Van and RV life
Guides
How public land works, what the rules actually are, and the unglamorous physics of moving a large vehicle around. We would rather publish guides worth trusting than pad the count with filler.
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Land rules
BLM vs National Forest vs National Park: Who Lets You Sleep There
Three federal agencies manage most of the public land out west, and they answer the overnight question differently. What each one's posture is, and how to get the real rule for the unit you are on.
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Land rules
What Dispersed Camping Actually Means
Dispersed camping is a permission attached to land, not a reservation and not a secret pin someone will hand you. What the term covers, what it does not, and the rules that ride along with it.
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Map basics
How to Tell Whose Land You Are On
Fences lie, agency signs sit at road crossings, and an unshaded map is not proof of anything. The checks that actually establish who manages the ground under your tires.
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Rig reality
Height, Length and Clearance: The Physics Nobody Mentions
Measure the rig yourself, know which of the three numbers stops you first, and understand what a phone map cannot tell you about the road you are about to commit to.
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Services
Finding Water, Dump and Showers on the Road
The weekly loop that keeps a rig running: where fill-ups and dump stations actually are, how to judge water before you trust it, and how to stop the errand day eating the whole day.
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Using the app
How to Ask Vroam
What Ask Vroam does, why you don't have to explain your location or your rig, and the one thing to double-check before you rely on an answer.
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Land rules
Where Can You Legally Camp on Public Land?
Public land camping rules by land type: BLM, national forest, national park, state land, and wilderness, plus the caveat most guides leave out.
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Map basics
What the Pins Mean on the Vroam Map
Vroam's own sleep categories versus the traveler-shared community layers, and why the difference matters before you rely on one.