Family tent camping. We love it! From camping in national parks to all over Colorado, and even down in the Grand Canyon, we’ve been pitching tents with our kids for over 20 years. Are you sure you have everything you need for camping in 2024? Here’s the Ultimate Family Camping List of Gear Essentials as you prepare for your next outdoor adventure with kids and teens. Access a free downloadable packing list that covers everything from sleeping gear to camp kitchen and campsite essentials, clothing and shoes for outdoor recreation, and more.
Solo Stove Yukon Review 2024: The Only Fire Pit Your Family Needs
Solo Stove Fire Pits and Camp Stoves have revolutionized family backyards, camping, and backpacking with friends. This review of Solo Stove highlights why we’re sold on the backyard best - the Yukon Fire Pit - but shows off the Bonfire and Ranger fire pits too. Plus, learn about the lightweight, portable Titan, Campfire, and Lite versions of their camping stoves.
27 Best Outdoorsy Gifts Heading Into 2024
Wondering what to give your outdoorsy friend or family member who loves camping vacations, hiking, adventure travel, and road trips? We’ve got you covered with tour updated 2023 - 2024 gift guide. Here are 27 of the best presents to wrap up for your favorite camper or hiker— the coolest, innovative gadgets and gear your outdoor loving dad, mom, sister, brother, or friend are sure to love.
Squeeze through a slot canyon to Kanarraville Falls
Hike the Kanarra Creek Canyon Trail in a half day with your tweens and teens. Squeeze through a Utah slot canyon to the gorgeous Kanarraville Falls. Not far from Zion and Bryce Canyon national parks. With careful planning, this UTah waterfall hike should be on your list when road tripping through this area.
Buena Vista Colorado: A Sweet Adventure Spot in the Rockies
Havasu Falls with kids in 2023
Havasupai packing list
Yosemite Valley with Kids Leads to Epic Adventures
Cumberland Island National Seashore
Outdoor family adventure travel to Georgia’s biggest barrier island: Cumberland Island National Seashore. Forests, natural beaches, sand dunes, wild horses, historic mansions and more. Unraveling tales of man and nature over hundreds of years. Camp overnight to explore more of 9,800 acres of wilderness.
Day Trip to California’s Channel Islands National Park
Yosemite Camping Tips
Utah Mighty Five National Parks Road Trip
Hobo Hammocks: a review
Hobo Hammocks makes a perfect double hammock for home, family vacation, and camping. Here's 11 reasons this complete hanging system rocks, and we believe it’s better than an Eno. Here’s an affordable hammock from a compassionate company that serves the homeless a meal for every hammock bought and more.
Kayaking and camping along the Niangua River
The Niangua River in the beautiful Ozarks of south central Missouri runs through Bennett Spring State Park, making it perfect for family camping, kayaking, and trout fishing. The Niangua River is a 125-mile-long branch of the Osage River, and in the summer, the water is refreshingly cool and clear and perfect.
National parks are some of the best outdoor adventure travel destinations, especially for families with kids and teens. Here are 21 national park family vacation ideas for 2024, plus where to stay, from top family travelers. Sled down sand dunes in Colorado, hike the Mist Trail in Yosemite, jump into alpine lakes in Glacier, experience canyoneering at Zion's door, stand toe-to-toe with giant Sequoias, and more. Which one is at the top of your list>