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hitekhomeless — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:05:35 +0000

Did you know that our registered users have profile pages? That way, if they have filled them in, you can see what kind of camping they prefer and what type of rig they drive. This should help you decide if their submission or review is relevant to you. To see the profile, click on the [...]

Happy New Year 2012!

hitekhomeless — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:18:42 +0000

Happy New Year, campers! May yours be totally awesome and full of free camping! Join the forum discussion on this post - (3) Posts

Rubber Tramp Rendezvous 2012

hitekhomeless — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:52:22 +0000

Its free! Everyone is welcome to the 2nd Annual Rubber Tramp Rendezvous. Tents, vans, RVs, car campers, etc. There will be seminars and evening campfires. Come on out and meet other full time road warriors or just come out to learn about the lifestyle. Last year’s RTR was a blast! When: [...]

Three Years Of Free Camping

hitekhomeless — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:28:15 +0000

We hope everyone is staying warm and enjoying the holiday season. May you find joy where ever you are. In addition to Christmas, we here at FreeCampsites.Net have another reason to celebrate. On the evening of December 24th, 2008, FreeCampsites.net came online for the first time ever. That was three years ago today. I started [...]

Happy Halloween

hitekhomeless — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 06:53:17 +0000

On this oh so spooky holiday, we have the pleasure of showcasing this not so creepy camper. It’s covered in bats, but they are the friendly “bite the bug before it bites you” kind. This super cute camper belongs to our fellow caver friends John and Brenda Shultheis of Hoosier Cavers. Brenda designed and [...]

Creepy Camping

hitekhomeless — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:34:35 +0000

Camping and telling ghost stories around the camp fire go hand in hand. Why not spend this Halloween telling stories surrounded by ghouls in their own haunts? We have gathered up some notoriously haunted free camping locations along with some not so spooky but fun places for you to enjoy. If you know of any [...]

Snowbird Season Is Here! Stay Warm With Free Camping In The Southwest

hitekhomeless — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 01:44:08 +0000

As winter moves in, it is time for many full-time RVers or snowbirds to begin the migration south for warmer climes. There are many opportunities for free camping in the American Southwest. These range from free RV parks run by the city in order to attract tourists to vast tracts of desert where you can [...]

Free Camping in Southern California

hitekhomeless — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 01:41:22 +0000

Looking for a place to camp in southern California this winter that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg? Here are a few completely free camping spots that will keep you warm as well as keeping your wallet in your pocket. Amboy Crater Located along historic route 66, in the Mojave Desert, stands an extinct [...]

Map Interface Changes

hitekhomeless — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:34:44 +0000

Today, we’re rolling the beta interface into production. Some of you have been using the interface for a while now and we appreciate the feedback we received. We hope to accomplish a few things with the new map, but primarily we want to make searching for campsites easier. New Features The new interface is all [...]

Share and Enjoy

hitekhomeless — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 04:14:28 +0000

We have added the Google Plus One button to our pages. Its your way to recommend our site on the web. When you click it, you let people in your social circle know that you think that our page is a good resource for free camping and boondocking locations. Each click is only for the [...]

Campground Mysteriously Reopened

hitekhomeless — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:48:19 +0000

West Branch State Forest Campground, located in Dickinson County, Michigan, was closed in 2009 by the DNR due to budget cuts. It was reopened, illegally, over Memorial Day weekend. An unknown party mowed the grass, jimmied open the doors to the restrooms and removed the roadblocks, a large berm and some boulders, that the DNR [...]

More Front Page Interface Changes

hitekhomeless — Fri, 20 May 2011 04:00:53 +0000

We have removed the Canada tab from the main menu and placed it into the map menu. We have added the ability to share the front page maps via email, Facebook and numerous other social mediums. You might have noticed some of these share boxes throughout the site already. You’ll recognize it as the orange [...]

Searching for a camp site… simplified.

hitekhomeless — Thu, 12 May 2011 13:48:26 +0000

I know you guys think we just hang out at the beach drinking margaritas all day, but you’re wrong. We really do work a bit on occasion. Although you might be right about the margaritas… But as proof that we do work on occasion, I’d like to unveil our fancy new interface (you might need [...]

Pass or Permit Required: A New Fee Category

hitekhomeless — Mon, 02 May 2011 21:13:02 +0000

We have added a new site fee type: Pass or Permit Required. It is in addition to the “Free” and “$10 or less” types. This will allow sites that, like the BLM LTVAs, are a supreme value but do not quite make it into the $10 or less category because your out of pocket cost [...]

Moving Forward

hitekhomeless — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 06:37:40 +0000

Did you see it? For about 15 minutes tonight, the FreeCampsites.net you are used to seeing disappeared and a maintenance page popped up in it’s place. Sorry about that, but it was all in the name of progress! Tonight’s maintenance should pave the way for some cool features. We made some large changes to the [...]

Are You Adventurous?

hitekhomeless — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:15:22 +0000

Are you adventurous? If so, you may like this. Now, this tool is a bit different than the rest of the site. It will give you GPS coordinates and names for POTENTIAL campsites that are not yet listed here at Freecampsites.net. That’s right, you’ll be seeing some of the raw data we’re working with and [...]

Water Management

hitekhomeless — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:06:07 +0000

Water management is a big deal for long term boondocking. Water is almost always the resource to run out first unless you happen to be camping next to a pretty clean water supply and take advantage of it. In this article, we will look at a few things you can do to make the most [...]

Boondocking How-To

hitekhomeless — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:50:07 +0000

What do you need to boondock? You don’t actually need anything at all. Anyone that sleeps in the woods is, more or less, ‘boondocking’. Now, if you want to boondock constantly and be comfortable, that is another thing entirely. If you are happy with a tent and a backpack, there’s probably not much we can [...]

What is boondocking?

hitekhomeless — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:37:35 +0000

What is boondocking? If you are new to camping, you may ask this same question. Boondocking is essentially camping without hookups. You may also hear it referred to as ‘dry camping’. Often, dry camping means staying in a campground without hookups, whereas, boondocking typically means staying in a completely undeveloped area. You may also hear [...]

Weather Forecast

hitekhomeless — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 07:20:30 +0000

I have added a new feature to the site. You can now view the four day weather forecast for the campsite you are interested in. Please let us know if you experience any problems or discrepancies. Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts