Recreation.go‪v‬ 17+

DO NOT use this app if you are trying to book highly sought campsites. I put it in my calendar to book a campsite when it became available 6 months out and kept looking and being confused by the fact that they either weren’t available for reservation, were first come first served, or were available but when I tried to book was told it would come available at 10am. At 10am they were suddenly all fist come first serve again. All of that was wrong. I finally went to the website and all sites had already been reserved. The availability information shown was completely false and ruined a vacation I had been planning for a year. I was so excited when this app came out and now will go back to website only.

I like this site because it is easy to use. It seems like a few new tools have been added recently too. There is now a “partially available” noted if your reservation dates just need to be tweaked by a day or two and that eliminates the guessing game that you often have to play when using other sites. Campground site maps could be a little more informative, and it would be great if more pictures were added, but I guess the adventure is out there and sometimes should be left unknown. :-)

This app is very user-friendly and responsive, and quicker than using the website. There are usually pictures of sites within campgrounds, which is helpful, but one improvement I would love to see is for each campsite to have its own pictures associated with its listing. The old website had these, and when the website was redone, they disappeared. We found those pictures to be extra helpful for us, since our tent doesn’t just fit anywhere, and I can imagine others would appreciate that as well in trying to find a spot that will fit their equipment.