[ Outline ] · Standard · Linear+ BLM camping, the short version please

[RV_Tech]

Can someone give me the short version of camping on BLM land. Here in Tennessee it is a non-issue, but starting this summer we will be wandering for months and do everything we can to avoid commercial campgrounds.

We are having a hard time figuring out how this works. It looks like no reservations, so do you just go there and if you do is there someone in each campground who manages reservations?

Any light you are able to cast on this subject would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Steve

[Backroad Joe]

I generally don't associate BLM land with campgrounds. Although there are some I really avoid all campgrounds. On BLM land you can boondock most anywhere, simply pull off the road at a nice spot and camp. The same applies in National Forests with a few restrictions. BLM does have several LTVA's (Long Term Visitor Areas) in the Cslifornia/Arizona border zone. For a nominal fee you can have some amenities, but you also get thousands of snowbirds as neighbors.

To answer your specific question about campgrounds if there is any fee there would be some envelopes available and a strong box to deposit it into.

There is plenty of open space here in the Far West & Southwest and you'll have no problem figuring out where to stay and even less problem enjoying it.