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Summary: A basic guide
Review: A good basic guide book for campgrounds in the northwest. What this book lacks is a way to evaluate campgrounds before you get there. Ya, it gives you the facts but it is hard to distinguish the enviromental factors (road noise, etc.) until you pull in with your tent on a Friday night. It is best to supplement this book with guides such as: "Camping! Washington : The Complete Guide to Public Campgrounds for Rvs and Tents" which give a general feel for what public campgrounds are more desirable and why.
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Summary: Absolutely the BEST camping guide available for OR & WA!
Review: After reviewing many camping books for the northwest, this one is far and away the MOST complete, the MOST helpful, and the MOST fun! The organization has obviously been well thought out and tested, and the information is priceless. It's like having your own personal guide to ALL the campgrounds, primitive to RVparks. I found 30 campgrounds within an hour of my home, 20 of which I never knew existed! No review can do this book, or it's author, justice. It's undoubtedly best camping investment I've ever made, period. This also makes an EXCELLENT gift for anyone, beginner or expert, who does any camping at all in Oregon or Washington...bought one for my Mom just weeks after pre-ordering mine, who's had previous editions and sworn by them.
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Summary: Camping, all you need to know!
Review: Foghorn Outdoors offers everything you need to know about campsites in the Pacific Nortwest as well as helpful hints on medical needs, camping gear etc. It's like no other campbook guide that I own! The ease to look up sites by name or by activity is great, you can go directly to what you are looling for.
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Summary: Camping, all you need to know!
Review: Foghorn Outdoors offers everything you need to know about campsites in the Pacific Nortwest as well as helpful hints on medical needs, camping gear etc. It's like no other campbook guide that I own! The ease to look up sites by name or by activity is great, you can go directly to what you are looling for.
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Summary: Foghorn Outdoors:Pacific Northwest Camping
Review: Great book, however, it should have been titled-Fire lookouts in the Oregon/Washington region.
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Summary: A major undertaking -- maybe too major
Review: I bought this based on a number of the reviews below, and because it looks comprehensive. It is that, but I wonder how many of these campgrounds have ever been visited in person by the writer(s). Example: He describes Slate Peak, near Harts Pass Campground (about 7,500 feet) as "the highest point above sea level in Washington State." Somebody might want to introduce him to Mount Rainier. Example: Queets Campground in Olympic national Park : "Since it's so close to the highway, it gets a fair amount of use." Actually, it's 14 miles down one of the worst-maintained, potholed roads you'll ever find. Example: Daroga State Park, a major central washington campground, is nowhere to be found in this guide. Nor are a whole string of camprounds above Lake Chelan in the Wenatchee National Forest. Other things about the book make little sense. Like giving every boat-in state park its own full listing, as if it's a legit campground accessible to anyone other than a boater who enjoys sleeping on an exposed rock. Same goes for DNR camprounds, most of which are so primitive they barely rate a mention -- yet get just as much space (and sometimes praise) as real campgrounds. If you're new to the area and plan on setting itineraries using only this guide, good luck. You're going to learn the hard way.
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Summary: Do not camp without this book!!!
Review: I cannot imagine a more complete book for campers looking to find their own perfect spot. We like to get out at least 3 times a month in the summer, and this book has truly been our savior...we just decide the general area where we want to go, and have all these listings of campgrounds, rates, directions, ammenities right there. I would recommend this to anyone camping in this area this summer!!
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Summary: This one really WORKS!
Review: I had the pleasure of running into Tom on top of Mt St. Helens. He turned out to have a personality just like he writes! He was generous with his time and seemed happy to talk with me and find out how I like his work. I had been using an old edition of PNW Camping for a few years. He told me to get the new one because he and his staff did a ton of new research and a lot has changed and been improved. So I got one. Wow. My wife and I just finished a two week tour of Oregon: the coast, Cascades, and southestern high desert. The new book was right on, every time. It would be a total understatement to say it was useful. It was utterly indispensible. The text let us look at all the possibililties for each night, and make a really reasoned choice, then the directions got us right to the place we had chosen. I felt like the book was my co-pilot and trusted advisor. I also had the old version along, and found that things had indeed changed, and that the directions, style, and content of the new one to be quite a jump in quality and utility. Stienstra totally nailed it this time. I wont go anywhere in the PNW without this book. Bravo!
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Summary: The new one is The One!
Review: I met Tom Stienstra at one of his seminars and he suggested we throw away the old editions of this book. I didn't really get it until we got into this book. He signed it! If you like to find new really great places, and like he says, "Never worry about getting stuck for the night again," this new one is The One. A ton better than before, it's true.
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Summary: Comprehensive . . . But not always helpful
Review: I was very excited when I first purchased this book. It had listings for nearly every campground and RV park imaginable. It seemed to be quite detailed in the information it provided. It was also generally organized by geographic area. As I began to use the book, however, I realized that it painted an incomplete picture of most campgrounds. In particular, one often gets little or no information about the beauty and amenities of the campground from reading the listing. This was especially true as to the RV Park listings. On several occasions, I planned to stay at a park, and then drove on after seeing it first-hand. Let's face it. Some campgrounds and RV parks are cleaner, nicer, more beautiful, more private etc. than others. That's why Woodalls has a rating system that takes these amenities into account. Unfortunately, for most campgrounds, Pacific Northwest Camping gives little discussion of how pleasant the campground is to stay in. In particular, for RV parks, it is important to know whether you will find a glorified parking lot or a nicely landscaped park. Don't get me wrong. The book is very complete and often very helpful. However, I only use it in conjunction with other reference sources.
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