MY POTENTIALLY OVER-REACHING GOAL TO CAMP AT ALL 46 NORTH CAROLINA STATE PARKS*

*And also all the National forests

Key

  • Stars denote sites that have been camped
  • Dots denote areas that have been visited
  • Pins denote areas that have not been visited 1)

Colors

While the colors are virtually useless to Matthew 2), I'm using them to show difficulty. Currently I am only applying them to sites that we've visited, and which I've deemed easy/mild/difficult to camp at. The colors are fairly self-explanatory:

  • Red denotes a very difficult site to camp at - extra planning is essential for these locations, and special gear is likely needed
  • Yellow denotes a site that isn't super easy, but won't require special gear or planning to accomplish
  • Green denotes a site that is as easy as driving up and hanging up the hammocks

It's rather important to note that the colors do not apply to the pinned locations 3). This should probably be modified, as the map currently looks like the majority of NC sites are monstrous undertakings that will kill you if you attempt them.

References

I used this website to look up sites that aren't categorized as state parks. My map includes:

  • State Parks
  • State Forests
  • State Natural Areas
  • National Parks
  • National Forests

I used this lovely map from NCparks.gov as a starting point for my own map.

1) as a couple - Matthew and I have both individually visited a lot of these places, but the goal is to try and do all of them as a unit
2) sorry, dear
3) that is, locations we have not camped or hiked at