How to Read Our Tent Campground Listings

As you peruse the different tent campgrounds listed, it is important to understand the different symbols and ratings provided. The link below leads you to a downloadable and printable PDF that explains how to read Woodall's tent camping listings.

Download How to Read Our Tent Campground Listings

Woodall's also proudly works with an exclusive rating system that is personally given to every privately-owned campground that is listed in the Campground Directory & online and is visited by our inspection team.

Woodall's 5W Campground and RV Park Dual Rating System

Woodall's assigns two ratings to each privately owned campground/RV park. One rating is assigned to the facilities at the park (sites, roads, service buildings, restrooms, hookups, etc.). A separate recreation rating is also assigned. Both facilities and recreation ratings range from 1

to 5

. (This is Woodall's copyrighted rating symbol.) Keep in mind the final ratings are a composite of several different areas of interest.

What do the Woodall Ratings indicate?

Ratings depend on the quality and quantity of our criteria elements. The more

's a tent camping park has generally reflects the presence of more development at the park, and usually more facilities. HOWEVER, THE MAINTENANCE OF THE CAMPGROUND WEIGHS HEAVILY IN ALL RATINGS ASSIGNMENTS. Cleanliness is a major factor in determining if you and your family will have an enjoyable vacation. The maintenance level at a park must meet or exceed the recommended ratings or the rating cannot be assigned at that level.

Do more 's mean a better park?

Emphatically, NO! The Woodall rating system does NOT indicate good, better, best. Each tent camping family needs to decide how much development is going to make their trip enjoyable. Woodall lists a wide range of campgrounds from rustic, natural settings to resort-like RV parks. Different factors may make a park attractive: convenience to the Interstate; width of sites; located near a popular attraction; a swimming pool, lake or other on-site recreation. Please take the time to understand the Woodall Rating System and consider the ratings, along with other factors, when choosing the parks you want to stay in. Be sure to read the listings carefully to make sure they have the facilities and amenities you want, and be sure to let the park owner know you found them in Woodall's.

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