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Glen Burnie

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July 18, 2011 - 11:32 am

We usually travel about 2 or 2 1/2 hours from our home to camp but are considering planning 2 or 3 longer trips each year. How far do you normally travel?

July 18, 2011 - 11:46 am

Depends on how long we are going for ... if its just a weekend, we try to stay within the 1.5 hrs away .. anything farther is a pain with the amount of traffic our highways have (rush hour starts at 2 pm on a Friday) ..
If we are going for a long weekend (3nights) we'll go up to about 2.5 hrs. away ... and if we are going for a week or longer to the same spot, we'll go up to 5-6 hrs away ... Now once we morph over to either the gray side or the dark side, we'll go alot farther for any stay longer then 4 nights ... may go as high as 8-10 hrs. away ...

TMMull

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July 18, 2011 - 12:53 pm

We have several excellent state parks within 2 hours that we use foe 2 to 4 night trips. I like to take one long trip a year, this trip is 8 to 12 hours away. Up to 8 hours I'll drive straight through, over 8 requires a stop for a night or two.

bikendan

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July 18, 2011 - 1:03 pm

for basic trips, we usually travel 2-3 hours from home.
but we take longer trips where we're gone for at least a week. we'll drive up to 8-10 hours to get to our destination.

BigDawgGang

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July 18, 2011 - 2:22 pm

For weekend trips we like to travel with in 2 hours for the most part. I will drive a lil further for a long weekend

CampingPhil

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July 18, 2011 - 2:24 pm

We travel 3-4 hours regularly. If the place is nice, then the driving time is irrelevant to us.

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mtn_bikers

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July 18, 2011 - 3:34 pm

We usually try to keep weekend trips down to under 3 hours driving each way.

For longer trips (4+ nights) we've traveled 7 hours each way.

Lone Lock

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July 18, 2011 - 3:42 pm

Under 3 hours for us. We have not done anything longer than a 2 night weekend. The longer the stay, the longer I will drive.

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JoeCamper

Eastern Pennsylvania

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July 18, 2011 - 3:52 pm

We normally travel about 3 hours but wouldn't hesitate to go longer. 3 hours covers most of PA, MD, DE, NJ and some of NY and VA.

pockets

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July 18, 2011 - 11:20 pm

In the AZ winter we stay close to home.. an hour drive max but in summer we will drive anywhere from 1.5 hrs to 3 hrs just to get out of the heat.

mdbaird76

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July 18, 2011 - 11:28 pm

We don't have a set time or miles. If we think it is a nice place we go. The drive does not bother me. In two weeks we are going to Orlando by car (non camping week.) I am thinking for next years big trip we may go Niagara Falls thats a nice 7 hour ride.

silvermickey2002

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July 19, 2011 - 3:52 am

It all depends on how long of a stay we are planning. For a weekend trip we will try to keep it under 3 hours (preferably 2 hours). If we are staying for a week we have driven 13 hours.

Full Circle

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July 21, 2011 - 7:40 pm

Usually an hour or two for a weekend. Longer is the trip is longer.

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