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Free Campgrounds And Overnight Parking Places As a service to our traveling readers, every issue we will list some of the many places where RVers can park overnight for free or almost free. These are not intended to be campgrounds where RVers will make extended stays, just safe places to pull off the highway and get some rest. The listings included here are from our Free Parking list, and come from our own traveling experiences, input from fellow RVers, and different RVing publications. The parking areas listed were accurate as of press time to the best of our knowledge, but the Gypsy Journal cannot guarantee an area might not have been closed down or parking prohibited since its inclusion in our list. To obtain our list of over 1,000 free and low cost overnight
parking places, send $8.95 to Gypsy Journal, 1400 Colorado Street, C-16,
Boulder City, Nevada 89005-2448. You can also order with your credit card online
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Rest
areas: No camping, but overnight
parking (resting) is allowed, with a six hour limit. Look for trucks & other
RVs and remain inconspicuous. Santa
Nella: Truck and RV parking area off
I-5 next to Holiday Inn and McDonalds. Tecopa:
Twentynine
Palms: Wasco:
Big K store, west end of parking lot behind store. Williams:
Granzella’s Restaurant on Williams:
Truck/RV parking area in rear between Denny’s restaurant and Uniroyal tire
shop. Yuba
City: Live Oak Park, 8½ miles north
of town on Highway 99, exit Live Oak, turn west on Pennington Road for one mile.
12 sites, 14 day limit, RVs under 30 feet. Picnic tables, toilets, drinking
water Danbury:
State Welcome Center at Exit 2 on Interstate 84 has dump station and allows
overnight parking in a separate area designated for RVs. Rest
areas: Overnight parking permitted,
just don’t call it camping & keep a low profile. Flora:
At junction of US Highway 50 and northbound US Highway 45, northwest quadrant,
is a stretch of abandoned roadway about ¼ mile long. Several signs posted say
No Parking, but we have seen many RVs and eighteen wheelers parked there when we
have passed. Easy access in and out. Gilman:
Great city park at east side of town, south side of US 24. RVs welcome. Room for
4 large rigs. Quiet. Grayville:
City owned campground on bluff overlooking Hoopeston:
Kampville:
Kewanee:
Oblong:
Sheldon:
There is picnic area a few miles east of town on US 24 with a paved parking lot
big enough for three or four RVs. Rest
areas: Official rule is no
overnight parking allowed, stays limited to 5 hours. But we have stayed
overnight in two rest areas on I-80 with no problems. Alden:
Audubon:
RVs can park up to 14 days at Albert the Bull park. $8/night. Sites have water,
electric and a dump station. Located on US Highway 71, on south side of town. Aurelia:
Baxter:
Bristow:
City park has sites for RVs to 35 feet. Casey:
Clarinda:
City park has spaces for RVs, one night limit. Creston:
City park just west of town has free
camping, or you can pay $8/day for electric and water hookups. Seven day limit. Dexter:
City owned park on north side of town has 7 pair 20 amp electric, central water,
flush toilets, gazebo with lights GPS: N41° 31.131' W94° 13.450'.
Directions: I-80 Exit 97 (S of town) or Exit 100 (due E of town), park is
in NE part of town Drakesville:
Estherville:
Exira:
A mile south of town on US Highway 71, Plow in the Floyd:
Indianola:
Kalona: City park on Highway 22 has 32 RV sites with water and electric, and a dump station. $10/night. Lamoni:
Menlo:
Six RV sites with 15 & 20 amp electric, central water, porta-potty toilet,
lots of trees, $5 silent ranger drop box, no listed stay limit. GPS:
N41° 31.255', W94° 24.242' Directions:
I-80 Exit 88, N on Redwood Road/CR P20 to SR 925, right (east) to town,
left (north) on Sherman St., turn right (east) before RR tracks to park Osceola:
Lakeside Casino has full hookup RV sites with 30 & 50 amp service, concrete
pads. $10/night. Take Exit 34 on Interstate 35, casino is 1/4 mile west. Oskaloosa:
Penn Central Mall, on Highway 192 in town, allows overnight RV parking. Perry:
Pulaski:
City owned park south of highway near ball field has 4 sites, free. Rudd:
City park on US Highway 18 ( Sheffield:
Staceyville:
Over 1,000 places you can park for free, or almost free - Taking advantages of boondocking can really stretch your RVing budget. We’ve assembled a list of over 1,000 city and county parks, public locations, rest areas, scenic viewpoints, RV-friendly businesses and other places across the country and in Canada where you can park over-night free or for a very minimal cost. Some allow more than one nights stay, some include full or partial hookups. Many RVers who have purchased this booklet report saving hundreds of dollars with these money saving camping opportunities. Available in printed or on 3.5" floppy formatted for Windows WordPerfect. Please specify preference. To receive your copy of this money saving list of budget camping opportunities, send check or money order for $8.95 to Gypsy Journal, 1400 Colorado Street, #C-16, Boulder City, Nevada 89005-2448, or click on shopping cart icon below. *Due to shipping costs, this book is not available for Canadian addresses.
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