Outdoor Activities

Backyard camping is the perfect first night outside for families with kids of any age. A tent pitched twenty steps from the back door gives everyone the real experience of sleeping under the stars without the pressure of a long drive or a remote site. It is the shortest trail to becoming a camping family.

Car camping at a drive-in campground is the single best first step into the outdoors for most American families. This guide covers what to bring, what it costs, how to run your first overnight, and how to keep kids of every age genuinely excited about it.