Dartmoor Wild Camping Map. Backpacking and wild camping is allowed on open moorland range danger area dartmoor national park boundary national park visitor centre information centres youth hostel camping barn campsite look at the interactive map online at www.dartmoor.gov.uk camp responsibly on dartmoor when backpack camping please remember to use common sense and a no impact. That is, after all, what most good wild campers do worldwide.

Once you have selected a permitted camping area, the next requirement is that you choose a tent pitch that is at least 100 metres away from the road and is not visible from either the road or nearby dwellings. In fact, when first starting out, nath and i were unaware of such a map and camped in spots where we shouldn't have been. Dartmoor national park authority has a wild camping map to help you find these, and their visitor centre staff are helpful and knowledgeable.

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And the smaller the permitted wild camping area gets on dartmoor, the more people will revert to the “not strictly legal but fine if done right” version of wild camping practiced across the rest of the uk. We are big fans of bradt guides wilderness weekends, at least as a starting place for finding destinations suitable for wild camping. All the popular brands, to your door In fact, when first starting out, nath and i were unaware of such a map and camped in spots where we shouldn't have been.