RV Road Trip Tools

[cpatinjones]

Hi,

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

[mitch5252]

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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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[Colliemom]

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.

[VickieP]

I also use Microsoft Streets & Trips and...

http://www.recreation.gov/

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

http://www.rvparkreviews.com/

[Liz]

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

[kdmac]

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.

[avalen]

good info, very interesting thread