Bold indicates details of importance, such as Moon scenic ratings between 8 and 10/10.
Campsitephotos.com is a website whose sole purpose is to photograph and rate individual campsites in thousands of American and Canadian campgrounds. Being a proponent of word economy, I defer to the adage, “A picture is worth a thousand words.”
DNR = Dept. of Natural Resources
FreeCampgrounds.com is a great website that lists all of the campgrounds which have no fees.
Hoodoo Recreation Services manages most of the U.S. Forest Service campgrounds in Washington and Oregon. The criteria for their RV use ratingcontinues to elude me.
K/M: a private membership series of 10 resorts in WA, some of which are large enough to accomodate non-members with minimal notice.
King5 refers to Seattle television station KING’s show Evening Magazine which annually ranks the Northwest’s “Best Getaways,” most of which are campgrounds in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
Moon is the publishing firm which is responsible for many travel guides, including Tom Stienstra’s “Washington Camping: The Complete Guide to Tent and RV Camping.” For my money, the Moon travel guides are far more informative than those published by Foghorn Outdoors, even though Tom Stienstra writes for both.
MRNP = Mount Rainier National Park
NCNP = North Cascades National Park
NFS = National Forest Service
NPS = National Park Service
ONP = Olympic National Park
ORV = Off Road Vehicles
S.P. = State Park
Sunset refers to the popular magazine whose subtitle has changed from “Western Living” to “Experience the West.” Their rating systems are less than scientific, but they practice remarkable photo journalism.
TripFinder reviews advice on hotels, resorts, vacation rentals, campgrounds, and many other recreational and travel locations.
Tripleblaze is a multinational organization that uses a unique popularity algorithm that accounts for the average rating and number of reviews for campgrounds, plus the number of people who have camped or wish they could camp there. The Tripleblaze ratings reflected in my campground list are current as of 1/13/2014.
USFS = United States Forest Service
