Originally Posted by staehpj1

A note on the stealth camping thing. We crossed the country and didn't feel the need to stealth camp. We stayed for free more than half the time and could have done so even more if we wanted. We stayed in state or national park or forest campgrounds some of the time and a only few times in a private campground. I only remember one night where a noisy campground was a problem (in Yellowstone).

Different strokes, but I'd rather stay in plain site with permission or somewhere permission isn't required. Town parks, churches, peoples yards, National Forrest land, and other free places, are pretty commonly available. I will stealth camp when necessary, but have found it to seldom be necessary.

Then again some of what we did might be called stealth camping with the definition some use.