13th Hole Trailhead
Utah
What's in season this fall, what looks good this weekend, and the places we'd point a friend.
Ranked by what the season's doing — updated as the year turns.
Snow's melting out and the lakes are open.
Prime, dry-ish window before the rains return.

Washington

Oregon

Washington

Washington

Oregon

Oregon

Oregon

Oregon
Cool enough to camp — before (and after) the heat.
Utah
Arizona

Arizona

Utah
New Mexico

Utah

Utah
Arizona
Aspens and hardwoods turning at elevation.
Shoulder-season comfort without the crowds.

California

Oregon

California

Oregon

California

Oregon

Oregon

Washington
One tap and we'll rank the campable spots near you by how good Saturday and Sunday actually look — and tell you why.
Editor's pickWyoming
Why: Sitting at the junction of the Firehole and Gibbon Rivers in Yellowstone, Madison is a favorite of anglers and wildlife watchers.
Editor's pickFL
Why: The Dr. Julian G. Bruce State Park on the undeveloped east end of St. George Island, off the Forgotten Coast near Apalachicola.
Editor's pickVA
Why: The closest national-park camping to Washington, D.C., set in the largest protected natural area in the region — roughly 15,000 acres of Piedmont hardwood forest near Triangle off I-95, about 35 miles south of the capital.