How to Choose a Place to Go Camping

Series Summary

Camping provides an opportunity, for those of us who work in the city, to get away from the asphalt, the ringing cell phones and the customer service and find a quiet place to unwind. You might even want to put your fishing line in the water to catch catfish, bass, or salmon or just sit in your lawn chair with a cup o' java. But maybe you don't know where to go camping. How do you choose a place to camp? And once you choose a place, how do you choose a campsite? Oh, and how do you set up a tent anyway? These questions are important to answer before striking out on Friday afternoon to the wild blue yonder. If you would like to learn how to choose and set up a campsite, learn for free, online, from one of our experts.

In this free online video series, learn from camping expert and wilderness guide Bruce Lessels, as he teaches and demonstrates how to choose and set up a campsite. Learn how to choose an area to camp, how to choose a campsite based on slope of the land and availability of potable water, how to minimize bugs, how to choose a site with favorable wind conditions and shade, how to set up a tent, and how to break down a campsite when it is time to return home.

Video Transcript

" Hi, this is Bruce Lessels from Zoar Outdoor on behalf of expertvillage.com, talking about choosing and setting up a campsite. So when you’re planning your first camping trip you to choose a place to go that have some interesting features around it. You may want to go camping down by the beach, you may want to go on the mountains, you may want to go near a lake, you may want to near a river but just choose a camping place that has some other attractions to it. The other thing about choosing your first camping place is you probably want to choose somewhere that’s already been camped in a fair amount. Often that State Forest or a State Park can be a good option, this State Forest and State Parks have facilities already setup for you. They’ll take care of bathroom facilities, trash facilities and they often have campsites marked out so you know where to go to camp and you’ll be able to find the things you need close by. They often have programs for kids and programs for camp first time campers and that’s a great way to go camping for the first time or again and again if you enjoy the spot."