Camping Along the Great US Highways

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Public Campgrounds along US-1, which runs from Key West, Florida, all the way to Maine at the Canadian border. In many points along its route, it parallels I-95, sometimes relieving the traffic along that corridor! Unless otherwise noted, all camping is within 20 miles of the highway, one-way. Some campgrounds may not be listed; inquire locally.

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FL:
Note: Anywhere in the Florida Keys and southern Florida, you should have reservations for camping. They tend to fill up quickly in all seasons of the year!

Bahia Honda State Park, the Keys
Note: Reservations essential.
Long Key State Park, Layton
Note: Reservations essential.
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Key Largo
Note: Reservations essential.
Jonathan Dickinson State Park, Hobe Sound
Note: Reservations essential.
Sebastian Inlet State Park, Melbourne Beach
Canaveral National Seashore, Titusville
Note: This is walk-in or boat-in tent camping only. No RV's, trailers, or other motors.
Tomoka State Park, Osmond Beach
Faver-Dykes State Park, St Augustine
Anastasia State Park, St Augustine
Little Talbot Island State Park, Jacksonville


GA:

Laura S. Walker State Park, Waycross
Jack Hill State Park, Reidsville
Note: Formerly known as Gordonia-Alatamaha State Park.
George L. Smith State Park, Twin City

SC:

Aiken State Natural Area, Windsor
Sesquicentennial State Park, Columbia
Lee State Natural Area, Bishopville
Cheraw State Park, Cheraw

NC:

Jordan Lake State Recreation Area, Apex
William B Umstead State Park, Cary
Note: There are two entrances to this large park: Cary, and Raleigh.
Kerr Lake State Recreation Area, Henderson

VA:

Pocahontas State Park, Chesterfield
Prince William Forest Park, Triangle

MD:

Susquehanna State Park, Havre de Grace

NJ:

Cheesequake State Park, Matawan

CT:

Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison
Rocky Neck State Park, East Lyme

RI:

Fisherman's Memorial State Park

MA:

Salisbury Beach State Reservation, Salisbury

NH:

Hampton Beach State Park, Hampton

ME:

Bradbury Mountain State Park
Camden Hills State Park
Acadia National Park Campgrounds, Bar Harbor
Lamoine State Park, Lamoine (just outside of Acadia NP)
Cobscook Bay State Park, Dennysville/Edmunds Township
Aroostook State Park, Presque Isle

And you have reached Canada!

Up next will be the Great River Road, but we will take you from where the Great River, the mighty Mississippi, begins, up at Itasca State Park, in Minnesota, and move south. The GRR is not one road; it is a series of many roads linked together to follow the Mississippi River.


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