Best US Public Lands alternatives: apps like US Public Lands

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Updated October 2026

US Public Lands is great, but it's not the only option. Explore 7+ similar apps for iPhone and iPad, each reviewed and rated by real users. Find free alternatives, premium upgrades, and hidden gems.

Cityscribe: Save Your Places

Cityscribe: Save Your Places by Nolan Fuchs

Discover, Save & Share
✈️ Travel
5.0(8 ratings)
Free
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Top Alternatives to US Public Lands

USFS & BLM Campgrounds#1

USFS & BLM Campgrounds by Kyle Modesitt

Over 5,650 campgrounds
Editor's Choice
✈️ Travel
4.5😊(4.3K ratings)
$0.99
#28in Travel
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Discover over 5,600 USFS and BLM campgrounds across the USA. Find low-cost or free camping options with detailed information including weather, elevation, and images. Plan your route and navigate easily with offline access.

What We Love

  • 👍 Intuitive and easy to use
  • 🚀 Worth every penny
  • 🌄 Excellent starting point for finding off-the-beaten-path campsites
  • 📍 Current, accurate, and local information
  • 🗺️ Comprehensive app for finding USFS campgrounds
  • 🧭 Great for locating camping locations and cross-referencing weather

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Lack of pertinent information regarding campsites
  • 🗺️ Limited information on BLM land and campgrounds
  • 🔍 Hard to find location and show my location feature not working well
  • 🗺️ Unclear map legend and state boundary definitions
  • ℹ️ Missing information on campground amenities, pricing, and open dates
  • 🌐 Some website links and information not up-to-date
Boondocking#2

Boondocking by William Modesitt

Find free camp sites!
Strong Contender
✈️ Travel
4.6😐(9.5K ratings)
$0.99
#10in Travel
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Discover over 2,100 free camping locations, primarily in the US, with detailed information available even offline. This crowdsourced app helps you find remote spots, check driving distances, view local weather, and filter options like water and toilet availability.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Best kept secret
  • 👍 Excellent app
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 👍 Accurate, updated, helpful
  • 👍 Great travel tool
  • 👍 Boondocking made easy
  • 👍 We love it!
  • 👍 Love this app
  • 👍 An awesome way to travel
  • 👍 The app I've been searching for
  • 👍 The very best for ease and price!
  • 👍 Good app but
  • 👍 Very helpful
  • 👍 Just Beginning!
  • 👍 Great Website
  • 👍 Great App
  • 👍 Update - Boondocking
  • 👍 Overlanding 2019
  • 👍 Great for road trips!
  • 👍 Awesome!!!

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Needs anyone's ability to comment on sites
  • 🐛 Nice concept but can't see the filters even when it says they are applied
  • 🐛 User I/F needs great deal of work to make it more user friendly
  • 🐛 Interrupts me to beg for a review
  • 🐛 Not much here unless I'm missing something
  • 🐛 App is Clunky and Unuseable
  • 🐛 JUNK!!!!
  • 🐛 I do not understand how this works!
  • 🐛 When I try to zoom in to read details, the type doesn't get bigger. Also it doesn't shoe where I am. No context. Useless.
  • 🐛 Bad app
  • 🐛 Needs A Way to Type In A City Name
  • 🐛 Where's the search ?
  • 🐛 Even for 99 cents its a waste
  • 🐛 US only
  • 🐛 Missing several locations
  • 🐛 Nothing no pins no sites no filter! Worthless! Can't find anything now. Waste of time.
  • 🐛 Really? One 2 remote sites in ADK?
  • 🐛 Poor
  • 🐛 not trending lightly
  • 🐛 Too few campsites
  • 🐛 Missed closest Walmart
  • 🐛 Not boondocking
  • 🐛 No info on what kind of camping.
  • 🐛 Can't save new site
  • 🐛 Our first experience with this app and we got a ticket
  • 🐛 Location
  • 🐛 Few locations
  • 🐛 JuJu
  • 🐛 Nothing works!
  • 🐛 Too difficult to use
  • 🐛 Limited database
  • 🐛 Location. Location. Location.
  • 🐛 Useless in Canada
RV Dump Stations#3

RV Dump Stations by Kyle Modesitt

Locate RV dump stations
Worth Considering
✈️ Travel
4.2😞(3K ratings)
$0.99
#21in Travel
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Find over 7,100 RV dump stations across the US and Canada, including rest areas, truck stops, and campgrounds. The location database is included for offline access, and you can filter by location type. Get directions, view local weather, and import routes from GPX files.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Helpful for locating dump stations
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚗 Useful for RV travelers

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Inaccurate or outdated information
  • 🗺️ Missing many known dump station locations
  • 💰 Not worth the cost
  • 📱 Poor app design and navigation

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