What do all these abbreviations mean? How can I best use this app?

You may not have encountered all of the abbreviations used here. Here are some that you may find in various AllStays services:

Private/Independent
KOA
Army Corps of Engineers or COE
BLM (and other Public Lands)
County/City Parks (includes fairgrounds and some non-profits)
State/Provincial Parks (includes other state lands, wildlife areas and groups)
National/State Forests
National Parks and Monuments
Military (The rules and admittance vary)
ONP (Casinos, Extras)
Elk Lodge (for members only)
Moose Lodge (for members only)

"D" shaped icon means a place has dispersed camping. No set numbered sites. You find a place to park or pitch your tent. Many areas do request that you use sites that have already been used before rather than create new ones.


AM Best
Flying J Travel Plaza
Indie Truck Stops
Pilot Travel Centers
Loves Travel Stops
Petro Centers
TA Travel Centers
Loves Country Store
Rest Areas
Turnouts (usually truck only)
Welcome Centers
Walmart Parking (based on reports)
Walmart No Parking (based on reports)
Bass Pro Shops (outdoors store)
Big 5 (outdoors store)
Cabelas (outdoors store)
Costco (overload your rig and maybe take a rest)
Camping World (outdoors store)
Cracker Barrel (majority have RV parking spaces)
Dicks Sporting Goods (outdoors store)
Gander Mountain (outdoors store)
Home Depot (hardware store)
Kmart (store)
Lowes (hardware store)
Meijer (store)
Menards (hardware store)
REI (outdoors store)
Sams Club (overload your rig and maybe take a rest)
Propane Indies (places that just propane, not other types)
RV Dumps Extras (places that just rv dumps, not other types)
Road Grades (inclines and declines)
Runaway Ramps (hope you never need it but good to know)
Covered Bridge/Tunnel
Low Clearance between 07-8 ft
Low Clearance between 08-9 ft
Low Clearance between 09-10 ft
Low Clearance between 10-11 ft
Low Clearance between 11-12 ft
Low Clearance between 12-13 ft
Low Clearance between 13-14 ft
Low Clearance between 14-15 ft
Low Clearance 15 ft

Rates

Rates change all the time and many places don't even correctly publish their own prices. Many places essentially price gouge and charge more for events, holidays or certain months. And one campground might have ten different prices for sizes and services. So listing a precise dollar amount in listings would make us wrong 90% of the time.
Free = Free!
$ = $1-12
$$ = $12-20
$$$ = $20-30
$$$$ = $31-40
$$$$$ = $41 and up

Clubs

GSC - Good Sam
PA-AM - Passport America
ESC - Escapees
C2C - Coast to Coast
ROD - Resorts of Distinction
RPI - Resort Parks International
AOR - America Outdoor Resorts
1000T - 1000 Trails

Abbreviations

POI = Point of Interest (places)
Ind = Independent
NF = National Forest
SF = State Forest
SP = State Park
CP = County or City Park
CR = County Road
FR = Forest Road or Route
BLM = Bureau of Land Management
E Lodge = Elk Lodge
mi = miles
ft = feet
mm = mile marker
LP/LPG = Propane
FH = Full Hookups
EH = Electric Hookups
EWH = Electric Water Hookups
NOP = No Overnight Parking
ONP = Overnight Parking
EB = Eastbound
WB = Westbound
NB = Northbound
SB = Southbound
cfg = campfire/grill
cold camp = no fires
elev = elevation in feet
amenity number like 8800 = elevation
p sites, primitive = undeveloped camp
dry camp / boondock = no hookups or services of any kind
Category symbols:
(C) = Camping
(R) = Rest Areas
(S) = Stores/Supplies
(TS) = Truck stop
(D) = Dealer

App Tips

This app works in several ways depending on your device, service and location. The app will first try and detect your location with GPS and then wifi. The better your sky view or service connection, the more accurate your location and the faster the app can run. If you are not getting a accurate current location, you can use the Map & Search view to see all places, zoom in and out and filter places as you like. Enter a city and state abbreviation ("Denver co"), press enter and the map will move there. The map shows ALL places up to 150 points at a time. If you get the Over Limit message in Red, you can either zoom in or apply a filter to show fewer points on the map.



Please contact me with any other abbreviations, questions, or suggestions you may have to make this app the best one for you. It is a rather complicated process to do all of this in the most useful ways possible for all different types of users. I can't do anything to help those who just delete the app and rate it poorly. Nothing improves and everyone loses. This is a full time project and not just a drive-by app like some others that have been out there.

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AllStays Pro

AllStays Pro keeps getting better. We have always received a lot of requests for full screen maps for computers, GPS downloads, Google Earth offline and many other things that couldn't be done either by app or a advertising support website. So this new service helps with that. Along with full screen maps, we add more filters by price, stars/reviews, elevation, weather layer, traffic layer, biking route layer, transit map layer and more. AllStays Pro is here.

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Help Topics

VIDEO: AllStays Camp and RV: Big Overview
VIDEO: Tent camping with AllStays Camp and RV
VIDEO: How to find certain amenities
VIDEO: Secret tip: Using Maps Offline
VIDEO: Finding only Forest campgrounds with AllStays Camp and RV
What do all these abbreviations mean? How can I best use this app?
Quick Tips
Image Search: How does it work?
Review Search: How does it work?
Using Voice Navigation
Advanced Filter: How can I find just spots with a shower, laundry & dump?
Advanced Filter: Help! The keyword amenity list is blank.
Find Propane: How to find ALL places that may have propane.
What if I only want to see KOA camping? Can I hide everything else?
How do the cities work? I see things that aren't showing in the city lists.
How do I get turn-by-turn directions to a POI?
It's Blank. My display won't show any points on the map!
Why doesn't it show the place that should be there with my filters set?
The app doesn't know my location?
I don't have an iPhone or xG/Cellular iPad. How can I still use this app?
What can I do with Camp & RV when I am not on a camping or RV trip?
It's not here! Why is this place wrong on the map?
Low Clearances: How does this work?
Common requests and answers (but please keep the feedback coming)