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Where you can park, sleep, and boondock in all 50 states, with every rule checked against an official source and dated.
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If we say a state allows overnight parking, the policy is linked right there with the date we last read it. Check our work. Please do check our work.
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When we have not verified something, we leave it empty and say so. A blank means unverified, not permitted. A confident guess is how you get a ticket.
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Rules change without telling us. Roads close, districts change limits, towns pass ordinances. Start here, then believe the posted sign over this website.
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The parts of off-grid camping that are arithmetic, not opinion. Live as you type, and nothing you enter leaves your browser.
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Can You Dump Grey Water on the Ground?
Plan on no. Forest Service regulations require hauling wastewater out or using provided facilities, BLM sites commonly prohibit dumping outright, and the posted rule always wins.
Read ›What changed for boondockers in 2025 and 2026: stay limits, camping bans, and one repeal
Verified rule changes on federal and state land from the last 18 months, from Fishlake's 16-day order to Kentucky's 12-hour vehicle safe harbor, and what each one means for where you can sleep.
Read ›Fire restrictions for campers, July 2026: what we could verify
A dated snapshot of fire restrictions on the national forests campers ask about most, with links to each agency page and the statewide lookup maps.
Read ›Camping rules are public. They are just badly filed.
The BLM publishes its dispersed camping rules. The Forest Service publishes stay limits and motor vehicle use maps. Every state DOT has a rest area policy. It is all out there, scattered across agency sites and written for agency staff. This site is the version you can actually read.
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