DryRig vs Hipcamp
Hipcamp is a marketplace for booking campsites and stays on private land.
Hipcamp and DryRig overlap on discovery but differ on model. Hipcamp is a booking marketplace — often described as 'Airbnb for camping' — for reserving sites on private land. DryRig maps free and public-land camping, RV parks, overnight parking, and service stops from authoritative public data, free to download and offline-ready.
What DryRig includes
Every place — all 133,000+ of them across 63 US states and Canadian provinces — comes from authoritative public sources (OpenStreetMap, NPS, Recreation.gov, the FCC, Ookla Open Data, the National Tunnel Inventory) or real scraped listings. Counts below are live from the latest data export.
- Free & dispersed camping 12,930
- RV parks & campgrounds 9,279
- Overnight parking (stores, truck stops, rest areas) 7,697
- Dump & potable water stations 2,408
- Low-clearance bridges & tunnels 26,735
- Offline maps & listings
- Cell coverage by carrier (FCC / Ookla based)
- RV trip planner with stops along the route
- Summarized reviews (pros & cons), never fabricated
- Free to download
About Hipcamp
We don't assert precise, dated feature lists for other apps — those change, and the honest move is to check the source and try a few. Here's Hipcamp's general positioning:
- Hipcamp is an online marketplace for discovering and booking campsites, including unique stays on private land.
- Hosts list and price their own sites; Hipcamp handles reservations and payments.
- Its focus is bookable private-land experiences rather than free dispersed camping.
Where Hipcamp is a strong choice: booking unique, reservable campsites on private land.
Our approach: real data, no fabrication
When DryRig doesn't have a value — a coverage reading, a review — it shows that honestly rather than inventing a number. That's the difference we lead with: every count on this page is traceable to an authoritative public source. Many travelers keep more than one app installed; download DryRig free and compare it against Hipcamp on your own routes.