Campground rules. Tents and R-dome

There is a campground near adamstown pa that does not allow tarps or tents setup if you are a weekender. Seasonals can do anything they want.  I never did stay there and almost made the mistake of going seasonal.

Originally posted by Leo B I have also heard about certain National Partks and campgrounds that dont allow soft side camping bear of the bears.

  Probably true -- but I haven't seen that yet.   I have seen parks that allow tents and pop-ups but not for the storage of food.

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Originally posted by rpodcamper.com There is a campground near adamstown pa that does not allow tarps or tents setup if you are a weekender. Seasonals can do anything they want.  I never did stay there and almost made the mistake of going seasonal.

Techntrek: Interesting that it is ok for the seasonals to put up tents.  So the look of it is ok.

Most seasonal contracts (in fact all of them I have heard discussed) put the site maintenance and care on the seasonal renter and not on the park.. so I could see why they allow it. Heck at one of the TT's we frequent seasonal sites have decks, docks, gardens..

Budward:  We were in Glacier Park (Many Glacier campground) in August, and saw at least 12 bears, most of them grizzlies.  That included two at very close range (10 yards) directly off the trail we were hiking up.  The huckleberries were in season, so the bears seemed to be focused only on them, not on hikers, thankfully.

Many Glacier had lots of bear boxes--at least one for every two sites.  Our site had its own bear box located next to the picnic table.  It was great for storing our frequently-used propane grill, since I hate putting it in the car or camper (makes everything smell like grilled meat).

The OP question about R Domes and no-tent policies is a good one.  We just got our Pod, and it didn't come with an R Dome.  We always used the canopy on our popup, so we think we'll be wanting some sort of canopy for the Pod, but will play it by ear for now.  We may buy an R Dome, but I'm concerned about the size of it.  We often don't have much room next to the door at the campsites we use, so I'm a bit skeptical that we'd be able to set up an R Dome very often.