Moon West Coast RV Camping: The Complete Guide to More Than 2,300 RV Parks and Campgrounds in Washington, Oregon, and California (Moon Outdoors)

I've got a few different RV travel books for the Western USA, and while they all generally contain the same type of information, the structure of the book and content can make all the difference in the world. The veritable "phone book" that is the Good Sam campsite/RV park directory is a staple for finding a place if you know the name or location, but to compare/contrast different campsites a more dynamic book is necessary. In my case, I wanted a book that could highlight all the campsites by region, along with a consistent format for amenities, restrictions, and specs for each site (including some subjective features such as scenery). This book absolutely meets the requirement. The write up for each camp site is laid out just like the one before, so it is possible to quickly scan the sites in a region to filter out those that (for instance) do not accomodate RVs any larger than 30 feet. A word of advice though: Tom's notation for maximum length of RV in any given site are not necessarily accurate--more of a recommendation as it turns out. I've found a few camp sites (run by US Forest Service or BLM) that will allow a significantly larger RV than what this book shows. I believe the book takes into account ease of access, turn arounds, road quality and convenience, which (in fairness) will limit the size of RV some folks will want to comfortably park in a campsite. So my recommendation is that if you find your perfect camp site/RV park in the book, call them or look them up online to see if your big rig will fit. Since this book has the phone and website listed for the location(if applicable), the homework's done for you! Overall, still the best book I've seen on the topic for folks who are looking to screen down the thousands of campsites out there for the one that's just right.

I like the format, which is easier to use than, for example, Woodall's. Campgrounds are listed by regions, which is a lot easier to use than an alphabetical listing. I would probably have given the book 4 stars, except that my book is missing pages 529 -576 - all of Chapter 12 and parts of Chapters 11 and 13! Since I am taking a trip through Oregon next week, I am pretty unhappy that my book is missing all of southeastern Oregon. I will contact the publisher and update my review if they make this error right. Updated to add: I contacted the publisher and was sent a replacement copy. I just got back from a trip to Oregon and Washington and found the book to be easy to use and very helpful. We found a couple of great campgrounds!

So much useful information and many, many tips...even the mosquito quotient given the specific time of camping! I'm even considering taking up fishing because of the description of fish available in the various lakes and streams that is included. It's pretty obvious the author likes to fish. I've lived in California all my life and had NO idea most of these camping opportunities existed. It's been my bedside reading for several days now and when I retire to full-timing in my RV with my dog I'm sure it'll be downright indispensable!

Cover claims to be "complete" listing, should have said "most of the RV parks". Whole towns that I know have 2 or 3 RV parks were left out. I'm a full timer so I need every parking option there is. Moon has the best Hawaii and Pacific guides but I would give this a pass unless you just need to know most of your options.

excellent for camping in the West Coast... excellent write ups on different camp grounds in the different areas. I loved the books

What Tom Stienstra says about the campgrounds is very helpful and more personal than other guides, and though I don't agree with everything he writes, I appreciate having his opinion. And I especially appreciate the maps with locations on them. For me, it's easier to look at a map then to try to guess under which town the campground is listed in the guide.

Not familiar with the RV camping scene in Norcal, so this is a terrific guide to finding places that are near the parks and other destinations we wanted to visit on vacation. Organized by areas, a little hard to follow from one area to another when assembling a complex itinerary. Not all the web sites given for RV parks and operators seem to actually work, suspect that's not the book's fault, but be aware. Also sometimes there are toll free numbers for certain sites that were not given in the book; some places are very tech-savvy, some not, always worth checking out the web sites when they exist, but the book gets you started. Will be taking it with us on our trip, valuable resoource for serendipitous changes!

I had the older copy that was semi out of date dollar wise for campground fees..this one is current :) Now I just have to get out there before the prices go up again lol...

We did not agree with the rating in some instances, but it was still extremely useful to have all the places and their amenities listed and we successfully found our way through 16 days RVing in California with this.

es sind nicht alle RV Parks drinnen, die Beschreibungen sind gut. Die Handhabung wenn man seine Rute plant ist ein wenig mühsam.

My husband and I have been using this book for 3 seasons now and we both absolutely love it. We look for certain things at our campsites e.g. hiking and biking and it's a great guide. Pricing we don't worry about, we get current rates off the net but this is great for descriptions etc. Hasn't let us down yet and in fact we've also now purchased more moon camping guides as a direct result of our satisfaction with this one.

Very thorough and detailed book. Contains info not found elsewhere! Feel I can travel the West Coast with only the West Coast RV Camping as a guide!

I chose this book as I was travelling with my husband to the west of USA and taking a road trip in an RV from San Francisco through to Las Vegas via Tahoe and the various national parks. Sadly, the first RV park that we chose from this book on our route was a very run down mobile home park and not the comfy RV park that is was reported to be.... Apparently it had ceased to be open to RVers 4 or 5 years ago. This book was seriously out of date and we found using an app called Road Trippers on smartphone gave us better and up to date information. I threw it in the bin in LV!