Camping Tips 5 of 5: When not at your campsite, put your food and trash in your car or locked cooler. Move your food and trash into your vehicle overnight. Don’t feed the animals—they are attracted to your easy to reach food! Wildlife can get very sick by ingesting human food or get injured by containers or packaging.
Camping Tips 4 of 5: Know if you are allowed to have a campfire and if so what type of fire is allowed (wood, charcoal, gas). Before you camp obtain a California campfire permit. Know that collecting vegetation, leaves and wood from any park is not allowed. In fact buy your wood where you burn it. This keeps bugs out of new areas and limits the spread of harmful pests.
Camping Tips 3 of 5: Your campground is your temporary home. Avoid walking through someone else’s campsite and detrimental impacts to streams, trees, trails, and more. Keep your tent inside your campsite area to protect wildlife and plants, like this camper did!
Camping Tips 2 of 5: Often times people camp to disconnect from the fast paced and loud urban settings. One way to help maintain the peace is by obeying quiet hours and enjoying music quietly. If you can hear the music outside your campsite, it is too loud.
Camping Tips 1 of 5: When camping, it’s your responsibility to understand and obey the park rules. In some parks you’re required to sign an acknowledgment of the most important rules. Following the campground rules keeps everyone—and the park—safe.