Where are good vacation sites near New Jersey?

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Deah.No

We were planning on going to Dorney Park...again, but we wanted a change. Six Flags doesn't really suit us. Anyone know some place fun or relaxing near New Jersey? Yellow Stone Park sounded fun, but it was too far. :(

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Lancaster, PA- has Dutch Wonderland and alot of differant places to go and alot of outlet stores and Hershey park is not far down the road. It's about an hour out of Jersey. If you wanna go south there's Atlantic city, Ocean City, LBI, Wildwood, Cape May. If you would like to go camping there's alot of state parks with cabins if you don't want to stay in a tent like Parvin's or Atsion & several others. Philly has alot of things to do as well , art museum, Franklin Institute, Acadamy of Natural Sciences, Constitution Center, Freedom Trail, Philadelphia Zoo, and much more.

Any secluded camping spots in PA?

Faye

Hey I live near Philadelphia in the suburbs and want to go camping. I want to park and tent.
Most places around me or that I know of all the camping spots are right next to each other. I want a place that I can camp and not be near people. Anyone know any within a 4 hour radius?
Thanks
I meant 3 hours. But I would like places closest to me if possible.

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There are plenty of secluded spots in PA, but most of them are on backpacking trails. If you want to be able to just camp and park (legally), that will almost definitely be at a campground of one form or another...which will mean there will be others there. If you are willing to hike a couple miles there are plenty of spots available that are secluded and interesting.

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How many states have you been too?and which states.?

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Q. I am 16 and I have only been to two other states other then were I live
and they were just border states
so I have pretty much been stuck here in the most boring state in the world my whole life

my parents are homebodies and they never want to go anywhere and plus my dad works seems like all the time

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Good question. I've lived in Michigan, New York, and California, and have been to all the states at one time or other, but my objective now is to <sleep> in as many as I can <in a tent>.

Have vacationed In Hawaii, but never camped there. Went on a camping trip to Alaska last year, also passing through the Yukon, British Columbia, Manitoba, and several western states.

Went on a 6-month, 24,000-mile camping trip two years ago that was a big circle around the U.S., trying to visit national parks & monuments, as well as Civil War & Revolutionary War sites such as Gettysburg & Valley Forge.

Have only crossed North Dakota on a train once, and have only driven through Kentucky on road trips between Michigan & Florida. Only passed through Kansas & Nebraska on trains, or flew in briefly on business trips. Want to spend some time in West Virginia, although I've been to Harper's Ferry several times.

For sleeping in a tent on camping trips, I still need to go to these states: Hawaii, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, North Dakota, Wisconsin (although I drove through there two years ago but did not stay overnight), Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Rhode Island (which I also passed through), West Virginia.

Have slept outdoors in all the others, but for Delaware, it was just an overnight near I-95 between Philadelphia & Washington.

I only discovered camping a few years ago, and I wish I'd started a lot sooner. It's a lot of fun, and you can see as much of the country as you want, for very little money. When you have a break from school -- maybe after graduation -- get some friends together and plan a long trip. If someone has a minivan, four of you can go for as long as you want. Buy the equipment, and put a Thule or Yakima box on the roof rack. Split the costs 4 ways. Gas will be the big expense, but $2.40 per gallon is only 60 cents when split. Do your own cooking at the campsites, and buy fast food for lunch along the road. If you plan it right, you can do it, and it will be a trip you'll never forget.

How do you go camping (I've never been)?

askerthon1

I live in Philadelphia and wanna go camping next weekend with my bf when he comes to town (It'd be really hot to f*ck outdoors and sleep naked under the stars). I don't own a tent or a lantern or anything that has to do with camping...should I just forget about it? I really don't have much money to blow...and I don't know where we'd go...

If you say camping is a no-go, do you have any other ideas for things to do? We've already been 4x4-ing, shooting and crabbing....so I'm at a loss as to what to plan....
@Peter: That the bird is the word?

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My college always had tents we could rent, along with assorted supplies like camp stoves, lanterns and coffee pots. Rent all and we were out like $11 a day. You could even rent a canoe if you wanted. (Don't, canoes are a pain.)

Rent some gear, let Wal-Mart or if you don't mind dumping some money, REI set you up with some sleeping bags. Take some basic tools, take some canned goods, you can even take stuff from your own kitchen if it can handle natural gas heat it'll get from the camp stove.

You can pick up ice chests for next to nothing at your local convenience store.

One of my dumb, favorite camp meal specials is to simply brown some ground beef, and add a can of Ranch Style Beans.

Don't forget a mutlitool, first aid kit, toilet paper and a shovel. The latter you can pick up at an army-navy surplus store, ask for an entrenching tool, you know where to get the former. They go hand in hand.

Just for another idea, there's a couple places near me that rent RV campers small enough to be towed behind a small car. I was always partial to the Chalet RV's that I could tow behind my little Jeep Wrangler. They rent for about as much as a motel room does per night.

http://www.chaletrv.com/

And for the love of all things Holy, I wish Peter would put The Bird in a suppository configuration. Presumably, next to his head.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4fpTpTDSqs

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Where can I find a secluded camping spot close to the beach in the mid-atlantic region?

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Jenni

My fiance and are getting married on July 27th and we would like to camp on the beach for our honeymoon. It would be okay if we are near the beach, but not directly on it, though we'd prefer to be close to the water if possible. We are mostly concerned with privacy, because we do not want to spend our honeymoon with our tent pitched 20 feet away from the next group of campers. We are on a budget and probably can't afford more than $300 or so for the week, and we'd like to stay within a 5 hour drive of Philadelphia. Any ideas?

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First, you are not permitted to camp on the beach in any area of the US that I know of. There are good reasons for this -- people are dumb about tides and would be too likely to set up camp at low tide and then be flooded. Beaches need to be available for day use by most recreational users and campsites would interfere with that. Coastal animals need free access to beach areas during the night. You can't put bathrooms on beaches easily.

So all campgrounds are set back from the beach, often behind a dune or screened by trees, You are also expecting to find a prime campsite in the most desirable sort of areas in the most densely populated part of the country during the peak month for family camping. I doubt at this late date you will be able to find anything resembling what you are asking for that is not already reserved.

Your only hope would be to start now, looking at the Parks department websites for PA, New Jersey, Delaware and Connecticut, looking at all the campgrounds in coastal areas and then attempting to make on line reservations.

Campgrounds, especially near beaches, are always packed in the summer. There is no way you will have privacy in a tent in these areas.

I would suggest giving up the beach idea and looking farther inland. There is a campground at Caledonia State Park off route 30 about a half hour west of Gettysburg that has nice private campsites for tent campers that are away from the bustle of the trailer and RV campers. They have nice bathhouses with hot showers and flush toilets. Not near the ocean but you can ride bikes through the country lanes north of the campground and there is a nice lake with a swimming beach.

The only option I can think of for beach camping and privacy would be if you are willing to backpack. You can go to Assateague Island off the Virginian coast and backpack up the beach 10 miles to a campsite directly behind a dune which can only be reached by hiking. There would no doubt be other people camping there but you would be able to find a place to pitch your tent away from the others. You would have to pack in all your own food AND water though and there are not services -- this is primitive camping.

Truly, I hate to be so pessimistic about this but I have been camping in the Mid Atlantic for 40 years (live in western PA) and used to work for an outfitter and know the situation well. The grim reality is that there are too many people competing for too few campgrounds, especially this summer when the government sequester situation has caused cutbacks in personnel and services to many public camping areas and parks. If this was your dream honeymoon idea you should have made reservations 6 months to a year ago.

Where can I find a good (and cheap) camping ground outside of Philadelphia?

Julie

My boyfriend and I live in the Philadelphia suburbs. We are looking for a cheap camping getaway this weekend. We plan to camp in a tent, both because we want to and because it will cut down on costs. Can someone recommend a good campsite within two hours of Philadelphia that is 1. not expensive. 2. near entertaining things to do (hiking, boulder fields, fishing, etc).

Thanks so much for your help!

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Check out campgrounds near Valley Forge

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How do you go camping (I've never been)?

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askerthon1

I live in Philadelphia and wanna go camping next weekend with my bf when he comes to town (It'd be really hot to f*ck outdoors and sleep naked under the stars). I don't own a tent or a lantern or anything that has to do with camping...should I just forget about it? I really don't have much money to blow...and I don't know where we'd go...

If you say camping is a no-go, do you have any other ideas for things to do? We've already been 4x4-ing, shooting and crabbing....so I'm at a loss as to what to plan....
@Peter: That the bird is the word?

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My college always had tents we could rent, along with assorted supplies like camp stoves, lanterns and coffee pots. Rent all and we were out like $11 a day. You could even rent a canoe if you wanted. (Don't, canoes are a pain.)

Rent some gear, let Wal-Mart or if you don't mind dumping some money, REI set you up with some sleeping bags. Take some basic tools, take some canned goods, you can even take stuff from your own kitchen if it can handle natural gas heat it'll get from the camp stove.

You can pick up ice chests for next to nothing at your local convenience store.

One of my dumb, favorite camp meal specials is to simply brown some ground beef, and add a can of Ranch Style Beans.

Don't forget a mutlitool, first aid kit, toilet paper and a shovel. The latter you can pick up at an army-navy surplus store, ask for an entrenching tool, you know where to get the former. They go hand in hand.

Just for another idea, there's a couple places near me that rent RV campers small enough to be towed behind a small car. I was always partial to the Chalet RV's that I could tow behind my little Jeep Wrangler. They rent for about as much as a motel room does per night.

http://www.chaletrv.com/

And for the love of all things Holy, I wish Peter would put The Bird in a suppository configuration. Presumably, next to his head.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4fpTpTDSqs

D

Backpacking UK (Equipment Check)?

WishIwereE

Ok, so my friend and I, both 17, girls, and American, are going to backpack the UK very cheaply this summer.This is our plan:

Fly into london from Philadelphia, stay in the piccidilly backpackers hostel in London for two weeks, then hitchhike/walk to Edinbourough, Scotland, then down through Wales and eventually back to London. The exact routes haven't been determined yet, but we will have maps and an international cell phone with gps capabilities.


This is what we think we are going to bring: (please tell me if you have anymore suggestions on what to bring, or if we don't need an object, or any advice you have)

In nice hiking backpack with shoulder support:

Light two person tent (if you know of any, please tell me)
Small LED flashlight
1000 matches
foldable pocket knife
Mace/pepper spray
Four water bottles
Ramen noodles and fruit snacks
small silver pot thing for ramen noodles
International Cellphone
Solar charger for cellphone
battery powered electric razor
extra batteries
regular razor
foldable toothbrush
facewash
roll of paper towels
wetones wipes
hand sanatizer
small bottle of shampoo
bar of soap
two of those tiny thin blankets that are like a sheet of metal, keep your body heat in

Nice shoulder support hiking back pack number two
Four tee-shirts (two for each)
Two pairs of cut off jeans shorts (one for each, etc)
Two pairs of nice skinny jeans
two nice blouse shirts (for bars in london)
two warm sweatshirts
six pairs of socks, one pair for each of us being long
six pairs of underwear
two thermal shirts
two tank tops
two gym shorts
Some extra cash, about 100 dollars, and like 300 pounds, and 100 euros (incase we end up taking the chunnel to paris or a day trip to ireland)

Side messanger bag (me)
camera
the cellphone (we will only have one) (has gps and money converter)
a notebook
pens
another space blanket

Purse (my friend)
basically all of her medications, and a two month supply of inhalers
mace
maps, pamplets, other random stuff


So what do you think of our supply list?

Any thing else we need/don't need?

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Short rule for safety, DO NOT HITCH HIKE
The long rule, hitch hiking is not safe. You might get away with it for a short while, but going long distance, as London-Scotland-London is, you do run risk a lot of times. Specially for two girls of just17 it is NOT a good plan.

From your list delete, either as not allowed to transport by plane or as not allowed in the UK:
matches, mace, peper spray, knife if longer than 2 inch, mace again.

Add whole lot of money. For food alone you need 20 pound per day, and do not count on being able to sleep somewhere without having to spend money.
Forget being able to travel casually to Ireland or the continent, take all your money while on the bank, apart for that first bit of 300 pound. Expect to use about 100 pound per day between you in the Uk, 100 pound per day each in London.
And from 'basically all of her medications, and a two month supply of inhalers' I get the impression that your friends health is not top. In that case, camping wild and roughing it should not be in the plans at all.
Think what would happen if a driver is having 'fun' with her, his friend holding you, and she getting an attack?

If you want to hike, or travel rough in an other way, do it near home, where you know the place, the speak and the people. If you think it is not safe enough why do you think you can get away with it abroad, where you will have money problems on top of it.
If safety is not a concern for you, have you done it near home? I think not, seeing your list and additional questions. It will be more of an adventure even hiking from your house to hers, if you have no experience.

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How do you go camping (I've never been)?

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askerthon1

I live in Philadelphia and wanna go camping next weekend with my bf when he comes to town (It'd be really hot to f*ck outdoors and sleep naked under the stars). I don't own a tent or a lantern or anything that has to do with camping...should I just forget about it? I really don't have much money to blow...and I don't know where we'd go...

If you say camping is a no-go, do you have any other ideas for things to do? We've already been 4x4-ing, shooting and crabbing....so I'm at a loss as to what to plan....
@Peter: That the bird is the word?

Answer
My college always had tents we could rent, along with assorted supplies like camp stoves, lanterns and coffee pots. Rent all and we were out like $11 a day. You could even rent a canoe if you wanted. (Don't, canoes are a pain.)

Rent some gear, let Wal-Mart or if you don't mind dumping some money, REI set you up with some sleeping bags. Take some basic tools, take some canned goods, you can even take stuff from your own kitchen if it can handle natural gas heat it'll get from the camp stove.

You can pick up ice chests for next to nothing at your local convenience store.

One of my dumb, favorite camp meal specials is to simply brown some ground beef, and add a can of Ranch Style Beans.

Don't forget a mutlitool, first aid kit, toilet paper and a shovel. The latter you can pick up at an army-navy surplus store, ask for an entrenching tool, you know where to get the former. They go hand in hand.

Just for another idea, there's a couple places near me that rent RV campers small enough to be towed behind a small car. I was always partial to the Chalet RV's that I could tow behind my little Jeep Wrangler. They rent for about as much as a motel room does per night.

http://www.chaletrv.com/

And for the love of all things Holy, I wish Peter would put The Bird in a suppository configuration. Presumably, next to his head.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4fpTpTDSqs

D

Backpacking UK (Equipment Check)?

WishIwereE

Ok, so my friend and I, both 17, girls, and American, are going to backpack the UK very cheaply this summer.This is our plan:

Fly into london from Philadelphia, stay in the piccidilly backpackers hostel in London for two weeks, then hitchhike/walk to Edinbourough, Scotland, then down through Wales and eventually back to London. The exact routes haven't been determined yet, but we will have maps and an international cell phone with gps capabilities.


This is what we think we are going to bring: (please tell me if you have anymore suggestions on what to bring, or if we don't need an object, or any advice you have)

In nice hiking backpack with shoulder support:

Light two person tent (if you know of any, please tell me)
Small LED flashlight
1000 matches
foldable pocket knife
Mace/pepper spray
Four water bottles
Ramen noodles and fruit snacks
small silver pot thing for ramen noodles
International Cellphone
Solar charger for cellphone
battery powered electric razor
extra batteries
regular razor
foldable toothbrush
facewash
roll of paper towels
wetones wipes
hand sanatizer
small bottle of shampoo
bar of soap
two of those tiny thin blankets that are like a sheet of metal, keep your body heat in

Nice shoulder support hiking back pack number two
Four tee-shirts (two for each)
Two pairs of cut off jeans shorts (one for each, etc)
Two pairs of nice skinny jeans
two nice blouse shirts (for bars in london)
two warm sweatshirts
six pairs of socks, one pair for each of us being long
six pairs of underwear
two thermal shirts
two tank tops
two gym shorts
Some extra cash, about 100 dollars, and like 300 pounds, and 100 euros (incase we end up taking the chunnel to paris or a day trip to ireland)

Side messanger bag (me)
camera
the cellphone (we will only have one) (has gps and money converter)
a notebook
pens
another space blanket

Purse (my friend)
basically all of her medications, and a two month supply of inhalers
mace
maps, pamplets, other random stuff


So what do you think of our supply list?

Any thing else we need/don't need?

Answer
Short rule for safety, DO NOT HITCH HIKE
The long rule, hitch hiking is not safe. You might get away with it for a short while, but going long distance, as London-Scotland-London is, you do run risk a lot of times. Specially for two girls of just17 it is NOT a good plan.

From your list delete, either as not allowed to transport by plane or as not allowed in the UK:
matches, mace, peper spray, knife if longer than 2 inch, mace again.

Add whole lot of money. For food alone you need 20 pound per day, and do not count on being able to sleep somewhere without having to spend money.
Forget being able to travel casually to Ireland or the continent, take all your money while on the bank, apart for that first bit of 300 pound. Expect to use about 100 pound per day between you in the Uk, 100 pound per day each in London.
And from 'basically all of her medications, and a two month supply of inhalers' I get the impression that your friends health is not top. In that case, camping wild and roughing it should not be in the plans at all.
Think what would happen if a driver is having 'fun' with her, his friend holding you, and she getting an attack?

If you want to hike, or travel rough in an other way, do it near home, where you know the place, the speak and the people. If you think it is not safe enough why do you think you can get away with it abroad, where you will have money problems on top of it.
If safety is not a concern for you, have you done it near home? I think not, seeing your list and additional questions. It will be more of an adventure even hiking from your house to hers, if you have no experience.

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