Proper Decorum For Fill-Up & Sewage Stops

Just to add to what others have said, here in the West, it's common for campgrounds to charge $10 for use of their dump station if you aren't staying there.  You could generally fill up with fresh water there as well, though as already posted, be a bit wary of doing so.  At a minimum, use a wet wipe or a weak solution of water and bleach to clean the exterior and interior of the hose that can reach.

Don't worry about the weight of the water on the road.  The air resistance accounts for 95% of the problem.  Adding or subtracting a few hundred pounds won't make a change you can detect in that other 5%.

Originally posted by CharlesOK Words to the wise. NEVER fill your tanks anywhere near any dump station. I have personally watched people use the fresh water hose to flush there dump hose. If that is the only place to get some much needed water. Take off their hose, flush the spigot and wash it with bleach before you attach your own WHITE water hose. Fill your tank or take just what you want and then put away your own hose before you touch the dirty hose on the ground. Re-attach their hose to be neighborly. I NEVER fill my tanks with water through anything but my own hose that I KNOW is safe to use. I carry bleach for just such necessary use.

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It is good to remind that safety should come first.

We have been in lots of Elec. only NF and NP and even COE CGs.. I don't think a one of them didn't have water somewhere. And generally there is either a dump station there, or a centralized one ot two in the park somewhere. LBL has one at each end, and the largest CG has 2 in it. The CG we like there, Energy Lake, has several spigots, none more than a few hundred feet from the sites. So you fill when you pull in, and wing it from there, If staying less then 4 days, never an issue for us anyways.


Here is a linky..

Note the map is for on of our localish favorite CG's.. Not the water spigot markers. On your way in you stop next to one of those, hook up your FW hose, fill up your holding tank, then go to your site. Don't forget your hose. At this particular park, all the CG hosts have a large LARGE hose real you can borrow if needed..

The easy thing to do is to ask the gate attendant at the campground, when checking in. It is usually not a big problem in filling or dumping. Most places will have some means by which to do both. Some are just easier than others.

For instance, the Elkmont campground in the Smokies has neither but, there is a dump station & water fill about 7 miles up the road at the Sugarlands visitor center.

Even tent campers need fresh water so, there is usually something in the area. Worst case scenario - you carry and fill a 5gal. jug at a spigot and pour it in the water fill on the Pod.