No camping reports are published right now.
GRIP's previous report set could not be proven against its official sources, so it was removed. Camping rules are being rebuilt from captured, verified official evidence — nothing will be published until each fact is proven against its source. Until then, search still works for finding a unit and its managing agency, and you should confirm camping rules with that agency before you go.
About
GRIP is a camping rules reference for U.S. and Canadian public lands built around source quality, not report count.
Search a park, forest, monument, recreation area, or public-land unit to find it and reach its official agency sources. No camping reports are published today (see the notice above); when reports return, each will explain whether camping is allowed, what rules apply, how confident that answer is, and which official sources support it.
The goal is not to list every campground in existence. The goal is reports you can trust before you commit to a trip. A smaller inventory sourced from official agency materials is more useful than a large one built on guesses.
Finding a place to camp should not require checking five agency pages, a PDF, a fire restriction notice, a reservation system, and a map that may or may not explain the actual rules.
Public-land camping information is often scattered, outdated, incomplete, or written for people who already know which agency manages the land.
GRIP is built to pull the important pieces into one report: whether camping is allowed, what restrictions apply, what still needs checking, and how much confidence you should have in the answer. No reports are published today (see the notice above) — that is what each report carries when it returns.
GRIP focuses on U.S. and Canadian public lands where camping rules matter and official sources are available. No camping reports are published today: the previous report set could not be proven against its sources and was removed. Reports return only when each fact is verified against captured official evidence.
Coverage currently includes national parks, national forests, BLM lands, national monuments, recreation areas, selected state parks, Parks Canada units, and selected Canadian provincial parks.
State park coverage is intentionally selective. GRIP adds parks where official agency sources are clear enough to stand behind; a camping rules report returns for a location only when each fact is verified against captured official evidence. Coverage that cannot be sourced from an official agency is not added to the inventory, even if it would increase the count. Some regions are deeper than others because coverage is being built in clusters, not as a generic directory.
Coverage is expanding in source-backed clusters rather than as a generic directory. GRIP prioritizes public lands where official agency sources are clear, indexing each with links to those sources; a camping rules report returns for a location only when its facts are evidence-backed.
No reports are published today (see the notice above) — this section describes what each report carries when reports return. Each report is designed to answer the questions campers actually have before a trip:
Confidence labels are part of that design: they exist so you can tell the difference between a well-sourced answer and a place that still needs more verification.
GRIP leaves some locations out on purpose.
A report is only useful if it can say something trustworthy. Some places are deferred because camping rules are unclear, source material is thin, the managing agency is ambiguous, or the location has little overnight camping relevance.
If a place appears without a report, it means GRIP knows about it but has not published camping guidance yet. It does not mean camping is allowed or prohibited.
GRIP's reports are built from official sources where available: park pages, superintendent's compendiums, forest orders, recreation pages, permit systems, closure notices, and public land manager materials. No reports are being served today — see above; when they return, each fact will carry the captured official source it was proven against.
When reports return, each will carry a confidence level. High confidence means the rule is well-supported by official agency material with minimal ambiguity. Medium confidence means useful source coverage exists but gaps remain. Reports never guess to fill source gaps: when something cannot be confirmed, the report says so explicitly.
GRIP is not live data. Fire restrictions, closures, road access, and permits can change quickly. A report is meant to help you understand the rule landscape faster, but the official agency source remains the authority. Always verify current conditions before your trip.
Every report is designed to include a source gaps section: when a rule cannot be confirmed from official materials, the gap is listed explicitly rather than omitted or estimated. Common gaps include exact fee amounts, precise site counts, and seasonal schedule details that agencies do not publish centrally.
This is intentional. Knowing what is uncertain is as useful as knowing what is confirmed. A report that tells you “fees are charged but the current rate was not available from official sources” is more useful than a report that omits fees entirely or guesses.
GRIP improves through feedback. If a location is missing, a rule looks wrong, a source link is broken, or something else looks off, the fastest path is to send a note with the location name and any official source you found.
Feedback is reviewed against official sources before any change is made. GRIP does not treat user-submitted information as authoritative without official backing. See the Contact page →
GRIP was built by Ryan Pettaway, a cloud security engineer and outdoors enthusiast.
After buying a rooftop tent, Ryan's first real question was not “where should I camp?” It was “where am I actually allowed to camp?”
The answer was scattered across agency sites, permit systems, PDF notices, maps, and local rules. GRIP is the tool he wished existed: one place to understand the actual camping rules for a public-land destination before committing to the trip.
When he is not building GRIP, Ryan is usually outside hiking, camping, photographing wildlife, or exploring public lands with Atlas.
GRIP's report data is about public land rules. It is not personal data.
GRIP does not currently require accounts or sign-ins. It does not collect user-submitted reports into the public dataset, and it does not treat feedback as authoritative without an official source.
GRIP also excludes tribal and protected peoples' lands from its data products by policy. The product is designed to help campers understand public-land camping rules, not to expose sensitive land or community information.
For more detail, see the Privacy page.