs filled with smoke from the West coast, and plants like Sunshine, not Sunhaze. How much more suffering and devastation will it take before humans put everything into it like our lives depend on it? Remember there is a tipping point at which nothing we do will matter.

[@Josevazquez212]

Great video Carolyn, 😊 thanks

[@kimberlyknight9584]

Hi Carolyn! Thanks as always!

[@CarolynsRVLife]

Hi Kimberly and you’re welcome!

[@susangale4586]

Thank you for being a stellar ambassador to nature🙏

[@kimberlyknight9584]

Super helpful!

[@alisadaly9394]

Sidenote.....OMG!! U LOOK SOOOOO CUTE WITH UR HAIR IN PIGTAILS.LOVE IT!! XoXo

[@andreasmith8735]

Awesome advice Carolyn! Your so right we are the visitors in the forest. Thank you for all of this information.

[@CarolynsRVLife]

Thank you Andrea and you’re welcome!

[@debliedel]

Wow!! Beautiful ❤️❤️!! Good job!💕

[@nancycain4434]

Good advice

[@pennythostenson6983]

This was a wonderful video and I learned from it. I hope everyone else will too. We must take care of our planet.

[@CarolynsRVLife]

I’m glad you enjoyed it Penny! Thank you.

[@k_harmony8430]

Along with the importance of leave no trace…I like Don’t over stay your welcome💕💗❤️

[@bambihargrove6499]

Great information Carolyn 👍

[@larajackson7506]

Thank you! Love ya! Be safe and well! See you next time!😃❤👍

[@sabracrouse5893]

Carolyn I just washed your last videos. You're such a happy person anyway just wanted to tell you I enjoyed them take care stay safe God bless

[@CarolynsRVLife]

Thank you! You too!

[@davepalmetto]

Good to know

[@Amigoof]

Thank you for all the great information, Carolyn!! I always learn something from your videos!! Now if we can just get everyone on board, what a wonderful world this would be (I'm thinking that is a 1960s song lyric)!! lol Keep enjoying Mother Nature!! ✌🏼

[@sabracrouse5893]

Thanks Caroline for your information. Sandy looks like she's having a good time in back of you take care stay safe God bless

[@wendybeiermann815]

Great video. Thank you.😊😊😊

[@kimbrandom2789]

I love this message. I take doggie poo pick up bags and put my toilet paper in them to carry out. They're very cheap at the dollar store and we'll worth the convenience.

[@craigandlisao9736]

We are very good friends with the Makah Tribe here in the Olympic Rain Forest. The Hoko River road is VIRGIN territory. A very good friend of ours owns 100s if not over a 1000s acres that they are opening their land they own outside the reservation into Boondocking for those that want to see nature at its finest. I invite you my friend. It’s Gods purest here. Much love from us in Sekiu. 🥰

[@CarolynsRVLife]

That’s awesome…Thank you for the invitation!

[@bevtrue6937]

Half the country is having forest fires these days. Canada, too. Stinks.

[@CarolynsRVLife]

It’s so sad to see the devastation. 😞

[@TravelGrandma]

Great advice.

[@terrysager1091]

Yes! Leave No Trace--National Forest people should use this video to teach LNT: "Leave it like you want to see it when you get there."

[@marypar4]

Great advice

[@healingv1sion]

Awww ur cute pigtails 😍

[@ChrisW228]

I’m just starting to learn the lifestyle. I hear you saying, “Don’t throw out your dishwater,” loud and clear. But since you said earlier to stay out of water, how do people bathe/shower when they stay for two weeks?

[@russellhancock9765]

I don't know if I told You. Here near Asheboro North Carolina, Our Hospital has over 20,000 cases of Covid 19 Level 3. Please Stay Safe Out there.

[@CarolynsRVLife]

I’m sorry to hear that Russell. Sadie and I are staying as safe as possible.

[@katkohler]

It’s so easy to wash dishes by spraying them with Vinegar and water without having to dump dishwater. Dry with a towel and put dirty cleaning cloth in a zip back are there better ideas? Thanks for your message, Carolyn!

[@jillhogan2611]

Love your videos and your ideas on life. You are an extremely intelligent woman!! Always!

[@TinksTravelingFarm]

I carry a rolling magnet because of all the nails left in fire pits. I always leave the places I stay cleaner then I found it in. Thanks for the info, very helpful.

[@karenroe6270]

Perfect 👌 💖🌟

[@thelifeandtimesofcrazypatr699]

Fire ring just keeps the fire contained. Also in the old days, when sleeping next to the fire. The rocks will continue to give off heat when the fire gets low.

[@robertsitch1415]

Some parks have fire rings with a built in rack so you can more easily cook with it too.

[@owl3144]

Well said, Carolyn. Especially liked how strongly you stressed the leave no trace. We all need to do our part to protect this beautiful land.

[@grannypeacock1218]

Yes most important, just because there's a fire ring doesn't mean it's legal or okay to have a fire especially in California in the summer.

[@annettemontalvo4729]

Love you be safe and happy

[@genekied]

I seriously can't understand why people have to have fires all the time. I rarely have fires, maybe when it's real cold and then a small one. And if fires are a must please only burn what wood you can pick up from the ground. I've been to some places where you can't find even twigs nearby or one all the surrounding trees.

[@HopeLivesHere721]

I don't like fires because everything smells all smoky. Your clothes and inside your RV if the doors open. I just don't care for the smell on everything.

[@limitedtime5471]

@@HopeLivesHere721 same, i enjoyed watching a fire stove in a cottage i rented, but campfires make my clothes and hair reek of smoke

[@loub8294]

Thank you 😊

[@ShannonLeeAcoustic2112]

GREAT video, Carolyn! Important stuff for people to know while boondocking! And I always love your personality. XOXO from Michigan!

[@CarolynsRVLife]

Thank you Shannon!

[@BlueSky-ff4oy]

Very important msg thank you. 🌿☁️ There are so many convenient portable firepits that keeps it OFF the earth even. A video about all the easiest portable firepits including the one in a can, would be very helpful.

[@lindabelcher427]

I wish by just talking about "leave no trace" would do the trick. Perhaps there are those out there who are truly just uninformed but sadly I think we are dealing with many people who just don't care. What do you do and say that could get them to care? Certainly though thank you for your kind efforts. It's good to keep trying.

[@Carol-qi6me]

Great info! Thank you for the reminder to take care of our earth 💗✌🏽

[@thizizliz]

I'm just gonna say thank you for the facts & your passion. You are Absolutely on target.

[@rouxchat6033]

Thanks, Carolyn. And, yes, I like your shirt. 👍 An Oregon nomad 🌲❤🐶😽❤🌲

[@shorts.....g.hisglotheprot9489]

Hi Carolyn and Sadie, Love all your videos i been binge watching your beginning videos your really awesome i am learning so much for you and so right about just follow the rules and pick up after yourself and we are all happy right...I am watching and learning thank you Carolyn for all you do to let all of us have all the information we need..Ok Take Care Be Safe and God Bless Us All.. New name for my soon to be channel . ("Thee Lady GG 62 Year's Young Waiting For Travels") Gloria. Happy Traveling.

[@celestepalm6949]

PREACH... word to your Mother.

[@caroldodson8258]

We just camped a couple of weeks ago in the Olympic National Forest in a spot where the sites were at the water. Some idiot who must have stayed there quite a bit had a bucket with a seat on it and a huge hole dug for their potty not 15 from the water! I filled it in. Lots of trash also. Such a beautiful place with a family of otters. People Clean Up After Yourselves!!! And don't put up a portapotty by the water!

[@judivowell5748]

Great video Carolyn. I backpacked in the Sierras in the 50's and 60's with my parents and remember when you wouldn't see another person for one or two weeks. Now I live in Bishop and it's scary how many people come through to go to places that are no longer remote. And the lack of respect for this beautiful area is so sad. Even one piece of trash left by each person can add up to TONS of trash. I was also a Girl Scout and was taught at a very early age to "leave no trace". When I camp, I make sure when I leave there isn't a single piece of trash left. It only takes a minute. So thank you for reminding us all that it's up to us to be sure our grandchildren and great grandchildren have places to enjoy.

[@thizizliz]

💯‼🎯❤

[@CarolynsRVLife]

Thank you Judy! It is sad to see the disregard people have for our natural gifts and resources.

[@jamierupert7563]

So sad that people actually need to be reminded. It should just be second nature to just pick up after yourself, but sadly as we've seen, it isn't.

[@deniserosner796]

They should give a mandatory class to any purchaser of an RV, a tent or anything having to do with any kind of camping, hiking, etc. regarding fires and leaving no trace! It’s mostly common sense, but unfortunately most of our population is unconscious.🥴

[@shellchenonceau6987]

Common sense and critical thinking are deliberately drummed out of kids today. Schools in general need to be overhauled

[@janeeley1604]

Great advice….. especially the “ leave no trace “ and why. Humans are so good at destroying what they love. Thank you.

[@CarolynsRVLife]

So true! And so sad. :-(

[@travelduckwonder8013]

The two times I have had a knock in 4 years I was about 100 yards from where I needed to be. It was scary when my rig was rushed by 3 tribal police cars. I had no idea what I did wrong. It's easy to get it wrong, so I think this it is good advice to take as much care as possible. I appreciate your appreciation for Leave No Trace principles. Thanks Carolyn!

[@DeerheartStudioArts]

thanks for sharing all the info. Luv your content.🦌💌❤️🙏🚙

[@stanley8272]

Great advice. Even for me who lives in nz.

[@CarolynsRVLife]

I’m glad you liked it Glenda! Thank you.

[@KAnneMeinel]

You posted you were in Ottawa National Forest? That's in Michigan, not Wisconsin.

[@LilbitSolo]

great information ty so much for sharing. hugs from lori 🤗

[@CarolynsRVLife]

Thanks for watching!

[@terrynewell8968]

I was very surprised you found free camping in Wisconsin. I was in Northern Wisconsin and told by a ranger the only free camping in Wisconsin was on islands on the rainbow Flowage.

[@AngelBaby11117]

R-E-S-P-E-C-T! LEAVE NO TRACE!!! Let's keep Nature beautiful! Yay!!! Thank you, Carolyn! Great job!!! NO cigarette butts either and NO DIAPERS!!! NO ammo and broken glass!!! Clean it all up!!! I don't know how many times I have had to clean up a campsite, my favorite campsite, to make it tolerable after littered with cigarette butts and toilet paper. Don't know how the people could stand it themselves. As for fire rings, they are not trash receptacles and not for trash burning. Glass, cans and plastic do not disappear when burned. Fires should not be wild blazing bonfires either. Rings can limit breezes blowing ash and embers and help contain heat. Let's all keep Nature beautiful! PLEASE!!!

[@mauricelamaredwards2624]

Great video I learned a lot about camping in places that you can camp safely and not be trespassing on property you should not be. I like your camper

[@mikeajacksonreaction]

Awesome thank you. The video quality is MUCH better. This will help a great deal with lighting, $30 Neewer 43 Inch/110 Centimeter Light Reflector 5-in-1 Collapsible Multi-Disc And 5 home depot .99¢ clamps. I dont know how to do the links. It'll make the sun in the eyes thing more comfy. And one on the ground to fill the "adams family" shadows under the eyes and nose. Very easy hope it helps love the vids :)

[@CarolynsRVLife]

Thank you for the recommendations and thanks for watching! Stay tuned 😎

[@laurasperry2261]

Great info for newbies!

[@CarolynsRVLife]

Glad you think so!

[@1Polglen]

In New Zealand we have lost access to many many free camping places where you could once camp. Some which had had toilets etc. The reason: people abusing the sites. Lighting fires, destroying the toilets and the rubbish and human waste . I have weeped when cycling the back country at finding rubbish and piles of poop and toilet paper on and beside roads. And so called disposable nappies! Why I don't know. Too many tourists or just too many people who haven't learnt to leave no trace. A basic skill we were taught as children. I don't know and I'm not sure what the solution is.

[@CarolynsRVLife]

I agree Glen…It’s very sad to see such beauty disregarded and disrespected. 😞

[@dsteenytravelhome4484]

I love how you educate people. There's a real need. Like you I dislike finding other people's garbage and waste.

[@NYCHFAN]

First thing we always did was stop in the Forest Service office to say hello, get any news we may need, ask questions, and/or get a map. After a bit, the rangers start to know you and that really helps.

[@Maddiehere89]

"Leave no trace" is also Girl Scouts motto! I learned it at a very early age and still will take trash that someone else left.

[@hopefranklin9155]

Good good advice. Leave no trace. Thanks Carolyn. Blessings to you and Sadie girl.

[@debbiecarleton2101]

Right

[@richardp6461]

I keep trying to tell you great places with dispersed camping in Montana. After seeing some of the beautiful spots you have camped. I'm guessing you already know. Great episode as usual. You do know the in and out of this stuff. And think of stuff I've never considered 👍☮

[@CarolynsRVLife]

Thanks Richard! Keep sharing those camping spots with me and the Friendly community. 😃

[@richardp6461]

@@CarolynsRVLife only for you girl, and of course the friendly's. Lets just say for those that will take care of them. Public lands are so important. We can't have careless people or worse careless corporations doing what ever they want with our prized possession. They can't see past there billfold.

[@bonbon5980]

Completely off today’s subject but I just need to compliment you on your hair! With all the dye long gone your hair is such a beautiful warm silver - not gray! and those pigtails - your hair looks so thick and soft. I’m getting there and I too have refused to cover my gray - the last time I got a grime was for my sons wedding this past April and the stylist said I was about 75% there. Thankfully my hair,like yours has decided to be a nice silvery color - not some dull gray. And also thanks for this explanation you’re doing today. It helps a lot when you explain it in a simple, direct and concise way as you are doing. Here’s to you and Sadie girl having a lovely time wherever you’re at. As a Wisconsin girl I hope you enjoyed your visit here. Hopefully you made it to Door County!

[@CarolynsRVLife]

Thank you Bonnie and cheers to everyone embracing their authentic self! I’m so glad you are enjoying my videos. Wisconsin was a great trip for Sadie and I.

[@rocki59]

How do you handle your dogs waste? I want to travel with my pet.

[@paige_n_neri]

Carry doggy poop bags and pick up if it's near a campsite. Or a gardening spade and bury if it's in the woods and away from water. Pretty much the same you would do with your own. 🙂

[@carolynhoover9444]

Love your content! You are funny and bright. A delight to watch because you are genuine!

[@CarolynsRVLife]

Carolyn, Aw, hank you so much!

[@carolynhoover9444]

@@CarolynsRVLife my pleasure!

[@brendapeplow5365]

😊👍

[@charlottewilson4680]

Great information as usual.

[@CarolynsRVLife]

Thank you Charlotte!

[@eliciamccoy7496]

Great message video hope everyone pays attention to it. Stay safe Carolyn and Sadie enjoy your life.

[@CarolynsRVLife]

Thank you Elicia!

[@texcinlulu]

Thank you so much for this video!!! All need to heed this! Great info! Sweet Sadie was having a good time in the background! Safe travels 🌞🦋❤️

[@marilynrenaud1892]

Well said Carolyn.👍👍👍👍👍

[@CarolynsRVLife]

Thank you Marilyn!

[@deaconessfaithcommunitynur4745]

Great information

[@winstonfoto6505]

Love this. Well said.

[@sarahjackson6714]

👍 well said Carolyn!

[@rickh59verizonnet]

Excellent video! Thank you so much for your great advice.

[@somewherenorthofstarbase7056]

Heck yeah!

[@mikemiller859]

You did a wonderful job on this one. The Forest Service, National Forest, BLM, they should all use this video. Thank you so much.

[@CarolynsRVLife]

Thank you Mike!

[@unclemo5536]

👍 Fantastic informative video! I am glad that you mentioned campsite fires. As well as, leaving "no trace". All need to respect the land :) Safe & Happy Travels

[@CarolynsRVLife]

Hi Uncle Mo. it amazes me how little thought people put into their actions. L-(

[@jamierupert7563]

@@CarolynsRVLife It sure does, doesn't it??!! 😊

[@paige_n_neri]

Good info...thank you ❤

[@CarolynsRVLife]

Glad you enjoyed it Paige😃

[@cynfll]

Great video! Thank you! I have finally bought my RV, a 1998 23.5 ft twin/king Lazy Daze. Taking some small trips after some mechanical and an new AC, then a renovation, then hopefully full time! I have been following since you started and really appreciate the insight. Hopefully we'll cross paths on the road. Thank you!

[@CarolynsRVLife]

Congratulations! I’m excited for you! Safe travels and be free!

[@ronnyfoulk1858]

👍

[@carolconnell9521]

Another great video. Why I follow you. Leave your campsite cleaner than you found it!

[@CarolynsRVLife]

Thank you Carol! We can all do our part.

[@annhope7760]

Well stated

[@robertclark3426]

Good info for sure! Been watching for a long time. Always enjoy the Puppy content too. Animals are our children. Will never let ya down and don't charge $125.00 an hour to listen to us😁

[@CarolynsRVLife]

Thanks for being a faithful viewer Robert and so true about our fur babies!

[@briantodd4887]

Do you have to tell the forest service officials that you are boondocking?

[@dragonflytoo]

Well said. 👍

[@user-js9gn2hw9s]

I LIKE YOUR HAIR.YOU'RE LOOKING AMAZING!!!!LOVE THE GREY WITH ORANGE SHIRT. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT POOP LOL THAT'S REALLY DISGUSTING TO SEE PEOPLES' CRAP ALL OVER THE PLACE.ABOUT THE ROCK PATHS,I DON'T GET WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT,IF THE ROCKS ARE ALREADY THERE...WHY CAN'T YOU BE CREATIVE WITH THEM AND MAKE A GARDEN OR A PATH,THEY ARE PART OF NATURE AREN'T THEY? I AM JUST CURIOUS, WHY YOU SHOULDN'T DO THINGS WITH THE ROCKS? :)

[@leoblumhagen644]

The idea is to experience nature as Mother Nature created it, not someone’s idea of what it should be, if you need a rock garden do it in your own yard

[@blondie42550]

Love your hair and your bronze skin! My tan is mostly from mowing, would much rather it be from camping! Hopefully next year.... 😉

[@lindaselover2536]

I rarely have a fire, as I use my backpacking stove, but I recently bought a portable fire pit - a stand with a special mesh that holds all of the ashes and embers. Have not used it yet, nor will I use it until we have had some rain. Thank you for the MVUM info.

[@pamflowers8364]

Great video with lots of tips about roads, the confusing time limit issue, fires (I don't have them any more). If I bury my poop while backpacking, I dig a hole, cover it with the biggest rock I can find, then put dirt over the rock so dogs and other critters can't dig it up. Thanks again for all you do to help inform all of us.

[@jillhogan2611]

Me, my husband, and daughter always leave our campsite cleaner than we find it. We bring the garbage we gather goes with us until we find a proper garbage disposal!! This is the true way to camp and be out in nature 🌲🌳🌿.

[@margicain2477]

Thank you for sharing your yrs of experience 🙂

[@CarolynsRVLife]

You’re welcome Margi!

[@eyeswideopen1158]

Hello Carolyn. Excellent tips, advise! I wish everyone would follow the "leave no trace" rule. Happy travels and stay safe.

[@shaunhall6834]

I plan on taking everything out. I'm designing a Viking tent that stands above the ground so it doesn't hurt the plants.

[@thrivingnow7843]

Great video, Carolyn!! Do you have merch that says Leave No Trace or Leave only footprints ?

[@CarolynsRVLife]

I do not, but that’s a great suggestion. Thank you!

[@cargotrailereric6738]

What do you do with a dog when you backpack? I'm having a garage sale tomorrow. Getting out of bricks and sticks. Nervice exited freaking out in a good way.

[@AngelBaby11117]

Congratulations, Eric, on your new adventure. I always took my dogs with me when I went backpacking. They had their own backpacks and we're trained to stay on the trail. My two dogs even stayed on the trail when a year old bear cub stood frozen on a log pretending to be invisible until we passed by! It was so cute!!!

[@CarolynsRVLife]

Congrats Eric on your new adventure! If your pup is able, take your dog with you and remember to bring enough supplies for both of you. If it is a short hike with uncertain terrain and the weather is cool enough, you could leave your dog behind, but only when you know it is not going to be too hot. When I had Capone, I just did not backpack or leave him for long stretches, as he was older and could not handle excursions like that. Best of luck to you!

[@cargotrailereric6738]

Ty

[@luvyourchannel923]

Someone told me that you can't camp in a 50 footer RV in a national park. It that correct

[@TheBuildersHouse]

Please, can you tell me a good phone app or website which would let me know the terrain across the United States. I will be travelling alone with a heavy trailer and don't want to drive in the mountains. I am going from Georgia to Montana...what route would be the best? Thanks so much.

[@CarolynsRVLife]

Great question! I use an App call Freeroam and it has an elevation layer. It’s easy if you k kw how to read a topo map. I don’t think it’s possible to avoid the mountains completely. Safe travels!

[@TheBuildersHouse]

@@CarolynsRVLife Thanks so much