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News for July 17, 2026

Nokken Launches Softshell Suite for Hospitality Operators Seeking Modular Guest Accommodations

South Korea’s Camping and Glamping Industry Faces Continued Market Slowdown

Tenerife’s Punta del Hidalgo Campsite Reopens Following January 2025 Rehabilitation Project

Frankenmuth Jellystone Park Celebrates 50 Years, Marks Family and Business Milestones

Go RVing Fourth of July Reddit Campaign Generates 7.8 Million Impressions, Drives Traffic to RV Travel Content

RoverPass Adds Housekeeping Tool to Reservation Platform for Campground Operations

Tajikistan Advances Campgrounds, Glamping Sites, and Roadside Improvements

Bamburgh Under Canvas Launches Bamburgh Wyld With Wellness and Floral Experiences

State Parks

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State Parks

An older man in a flannel shirt helps a young girl in a sun hat hold an archery bow in a sunlit forest clearing, while her smiling parents and older brother watch. An archery target on a hay bale is visible in the background.

Missouri

Missouri State Parks and Wonders of Wildlife Announce Outdoor Recreation School for Families in High Ridge

Modern Campground March 14, 2026

A family of four seen from behind hiking along a sunny dirt trail surrounded by a meadow of tall grass and blue wildflowers. Two adults wearing backpacks walk alongside a young girl and boy toward distant rolling hills during golden hour.

Texas

Texas State Parks Urge Advance Reservations Ahead of Busy Spring Break Season

Modern Campground March 14, 2026

Damaged wooden boardwalk trail with broken, loose, and missing planks in the foreground creating a dangerous gap in the path, leading through a marshy landscape with pine trees, palmettos, and Spanish moss.

Florida

Coalition Urges Florida Lawmakers to Boost State Park Funding Amid $759 Million Repair Backlog

Modern Campground March 13, 2026

A family of four setting up a green camping tent together in a sunlit forest. The father kneels to hammer a tent stake while the mother, young son, and daughter hold the tent poles. Camping gear including a blue cooler, backpacks, and a folding chair are gathered nearby.

Minnesota

Minnesota DNR Urges Campers to Book Summer Trips Early Amid High Demand

Modern Campground March 11, 2026

A man in a vest gestures warmly while talking to a smiling couple by a wooden picnic table at an autumn forested campsite with a parked RV motorhome visible in the sunlit background.

Illinois

Illinois State Parks Seeking Volunteer Campground Hosts for 2026 Season

Modern Campground March 10, 2026

Scenic cascading waterfall flowing over tiered rocky ledges into a clear turquoise pool, surrounded by lush green forest and moss-covered boulders illuminated by warm sunlight, with a serene lake in the distance.

New York

New York Names Three Falls State Park on Cayuga Lake’s Western Shore

Modern Campground March 10, 2026

Paved walking path lined with purple and yellow wildflowers leading past a rustic wood and stone nature center building. The structure overlooks a lush green forested valley and a winding river bathed in bright golden sun rays under a blue, cloudy sky.

Alabama

Alabama State Parks Near Completion on Major Capital Improvement Projects

Modern Campground March 8, 2026

A scenic nature park landscape at sunset featuring vibrant purple and yellow wildflowers, a calm lake with a wooden fishing pier, and a gravel walking path leading past a small rustic wooden pavilion toward rolling green hills.

Iowa

Iowa Natural Resource Commission to Review State Park Upgrades at March Meeting

Modern Campground March 8, 2026

A modern RV parked in a lush, tree-lined campground with a fresh wooden porch and picnic tables, depicting an inviting and renovated outdoor setting.

United States

U.S. Outdoor Recreation Economy Reaches $1.3 Trillion in 2024 as Growth Slows

Ken Lunaba March 6, 2026

Newly constructed lakeside RV park at sunset featuring empty gravel campsites with concrete utility pedestals in the foreground and yellow construction equipment parked near the water among trees in the background.

Iowa

McIntosh Woods State Park Campground Closes for 2026 Season for Major Renovations

Modern Campground March 5, 2026

United States

Outdoor Recreation Roundtable to Unveil New Federal Data on Outdoor Recreation Economy

Ken Lunaba March 5, 2026

Family of four birdwatching with binoculars on a wooden boardwalk in a sunlit forest, standing near cyclists and hikers utilizing a parallel dirt trail.

United States

Outdoor Recreation Roundtable Highlights $1.2 Trillion Industry Impact and Federal Policy Wins in 2025 Annual Report

Ken Lunaba March 2, 2026

Arizona

Cattail Cove State Park Unveils 78-Site Upper Cattail Campground With Colorado River Views

Modern Campground March 2, 2026

Scenic view of a winding river flowing through lush green forests and gravel banks, illuminated by golden sunlight with misty rolling hills in the background

Tennessee

Tennessee Expands State Parks System With New Buffalo River and Clinch River Preserves

Modern Campground March 1, 2026

Snow-covered RVs and travel trailers parked in a campground during a severe winter storm, with deep tire tracks carving through the snow-packed road near orange traffic cones and bare trees.

Delaware

Delaware Governor Declares State of Emergency as Historic Blizzard Dumps Up to 20 Inches of Snow

Modern Campground February 28, 2026

Beige canvas yurt positioned on a raised wooden deck in a sunlit forest, featuring two Adirondack chairs and a small table in front of a large semi-circular window

Missouri

Table Rock State Park Opens Five New Premium Yurts for Glamping Experience

Modern Campground February 27, 2026

Dirt hiking trail winding through a meadow of orange Indian paintbrush and yellow wildflowers toward a calm lake surrounded by tree-covered hills under a partly cloudy blue sky

Texas

Texas Opens First New North Texas State Park in Over Two Decades

Modern Campground February 27, 2026

Wooden dock extending into a calm lake at sunset with orange and purple hues reflecting on the water, framed by a gravel path lined with yellow and purple wildflowers and a forest background with picnic tables

West Virginia

West Virginia Legislature Advances Major State Parks Funding and Expansion Bills

Modern Campground February 27, 2026

Family of four with backpacks crossing a wooden footbridge over a stream during a hike in a dense, sunlit pine forest

Georgia

Georgia State Parks Raises Annual Pass to $70

Modern Campground February 25, 2026

Wooden boardwalk winding through a sunny cypress swamp featuring trees draped in Spanish moss and tall green marsh grasses under a blue sky

Michigan

Proposed Modern Campground Faces Opposition in Rockport State Park Survey

Modern Campground February 23, 2026

Several beige canvas tents pitched along a gravel path in a lush, mossy forest filled with ferns and tall evergreen trees under a foggy sky.

Oregon

Oregon State Parks Reports Lowest Visitation and Camping Numbers

Modern Campground February 23, 2026

A family of four stands on a gravel path pointing toward a historic wooden frontier fort surrounded by grassy fields and flowering spring trees.

Tennessee

Tennessee Launches Public Survey to Shape Future of Fort Southwest Point State Historic Park

Modern Campground February 21, 2026

Family of four smiling as they work together to pitch a green tent in a sunny pine forest, with camping gear including a red cooler, rolled sleeping bags, and a portable stove on a picnic table in the foreground

Massachusetts

Massachusetts State Park Camping Reservations Now Open for 2026 Season

Modern Campground February 19, 2026

Diverse group of business professionals collaborating at a high-top table in a bright modern office, with a man gesturing while speaking to colleagues and a woman using a laptop, while other groups network at tables in the background

West Virginia

West Virginia Kicks Off Two-Day Outdoor Economy Summit to Drive Long-Term Growth

Modern Campground February 18, 2026