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Hi,

What RV road trip tools are using to plan your road trips?

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My favorites:

Microsoft Streets & Trips (2010) - MY favorite all-around tool

Google Searches

RVparkreviews.com

rv.net

Trailer Life Directory DVD (to a much lesser extent)


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Google searches

Trailer Life Parks and Campaground Directory

A pile of AAA tour books and Road Maps

Any free literature I can get from various state tourism bureaus (I like to sit down and read some printed stuff too)

And when I can get my hands on it, Microsoft Streets and Trips.

I'm glad you started this as I was kind of wondering the same thing.

I also use Microsoft Streets & Trips and...

http://www.recreation.gov/

http://corpslakes.usace.army.mil/visitors/visitors.cfm

http://www.rvparkreviews.com/

I don't have Streets and Trips so I use a low-tech atlas with scenic roads and points of interest designated.

Corps of Engineers cg book or online
National Forest cg book or online
online searches

For the last three years, or so, I have googled, "RV Parks and Campgrounds" for whatever state I am interested in. For example I just type in, Utah RV Parks and Campgrounds" and a map pops up with the state broken into regions...real nice. Same deal with State Parks. Then I "Google Maps" and look at it via a satellite image and see what it really looks like, that seems to help me alot. I Google map it to see the mileage per various routes I may be interested in taking. I always like to sit with my Delorme Atlas in my lap and check things out the old-fashioned way...I will always do that regardless of high tech maps.

Someday I may spend the $40 for "Streets and Trips", only because it shows all gas stations en route and that is kinda handy...I believe it offers a satellite image to show the gas stations configuration so you know you can fit into it. Not totally necessary...so far my eyeballs have worked just fine for that.

good info, very interesting thread