Rifle and archery seasons are opening across the West right now, and the same forest roads and dispersed sites boondockers have had mostly to themselves all summer are about to fill up with a …
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September and October hand boondockers the best weather and the emptiest sites of the year — right up until the sun drops and the temperature falls with it. Here’s the fall boondocking prep that …
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Nobody’s Watching Your Rig But You: Rethinking Security for Peak Boondocking Season
The solitude is the whole point of dispersed camping — and also the reason nobody’s around when something goes wrong. Here’s how experienced boondockers actually protect their rigs. There’s no front desk out here. …
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While the desert floor bakes and the campgrounds fill, the mountains open. Here’s how to follow the elevation and find your best summer sites. Somewhere around the second week of June, the low-elevation boondocking …
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The campsite, the solar, the gear — those you can improvise. Run dry three days from a tap and the trip ends. Nobody talks about water the way they talk about solar. There are …
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The Summer 2026 edition of Boondocking Magazine is here. Inside this seasonal edition are stories shaped by forgotten roads, remote camps, practical field experience, and the realities of life beyond hookups. This issue features: …
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Why a proper cast-iron camp breakfast is one of the best rituals a boondocker can keep. The desert wakes up before you do. By the time the canvas is pulled back and the boots …
You won’t find these people on the campground reservation website. But drive far enough down the right dirt road, and you’ll know them when you see them. There’s a gesture that every serious boondocker …
Every year, the campgrounds fill up by Thursday. Every year, we go the other way. There’s a particular kind of stillness that settles over a dispersed site on Memorial Day weekend — the kind …
Every shut-down dispersed site in the West has the same origin story. Here’s how to stop being part of it. A site I loved closed recently. Standard issue — pretty creek, BLM, ten miles …
