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Campground at James Island County Park named Best in U.S.
Best RV Park / Campground (2019)
These RV parks and campgrounds, voted as the best in the U.S. by 10Best readers, offer basic facilities, beautiful scenery and access to some of the country’s most interesting places.
The top 10 winners in the category Best RV Park / Campground are as follows:
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No. 10: Boyd's Key West RV Campground - Key West
Guests at Boyd's Key West RV Campground have access to a fishing pier, biking and walking paths, marina, picnic pavilion, boat ramp and a swimming pool. Guests can choose between primitive, water and electric, or full hookup sites.
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No. 9: Rocky Knob Campground - Floyd, Va.
The Rocky Knob campground along the Blue Ridge Parkway (pictured) offers more than 100 sites with picnic tables, lantern poles and fire rings. The rural Virginia setting puts guests in the middle of meadowlands and green pastures.
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No. 8: Cochiti Recreation Area Campground - Cochiti Lake, N.M.
The four loop campground within New Mexico’s Cochiti Recreation Area offers a range of sites with electrical hookups and water, or more primitive sites with community water spigots. Campground guests enjoy access to a paved boat ramp, open throughout the year.
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No. 7: River's Edge RV Park - Fairbanks, Alaska
Open during the summer months, this Alaska RV park sits along the edge of the Chena River (pictured) in Fairbanks. The 167 sites feature a range of full and basic hookups, with extras like free wifi, a dump station, laundry facilities, riverside picnic area and a shuttle service to the Riverboat Discovery.
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No. 6: Schoodic Woods Campground - Winter Harbor, Maine
This campground on the Schoodic Peninsula of Acadia National Park in Maine offers summer RV camping at primitive sites or sites with water and electricity hookups.
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No. 5: Schodack Island State Park Campground - Schodack Landing, N.Y.
Schodack Island State Park lies off the eastern shore of the Hudson River. The pet friendly campground offers both pull-through and back-in sites, with and without electricity. Guests enjoy access to a playground, boat launch, nature trail, picnic tables and showers.
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No. 4: Tom Sawyer's RV Park - West Memphis, Ark.
Visitors of Tom Sawyer’s RV Park in Arkansas are invited to kick back, relax and watch the traffic of the Mississippi River pass on by. The park offers convenient access to Downtown Memphis just a few miles away, as well as nature trails, showers, laundry facilities and free wifi.
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No. 3: Yosemite Pines RV Resort & Family Lodging - Groveland, Calif.
This RV park sits just 22 miles from Yosemite’s western entrance. Pull-through and back-in sites come with full hookups or water and electricity, plus access to a playground, games area, swimming pool, nature trails and a kid-friendly petting farm.
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No. 2: Ames Brook Campground - Ashland, N.H.
A stay at Ames Brook Campground puts visitors in the heart of the New Hampshire Lakes Region. The big rig-friendly site offers amenities like free wifi, large wooded sites with full hookups, free hot showers and sports facilities.
Photo courtesy of Charleston County Park & Recreation Commission
No. 1: Campground at James Island County Park - Charleston, S.C.
Just a short drive from Charleston, this county park campground offers access to 643 acres of natural beauty. Sites feature full hookups, fire rings and picnic tables, and other amenities include laundry facilities, ceramic bathhouses, free wifi and an activity center. Shuttle service makes it easy to get to Charleston for the day.
A panel of experts partnered with 10Best editors to pick the initial 20 nominees, and the top 10 winners were determined by popular vote.
Congratulations to all these winning campgrounds and RV parks!
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The Experts
Cherie & Chris
Chris and Cherie of Technomadia have been full... Read More
Chris and Cherie of Technomadia have been full time RVers and boaters since 2006, and have traveled all over the country seeking out amazing views and great bandwidth. They work remotely, currently running the Mobile Internet Resource Center helping RVers and cruisers keep up to date on mobile internet options. They are honored to be co-hosts of the upcoming educational TV series The RVers, coming to Discovery Channel and PBS in Fall 2019.
Cherie & Chris
Chris and Cherie of Technomadia have been full time RVers and boaters since 2006, and have traveled all over the country seeking out amazing views and great bandwidth. They work remotely, currently running the Mobile Internet Resource Center helping RVers and cruisers keep up to date on mobile internet options. They are honored to be co-hosts of the upcoming educational TV series The RVers, coming to Discovery Channel and PBS in Fall 2019.
10Best Editors
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USA TODAY 10Best provides users with original, unbiased and experiential travel coverage of top attractions, things to see and do, and restaurants for top destinations in the U.S. and around the world.