Campgrounds, cabins and dispersed sites, matched as you type.
Pick a state to see its campgrounds on a map, grouped by lake or park.
Every campground and cabin here is run by a real public agency or government — federal, provincial, state, local, or tribal/First Nations — not a booking platform. Camping is usually a secondary benefit of each agency's actual mission, not the reason the land exists in the first place.
A branch of the US Army that builds and operates dams, reservoirs, and waterways nationwide for flood control, navigation, hydropower, and water supply. Recreation, including camping, grew up around these lakes once the new shorelines became places people wanted to fish, boat, and camp.
Manages the national parks, monuments, and historic sites, balancing preservation of natural and cultural resources with public access and enjoyment.
Manages more public land than any other federal agency, concentrated in the western US, under a "multiple use" mandate covering grazing, energy development, conservation, and dispersed recreation — including a lot of free or low-cost primitive camping.
Manages the national forests and grasslands, also under a multiple-use mandate: timber, watershed protection, wildlife habitat, and recreation, including developed campgrounds and a real, well-known rustic cabin and fire-lookout rental program.
A federally owned utility created in the 1930s to manage flooding, generate power, and improve navigation across the Tennessee River watershed. TVA reservoirs support public campgrounds, most of which are run day-to-day by private concessionaires rather than TVA itself.
Canada's national park service, protecting and presenting the country's national parks, national historic sites, and national marine conservation areas.
British Columbia's provincial parks agency, managing parks, conservancies, and recreation areas across the province.
US cities, counties, and other local governments that run a public campground as one small piece of their parks and recreation department, not as a dedicated camping agency. Coverage here is a growing, hand-verified list rather than a single nationwide dataset — there's no federal or state-level directory of every local government's campground the way there is for USACE or a state park system.
Camping on sovereign tribal land in the US, operated by federally recognized tribal governments and tribal enterprises — ranging from rustic, permit-based camping to full casino-resort RV parks. Same hand-verified, growing coverage model as City & Municipal Parks above.
The Canadian counterpart to City & Municipal Parks: municipalities, counties, and regional public bodies — including Saskatchewan's regional park authorities and Ontario's conservation authorities — running a local public campground. Kept as its own category rather than merged with the US list, since a Canadian municipality operates under different laws and structures than a US one.
Camping operated by First Nations governments and their enterprises across Canada, kept distinct from Tribal Lands above since a First Nation is a different kind of sovereign government than a US federally recognized tribe.
Manages the National Wildlife Refuge System, focused primarily on wildlife conservation rather than recreation. General campsites are rare on refuge land — this guide currently lists FWS cabin rentals only, not campsites.
Alongside these federal and provincial agencies, every US state runs its own independent state park system, each with its own agency, rules, and reservation system. See the map and Browse by State to explore a specific state's parks.
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