whaley (11/11/82)
#N:uiucdcs:7900008:000:599 uiucdcs!whaley Nov 10 15:41:00 1982 I have long been intending to collect places that one can land that have backpacking sites withing walking distance, or for that matter camping of any sort withing walking distance, though I prefer to avoid parking lots full of RVs. Anything which fits even loosely in to these categories I would like to hear of. Or any publications which anyone knows of. Here in Illinois, which is not scenery center USA, there are surprisingly some places to do that. Many state parks (e.g. Red Hills) have ranger landing strips. If one checks the sogginess in advance, the public is invited to use them.
billr@sri-unix (11/18/82)
There are several books that have camping spots close to airports listed.
The main one I know of is:
Western States Fly-in Campground Directory
pub. by: Fly 'N Camp Enterprises
PO Box 6055
Burbank
CA 91510
It covers the western US (i.e. west of (and including) Mont., WY, UT, NM).
The copy I have is the 2nd edition (1978). I don't know if there is a
newer edition out or if the company is even in buisiness any more.
A good general book on fly-in camping which also has some camp spots listed
in the back (covering all US) is:
Flying -- Off The Pavement
by Link Grindle
Pub. by and avail from: Lasenda Publishers
32331 Coast Hwy.
South Laguna
CA 92677
Another referance is: "AOPA's Airports USA". While it doesn't seperately
list camping areas, it does say for many of the airport entrys if camping
is available on field or nearby.
As an aside, on a recent flying trip to Alaska (via Alcan Hwy) I friend and
I camped rather than staying in motels. We found that at every airport we
stopped at we were able to pitch our tent on the airport premises, sometimes
right under the wing of the airplane. One airport (Watson Lake, YT) even
caters to fly-in campers with fire boxes and garbage barrels. Flying and
camping is a way of life in the north country and we meet several people
doing the same thing we were.
-Bill Randle
Tektronix, Inc.
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