On the East coast a fire ring is usually always at the campsite....unless someone picked it up and moved it for some reason. I see you are from Oregon. Isn't there a lot of wildfires and stuff out on the West Coast? My thought is maybe the campground is trying to avoid being the cause of a wildfire.
Matt O 2006 Skyline Nomad 27' travel trailer. Previously owned 1986 Coleman Columbia / 1992 Coleman Senecca / 1989 Born Free Class C RV.
We usually camp at Pennsylvania state parks and have been at state parks in Ohio and private campgrounds in several other states. All have had fire rings (or old truck rims masquerading as fire rings) at each site.
But in researching some other areas over the winter I came across several private campgrounds that prohibit fires. Guess which ones aren't on our list?? 🙂 In each of those cases, I don't believe it was fire danger they were concerned with, but aesthetics and trying to cater to big motorhomes.
We always cook over the fire and love sitting around a fire in the evening. It wouldn't be the same for us if campfires were prohibited.
John
We camp almost exclusively in State and National Parks. I don't recall ever seeing a campsite without a fire ring. We have come across some sites where the fire ring is on the wrong side of the camper. Luckily we didn't get one of those sites.
We have a fire about half of the time. The kids always want a fire, but I'm not always in the mood to make one. Now that I'm cooking in a dutch oven a lot, I'll have fires more often, if only to get the charcoal started.
I've only been to one that didn't have fire rings and they allowed fires, it was Nova Family Campground in Daytona/Port Orange, FL. They told us anywhere was ok, which I thought was insane, but we kept it by the dirt road for safety and easier clean up.
I have thought about buying one of those portable fold up ones, but haven't run into the problem again.
Best Regards,
Norm
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