Right by some really nice short trails for a good evening/morning hike. You can park by the road and set up a tent or hammock for some privacy in one of the riverside spots if you arrive early enough. We loved this place, right off the main highway through Mt Hood and close to the city but still felt quiet and private enough.

For free? Doesn’t get better than this. Great trails nearby, a little river to sit by in the morning/evening. We set up chairs on a small bridge and watched someone fish at sunset.

Came through on an evening in July to meet a buddy canoeing the misssissippi. This was easily the buggiest site we stayed in all summer. Mosquitos so thick we had to wear nets over our faces. Maybe we’re just sensitive about it, but it was hard to get anything done.

Easy drive and nice for a free spot in the Adirondacks. Super private sites, we’ll spaced. Gave us some weird vibes though, these woods definitely have a strange energy about them.

Gravel road is well maintained, made it here in a prius easily. Less of established camping and more dispersed, but sites are clear and many have rock fire rings. Right on the river, super chill, nobody drove by our site the entire night on a weeknight in July.

We came here on a Sunday in July, expecting folks would be on their way by late evening so we could get some sleep. This spot is big for off-roading, which was anticipated, but what we didn’t anticipate was folks blasting music and flashing lights in their atv’s until 1am, making loops all the way down the dunes and onto sites where folks were pitching tents. Also not the best place if you have a larger rig or don’t have 4WD, but if you’re up for it you can scout ahead on foot to see where the sand is firm enough to drive off road. Bathrooms were in rough shape, and you can’t lock the door. A fine place to build a fire and do some primitive campfire cooking in a self-made rock ring if you’re in a pinch, but really weird energy here. (Maybe this is a reach, too, but as two queer people who have been camping across the country at dispersed sites, this was the ONLY one where we did not feel safe.)