Camping Apps, Including Today's Free App of the Day, Camping Checklist

Today’s Amazon Free App of the Day is Camping Checklist (avg review rating 4/5 stars). From Amazon:

Planning a camping trip? Pre-loaded with more than 225 camping trip related items, this app is all you need to ensure you don’t forget anything for your trip. Save hours of typing or creating lists of things to do before your camping trip. Avoid expensive mistakes and be stress free.

With options to add/edit/delete/copy/move/rearrange and duplicate, you can quickly customize the list anyway you want. With support for multiple lists – feel free to create lists for various types of camping trips – short trips / long trips etc.

This app has options to hide/unhide/check all/uncheck all–so you can keep re-using the list for every camping travel. Want to share your list with friends or family? No Problem. Just e-mail them your list.

If you camp with a trailer, then try the RV Trailer Camping Checklist app (99 cents, avg review rating 5/5 stars). From Amazon:

Comes pre-populated with over 225 items

Add/Delete Lists-Duplicate Old Lists so you don’t have to start over

Add New Tasks-Add New Items-Delete Unwanted Items

Set Alarms to remind yourself of items you still need to do

Add Notes for more clarification

Set a Priority to items (High, Medium, and Low)-Edit the Names of Items

Sort Your Lists Alphabetically or by Priority (Menu Item)

Looking for a good campsite? The Camp Finder app ($2.99, avg review rating 4.5/5 stars) can help you out with that. From Amazon:

If you’re on the road or just trying to plan the perfect camping or RV trip, Camp Finder is the app for you.

“Best of the paid camping apps” – The New York Times
“The Best Summer Apps” – SmartMoney.com

SEARCH 16,000 CAMPGROUNDS AND RV PARKS
You have complete access to the latest information on 16,000 Campgrounds and RV Parks across the USA taken from the leading RV and camping travel website CampingRoadTrip.com, so you can find a place to stay and a place to play. Check camp sites, rates, amenities, camping discounts, contact details, photos and camping reviews to find the perfect campground and RV park for you. We have the following campgrounds and RV Parks:

– Privately Owned – National Park – National Forest – State Park – US Army Corps of Engineers – City / County / Regional – Military – Bureau of Land Management – US Fish and Wildlife Service

SMART SEARCH TO FIND CAMPGROUNDS AND RV PARKS THAT ARE RIGHT FOR YOU
Search for campgrounds and RV parks by:
– Name – City and State – Near your current location

Filter Results so you only see campgrounds and RV parks that meet your needs:
– Distance – Camping Club Discounts such as AAA, Club Yogi, Good Sam Club, KOA, Passport America – Campground amenities – RV sites, tent sites, cabins, 50 Amps, Dump Station, Groceries, Laundry, Propane, Pull Thru, Swimming Pool, WiFi

CAMPGROUND REVIEWS – Read reviews from other campers and RVers to quickly find the great places and avoid the bad ones. Write your own reviews to share your experiences so others can know what your stay was like.

CAMPGROUND PHOTOS – Check out photos of the sites, laundry, restrooms, swimming pool and other amenities. Take photos of your camp site and the facilities to help other campers and RVers see what a place is really like.

SAVE YOUR FAVORITE CAMPGROUNDS – Add your favorite campgrounds to your Favorites list so you can quickly access them.

GET CAMPGROUND DIRECTIONS – We have GPS coordinates for campgrounds and RV Parks so you can easily find your campground destination.

READ RV AND CAMPING ARTICLES – We tell you about fun outdoor events, scenic road trips, what there is to see and do at National Parks, many camping and RV tips including how to buy or rent an RV, how to get WiFi on the road and how to get a campsite at a National Park.
Camp Finder puts 16,000 campgrounds and RV parks in your pocket, giving you the freedom and spontaneity to have a great time on the road.

Finally, once you’ve set up camp you may need help finding the best trails, nearby creeks or rivers, or other topographical features. For that, use My TopoMaps Pro by Trimble Outdoors ($4.99, avg review rating 4.5/5 stars). From Amazon:

Explore like never before. MyTopo Maps Pro is a mapping and trip planning app to organize all your outdoor and backroad adventures. Note: This app is designed for the Kindle Fire.

View more than 68,000 topo maps in US and Canada. Also, check out aerial, terrain, street and hybrid maps. Mark points, find places and store all your trip info on the Trip Cloud, a wireless service that allows you to access your trips on any device.

This app is BEST FOR: Scouting trails, exploring parks, planning outdoor vacations, viewing backcountry areas on topo maps and aerial photos, finding forest roads and campsites, preplanning hiking trails, camping and ATV offroad trips
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** START WITH A GREAT MAP ** View five different map types: streets, hybrid, aerial, topo and terrain. MyTopo Maps Pro provides the most up-to-date topos maps available in the United States. We have enhanced more than 14,000 USGS quads with digital updates from the U.S. Forest Service and other map providers. Access more than 68,000 topo maps in US and Canada that are seamlessly stitched together for fast and easy viewing. Topos scales are 1:24K in the Lower 48, 1:63K in Alaska and 1:50K in Canada. See two maps at once. No single map type has all the essential details to plan a trip. So turn on Dual Map View and fade between two different map types. • Store maps on your device for viewing offline without a Wi-Fi connection.

** POWERFUL TRIP PLANNING TOOLS ** Place Search: Use our search to find more than 10-million places. Trails, peaks, lakes, rivers, ghost towns and more. Ruler: Measure the distance between two points. Smart Paste: Copy GPS coordinates from websites and instantly map their locations into MyTopo Maps. Waypoints: Drag waypoints on to the map. Name them and add descriptions. Coordinates: Match your latitude/longitude or UTM coordinates to your paper map or GPS device. Supported map datum: WGS84 and NAD27.

** SAVE TO THE TRIP CLOUD ** Register a free account to save your outdoor trips to our Trip Cloud. Benefits include:
Store and backup unlimited trips, never lose files again. Auto-sync trips between your computer, mobile phone and Kindle Fire. Enhance trips planned in MyTopo Maps Pro with more FREE map tools at TrimbleOutdoors.com, including .gpx import, geotagged photos and videos, turn-by-turn routes and more. Open trips in our mobile navigation app, Trimble Outdoors Navigator. Learn more: http://get.it/trimbleoutdoors/8oUv . Share and exchange trips with the Trimble Outdoors community or privately between outdoor friends.

—– Note: This version of MyTopo Maps Pro is designed and optimized for the Kindle Fire. Please note the Kindle Fire lacks a GPS chip required to show your exact location.

With MyTopo Maps Pro, Camp Finder and RV Trailer Camping Checklist or Camping Checklist, you’re all set to hit the great outdoors this summer and beyond!