Shenandoah allows camping in the back country with a permit. There are restrictions in areas above certain elevations. Check the maps and plan accordingly. https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/campbc.htm
Shenandoah allows camping in the back country with a permit. There are restrictions in areas above certain elevations. Check the maps and plan accordingly. https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/campbc.htm
[QUOTE=krazyamateurs;1821541]Hung the hammock in the BWCA in August; it was magical! I did have to get creative in finding the right trees within the campsite - and endure a bit of grumbling by my party having my hammock in one of the trail lanes. But hey, I gave that guy the tent pad despite having the better tree spacing.
I'm heading up the North Shore next weekend and trying to figure out which campsites would have proper trees for hanging hammocks. While MN is "evaluating" hammock use in the State Parks, it's currently up to the campground individually now. I've been burned a couple times being told to take them down.
Right now, I'm thinking of going the National Park campgrounds - Sawbill or Crescent...they don't have any limitation.[/QUOTE
I am curious about the part of "being told to take them down". Was this at a MN state park car campground? or a backpacking campsite? While I don't like it, I can kind of see why a car campground might not like hanging, because one often ends up using the space between tent sites rather than the tent pad areas themselves. I am fortunate enough to have purchased a Hammeck Stand about a year before they closed up shop. Disassembled, it easily fits in the back of any car, It makes a great backup option for car camping. If you were told to take the hammock down at a backcountry campsite, I am surprised, because I hardly every see a park ranger in the backcountry in MN.
Shenandoah NP looks like about a 2 hour drive from you. I've heard it's really nice.
My idea of the perfect camping spot is one where the only manmade sounds I can hear are the ones I make myself.
I also prefer National Parks but I am fortunate to have a State Park that's a mile from the house and doesn't have patrolling rangers. I ride my bike so there's no car in the lot so no one is in the woods.
Hanging in the woods, paddlin and catching trout- My kind of living...
Even a short 1-mile backpack into a forest will filter out 95% of the beer swilling yahoos. After that, it's just dedicated hippies and thats okay.
I often travel, sometimes car camp. I am very lucky to have the AT 15 minutes away.
Only use state parks in the winter. To much activity in the summer as stated above. Most of the time I'm the only one there after season. We have a woodlot and I hang in it regularly. Have a summer spot and a winter spot. Never get bored. Nature is always changing. Every time I cut firewood I look at the place as a new spot to hang. I select trees to cut by the spacing I need to put a hammock between them. I do get out some but have some family restrictions that tend to keep me close to home.
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