How to Set up a Camping Area
Choose your site carefully., Choose an unorganized site according to the jurisdiction's regulations., Arrange sleeping and eating areas separately., Clean any existing tables, cabinets, fire rings or stoves., Store food according to regulations...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Choose your site carefully.
In an organized camp, look for such features as access to water or the restrooms, level parking, trees for shade, nearby streams, southern or northern exposure. -
Step 2: Choose an unorganized site according to the jurisdiction's regulations.
On most federal land, you must be a certain distance from roads, trails, streams, and other recreational features. , Keep animals away from your tent or sleeping gear by locating it far from the table, stove, and food storage and preparation areas. , Use a small broom to sweep tables and cabinets.
Shovel out old ashes and dispose in the bins.
Clear out old trash and dispose in bins also. , Many places require bear-proof storage in provided metal or wooden boxes.
Keep foods cool in the shade or party immersed in running water. , Survey it for ant hills, rodent holes, sharp rocks and sticks.
Lightly remove uneven materials but don't clear-sweep the ground.
Look for the three W's.
Water, Widow Makers (Dead branches that could fall on your tent) and Animals (Animals) , Mark them with guide ropes, flags, chairs, blankets, etc. ,, Set a bucket of water nearby. , Place shovels for individual use along with a bucket of water for hand washing.
Hang a towel on a tree branch or rope.
Or dig a narrow trench 6 inches (15.2 cm) deep and up to three feet long and place the extra soil at the side.
A shovel is used to replace the extra soil as the trench is used.
Place a bag for tissue collection. -
Step 3: Arrange sleeping and eating areas separately.
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Step 4: Clean any existing tables
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Step 5: cabinets
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Step 6: fire rings or stoves.
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Step 7: Store food according to regulations.
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Step 8: Set up a tent or sleeping pad on a flat space.
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Step 9: Set up places for sitting and children playing.
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Step 10: Hang up a clothes line for wet dirty clothes and towels.
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Step 11: Gather wood only as prescribed and place it near the fire ring or stove.
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Step 12: For unorganized camps
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Step 13: locate a toilet area away from the camp
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Step 14: downhill
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Step 15: and away from any water source.
Detailed Guide
In an organized camp, look for such features as access to water or the restrooms, level parking, trees for shade, nearby streams, southern or northern exposure.
On most federal land, you must be a certain distance from roads, trails, streams, and other recreational features. , Keep animals away from your tent or sleeping gear by locating it far from the table, stove, and food storage and preparation areas. , Use a small broom to sweep tables and cabinets.
Shovel out old ashes and dispose in the bins.
Clear out old trash and dispose in bins also. , Many places require bear-proof storage in provided metal or wooden boxes.
Keep foods cool in the shade or party immersed in running water. , Survey it for ant hills, rodent holes, sharp rocks and sticks.
Lightly remove uneven materials but don't clear-sweep the ground.
Look for the three W's.
Water, Widow Makers (Dead branches that could fall on your tent) and Animals (Animals) , Mark them with guide ropes, flags, chairs, blankets, etc. ,, Set a bucket of water nearby. , Place shovels for individual use along with a bucket of water for hand washing.
Hang a towel on a tree branch or rope.
Or dig a narrow trench 6 inches (15.2 cm) deep and up to three feet long and place the extra soil at the side.
A shovel is used to replace the extra soil as the trench is used.
Place a bag for tissue collection.
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