5 Must-Have iPhone Camping Apps for Your Outdoor Adventures

Spring is a good season for outdoor activities like camping and hiking. Have you planned for an outdoor adventure in a campground or national park near/far away from home? If so, do you know what equipment you need? Well, if you have an iPhone, you can install some outdoor apps on it. Today I’ll introduce some useful apps for camping in the wild. Hope they help.

No.1 Woodall’s RV & Camping Copilot

• Price: Free
• Rated: 4+
• Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later.
• Introduction: Looking for a perfect camping spot? Just try Woodall’s app. This camping app provides detailed results of over 12,000 campgrounds and RV parks across North America. It also tells you the full introduction for your potential campground includes recreational activities, pet rules, swimming areas, Wi-Fi hotspots, pricing, directions, etc.
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No.2 The Weather Channel

• Price: Free
• Rated: 4+
• Requirements: Optimized for iPhone 5. Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Requires iOS 6.0 or later.
• Introduction: The weather condition is one of the most important things you need to know before camping or going anywhere outside. It’s a caprice and always turns from sunny to rainy in a short time. Therefore, you need a weather app installed to check the destination’s weather conditions, such as hourly details, humidity readings and other data. Then make a decision to go ahead or turn back.
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No.3 ViewRanger Outdoors GPS

• Price: $14.99
• Rated: 4+
• Requirements: Optimized for iPhone 5. Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later.
• Introduction: Wandering in the wild without a map is rather foolish. In the past, you may bring a folded map and have to unfold it every time when you wanted to use it. Now we have a more advanced assistance. ViewRanger is a fully featured Outdoors GPS with highly detailed topo maps for the contiguous USA & Hawaii, which can be easily stored for offline usage, essential for campers, hikers and any other outdoor activities. If you think this app is too expensive, here are also some other GPS apps for your reference.
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No.4 SAS Survival Guide

• Price: $5.99
• Rated: 4+
• Requirements: Optimized for iPhone 5. Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later.
• Introduction: If you’re a serious camper, you must know how to deal with emergency situations like lost or injury. But if you’re a just green hand who wants to camp in no man’s land, then this app is a must-have. Written by former SAS soldier and instructor, this survival guide provides invaluable survival tips with text, photos and videos. Of course, it’s better read before you go.
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No 5. Camp Recipes!

• Price: $1.99
• Rated: 4+
• Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Requires iOS 3.2 or later.
• Introduction: Tired of having breads, sandwich or biscuits for your camping dinner? You should install this camp recipe app on your iOS device. This cooking book provides more than 700 recipes conveniently listed by category, by time and by keyword search, you can literally go on 100’s of campouts and hike’s without eating the same thing twice.
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