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Imagine: You awaken on a crisp, sunny morning to the sound of a curious Steller's jay and the smell of coffee steeping in your neighbor’s French press. Bundled in your sleeping bag, you consider what ...

Kristen Tate camps a lot. The freelance book editor from San Francisco takes car camping trips for two weeks every summer, during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays and often on weekends. She ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... With Thanksgiving behind us, it’s time to start thinking about summer camping reservations at Colorado’s four national parks, 11 national forests and 42 ...

If you tend to wait until the last minute to make camping plans, you’re in luck. Beginning Monday, March 24, Washington State Parks is offering same-day reservations at all of its reservable ...

Update, 4:25 p.m. Friday: SF Gate reports that President Donald Trump’s administration has approved a pilot day reservation program for spring and summer visitors to Yosemite National Park, according ...