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Online Reservation System Coming To Theodore Roosevelt National Park Campgrounds

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Beginning in March you'll be able to reserve a spot in Theodore Roosevelt National Park's campgrounds, such as the Juniper Campground pictured here/Kurt Repanshek

Is there anything worse than driving to a national park a loooonnngggg way from home, hoping to find a campsite to pitch your tent in, only to discover the campground is sold out? Well beginning in March you'll be able to reserve your campsite at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota from your computer months before you leave home.

The park will accept reservations for the Roundup Group Horse Campground, the Juniper Group Campsite in the North Unit, and the Cottonwood Group Campsite in the South Unit through the recreation.gov website. In addition, half of the general sites in the Cottonwood Campground will be available for reservation. The remainder of the general sites in Cottonwood Campground and the entire Juniper Campground will continue to be available on a first come, first served basis. 

'œThe use of our group campsites, especially the Roundup Group Horse Campground, has become so popular that it'™s necessary to go with an online reservation system,' said Chief Ranger Dean Wyckoff. 'œMany visitors also appreciate the option of being able to reserve their campsites ahead of time when they are planning their vacations.' 

Theodore Roosevelt National Park'™s online reservation system will 'œgo live' on March 2. Reservations can be made at www.recreation.gov or by calling the Recreation.gov Call Center at 877-444-6777. Call center hours are 10 a.m. ET to midnight ET from March 1 through October 31 and 10:00 a.m. ET to 10 p.m. ET form November 1 through February 28. The call center is closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year'™s Day. 

Recreation.gov is operated through the National Recreation Reservation System, providing reservation and information services for 12 federal agencies including the National Park Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Forest Service, and the Army Corps of Engineers.

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Ohh no-se it's a conspiracy.  Once the locals give up their cushy campspot that their great great grandpappy has used for centuries, because he can't use the internets and his site has been reserved by some tech savy elitist liberal from NY or California, all freedumb is lost.


It amazes me that they actually need it.  When I was there several summers ago, I was the only human being in the Juniper campground.  Then again, I see the Juniper campground isn't included [g].


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