Websites for Camping

Go to the state park websites of each state you're going to. They generally have things listed

this should be a google search not a newschoolers thread

The forest services interactive map works surprising well.

the dyrt is a good one. also I'd suggest to just google BLM land for wherever you're at cuz theres surely a fair amount of it up there

Public lands.

Check out that BLM life. There's plenty of it out there. Also there's some apps for finding camping spots. I can't remember the camping spot one I used to have. Sometimes just googled areas. Utah is pretty easy for what I've found. Have done a few trips camping around the nat parks/monuments, and other spots. Have had good luck. This last year we went through moab area on the way back to escalante and the one big area was the fullest I've ever seen by far. We had to kind of work for a spot in the back.

Idk really depends where you're going but a lot of times it's not too hard to find free places to camp in the west. Some places it's def more likely to fill up than others so getting a spot in the day is clutch. Sometimes I'd get a hotel once every week or two to have a bed for a night.

But people post about everything which helps spots get more crowded but also makes them easy to find. I was just googling free camping in areas and finding stacks of responses with roads, mile markers, landmarks etc, details and everything.

freecampsites.net

if you're gonna be in national parks a lot then look into the america the beautiful pass too for 80 bucks (Ik you said free but still)

ioverlander is a good one that has some spots.