Av8r3400 Posted April 14, 2019 Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 (edited) Last year at the ECR someone mentioned a website listing Walmarts and other locations that allow overnight parking (not camping...). I have lost the link. Can anyone help with that? Edited April 15, 2019 by Av8r3400 Quote Av8r34002012 Volvo VNL 730 D13 iShift & 2021 Grand Design Momentum 397TH I'd rather die trying to live - Than live trying not to die. -Leonard Perry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewhoknowslittle Posted April 14, 2019 Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 Freecamping.net Give this a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Av8r3400 Posted April 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 Thanks Roger. See you in a couple weeks! Quote Av8r34002012 Volvo VNL 730 D13 iShift & 2021 Grand Design Momentum 397TH I'd rather die trying to live - Than live trying not to die. -Leonard Perry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat & Pete Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 2 hours ago, Av8r3400 said: Last year at the ECR someone mentioned a website listing Walmarts and other locations that allow camping. I have lost the link. Can anyone help with that? As far as I know , Walmart does not allow free camping . They do , for the most part , allow overnight parking . Quote Goes around , comes around . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alie&Jim's Carrilite Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Pat & Pete said: As far as I know , Walmart does not allow free camping . They do , for the most part , allow overnight parking . I have NEVER had free camping at Walmart.... either evening shopping or morning shopping usually costs at least $100.... Edited April 15, 2019 by Alie&Jim's Carrilite Quote Alie & Jim + 8 paws 2017 DRV Memphis BART- 1998 Volvo 610 Lil'ole 6cyl Cummins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandsys Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Alie&Jim's Carrilite said: I have NEVER had free camping at Walmart.... either evening shopping or morning shopping usually costs at least $100.... Do you suppose that's why they allow it? Of course, we would go there to buy groceries anyway so why not stay there to sleep? Linda Quote Blog: http://sandcastle.sandsys.org/ Former Rigs: Liesure Travel van, Winnebago View 24H, Winnebago Journey 34Y, Sportsmobile Sprinter conversion van Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkoenig24 Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 The "AllStays Camp & RV App" on the iOS platform (iPhones & iPads) shows which Walmart locations DO and Don't allow overnight parking (as well as a wealth of other useful information). WELL worth the one time $9.99 cost! AllStays also has a "Pro" version which is browser based (can be used on Android and Windows OSes). The "Pro" version has even more information and costs $32.95 for one year (with discounts on multi-year purchases). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewacowboy Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 We use RV Parky on Android which you can filter to show Walmart as well as others. It works great. Quote Jim and Kellie 2017 DRV 38RSSA Mobile Suite 2016 Western Star 5700xe YouTube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FL-JOE Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 18 minutes ago, ewacowboy said: We use RV Parky on Android which you can filter to show Walmart as well as others. It works great. Another vote for RVParky. I have never purchased a camping app for my I-phone. I have several free ones that work really great. For available Walmarts I turn to the aforementioned internet site or RVParky. The nice thing about the free RVParky is you can save different ones to your favorites for use later. Quote Joe & Cindy Newmar 4369 Ventana Pulling 24' enclosed (Mini Cooper, Harley, 2 Kayaks) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat & Pete Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 10 hours ago, Alie&Jim's Carrilite said: I have NEVER had free camping at Walmart.... either evening shopping or morning shopping usually costs at least $100.... They don't allow camping , no matter how much you spend . But , yeah , it costs us to park there , too . Quote Goes around , comes around . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan0043 Posted April 16, 2019 Report Share Posted April 16, 2019 https://freecampsites.net/ Hi Everyone, I hope the link works. Al Quote 2012 Volvo VNL 630 w/ I-Shift; D13 engine; " Veeger " Redwood, model 3401R ; 5th Wheel Trailer, " Dead Wood " 2006 Smart Car " Killer Frog " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adept99 Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 Walmart used to be pretty decent about staying overnight. Naturally, some genius decided to cut corners, be rude. take up way too much space, etc, etc. and lo and behold, the local campgrounds got the local laws updated to outlaw "Overnight Walmart Camping", or any parking lot or on street camping for that matter. Several years ago I made a trip to Kansas City with expectation of staying in a Walmart parking lot overnight. When I arrived at the Walmart, some folks in a class C motorhome had taken over a corner, complete with BBQ Grill, coolers, lawn chairs, and a relocated trash can. I decided to, as the saying goes, Drive On. Quote Paul & Paula + Daisy the amazing wiggle worm dog... 2001 Volvo 770 Autoshift, Singled, w/ Aluminum Bed - Toy Draggin 2013 395AMP XLR Thunderbolt Toy Hauler 2013 Smart Passion 2012 CanAm Spyder RT 2013 Harley Davidson Street Glide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmup68 Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 TruckerPath also lists all the walmarts and has whether or not they allow overnight parking (some do not). There is a Walmart in western Kansas that has like a 100 truck parking spots. It's right next to the truck stop. I stayed there on way back after picking up the trailer in WY after the National Rally three years ago maybe? Quote 2003 International Eagle 9200i, Cummins ISX, Freedomline 2007 Teton Scottsdale XT4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr. cob Posted April 19, 2019 Report Share Posted April 19, 2019 Howdy All, I have used Walmart's for an over night stay for many years, and I can't say that staying there is free as I have always needed something. What I have seen over the last three years especially is more and more either homeless or mobile homeless have started to spend a lot of time in and around Walmart parking lots, I can't count the number of old ratty looking RV's of all description I have seen parked in Walmart lots, some of them with flat tires, in one case the two front tires and wheels were gone it was held up off the ground with chunks of wood, some with huge puddles of oil under them like the engine or the transmission blew and its been sitting ever since. I am not heartless but the ever increasing number of folks who have no where to go or no way to fix their broken down RV are making it harder for those of us who only want to spend the night before continuing on our sojourn wherever it may take us. I never put my slides out, always park on the extreme edge of the lot whenever possible and pick up the mess that is always on the ground anywhere near where I park for the night. The other thing I do is always stay at Super Centers that are open 24 hours, many store post the signs saying yu can't stay over night but they do so because they are forced to by local laws. If its a 24 hour store and I pull in at 9:PM who is to say that I can't or won't get up at 3:AM to go shopping. The only Walmart I have ever been run out of was in Nevada, it was located next to a casino and was built on NA property so the tribal police made the rounds of the parking lot and asked folks to leave if they weren't shopping or soon going to be and to leave when they were done. Needless to say that Walmart is NOT waypointed on my GPS. Dave Quote 2001 Peterbilt, 379, Known As "Semi-Sane II", towing a 2014 Voltage 3818, 45 foot long toy hauler crammed full of motorcycles of all types. Visit my photo web site where you will find thousands of photos of my motorcycle wanderings and other aspects of my life, click this link. http://mr-cob.smugmug.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NDBirdman Posted April 20, 2019 Report Share Posted April 20, 2019 (edited) Both Wally Worlds in our little town allows RV parking. I have seen RVs there, tow vehicles or toad gone so they are shopping somewhere in town. Where we are situated close to the Canadian border, there are a lot of campers with Canadian tags on them. They come down and spend a weekend or week shopping there and a bouts. Wally world or the local law leaves them alone, they know they are here to spend $$. While I see several spend many days there, none look like they have set-up camp, an occasional slide out but no grilling/furniture on whatnot looking like they are actually camping. Cabella's in East Grand Forks, parking lot is too small so I don't think allowed. Lowe's, HUGE parking lot. I don't know if they would care, don't think I've seen any there. They are close to Wally World so everyone just goes there. This is Grand Forks, ND. Edited April 20, 2019 by NDBirdman Quote 2002 Fifth Avenue RV (RIP) 2015 Ram 3500 Mega-cab DRW(38k miles), 6.7L Cummins Diesel, A668RFE, 3.73, 14,000 GVWR, 5,630 Payload, 27,300 GCWR, 18,460 Max Trailer Weight Rating(For Sale) , living in the frigid north, ND. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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