National
Parks
The
National
Park Service
(NPS) offers
29,000
campsites in
440
campgrounds.
Call the NPS
at
1-800-365-2267
or visit http://www.nationalparks.org/Home.asp
National
Forests
The
National
Forest
Service has
more than
4,300
campgrounds
in its 155
forests. For
reservations,
call the
National
Recreation
Reservation
Service at
1-877-444-6777
or visit www.ReserveUSA.com.
For
information
on camping
in the
national
forests,
write to
individual
forest
supervisors.
A list is
available
free by
writing to:
National
Forest
Service
U.S.
Department
of
Agriculture
Office of
Information
P.O. Box
96090
Washington,
D.C.
20090-6090
Bureau
of Land
Management (BLM)
Recreation
Sites
The BLM
oversees 264
million
acres of
scenic
outdoor
recreation
sites in the
western
United
States,
including
Alaska. For
camping
information,
visit
www.blm.gov
or write to:
BLM
Public
Affairs
Office
1849 C
Street N.W.,
MS-5600/MIB
Washington,
D.C. 20240
U.S.
Army Corps
of Engineers
Projects
There are
campgrounds
in 2,375
parks
located
mostly near
lakes
created
through
Corps
projects.
For
information,
please write
to:
U.S. Army
Corps of
Engineers
OCE
Publications
Dept.
2803 52nd
Avenue
Hyattsville,
MD
20781-1102
National
Wildlife
Refuges
The 520
National
Wildlife
Refuges (NWR)
are
dedicated to
wildlife
conservation,
and camping
is allowed
only when
it's
compatible
with
conservation
efforts.
A free
list of NWR
that permit
camping is
included in
National
Wildlife
Refuges – A
Visitor's
Guide, a
publication
that
highlights
facilities
and
activities
offered on
refuges.
Request the
publication
by name by
calling
1-800-344-WILD
or by
writing to:
U.S. Fish
& Wildlife
Service
National
Wildlife
Conservation
Training
Center
Shepherd
Grade Road,
Rt. 1
P.O. Box 166
Shepherdstown,
WV 25443
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