Camping is perhaps the ultimate form of socially distant travel and recreation. It’s literally an escape from civilization, which is precisely how COVID-19 spreads. If there’s one silver lining to the ...

Camping trailers may be the most versatile recreational vehicles available — even if they’re not technically, y’know, vehicles. Rooftop tents offer ease of use, and camper vans offer greater ...

Staying away from the beach this year in fear of COVID-19? Has your dream trip to Italy that you have been planning for a while been cancelled? Afraid to go away and stay in a hotel? For those reasons ...

There was once a time when camping conjured up images of trudging through the backcountry, backpacks slung over tired shoulders while keeping eyes peeled for bears. Some might still argue that ...

As the summer of COVID-19 winds down, Shane Bertsch has seen something he would not have expected six months ago: Packed campgrounds and crowded hiking trails. “This has been the busiest camping ...

It’s that time of year again, a time when more and more people will consider going camping. The global health crisis kept us locked in our houses for a long time, so doing some camping may be good for ...

Stay six feet apart, they said. Don’t do anything in big groups, they said. Events were cancelled, schools closed and businesses sent everyone home to figure out Zoom and other technologies. It’s ...

This story is part of our end-of-year series This Year in Gear rounding up the most notable releases of 2020. For more stories like this, click here. Among the far-too-many-other things that happened ...

With the pandemic raging in many corners of the U.S. and full-on lockdowns on the verge of returning, it’s pretty safe to say no one is going to have a “normal” August. Even when talking about camping ...

You have a tent, portable stove, cookware and sleeping bag, and you’re getting ready to go camping, maybe in the backyard, maybe at a campground. You’re not going to be roughing it, but you won’t be ...