As a service to our traveling readers, every issue we will list some of the many places where RVers can park overnight for free or almost free. These are not intended to be campgrounds where RVers will make extended stays, just safe places to pull off the highway and get some rest. The listings included here are from our Free Parking list, and come from our own traveling experiences, input from fellow RVers, and different RVing publications. The parking areas listed were accurate as of press time to the best of our knowledge, but the Gypsy Journal cannot guarantee an area might not have been closed down or parking prohibited since its inclusion in our list.

New Mexico

I-25: Great rest area with special RV parking & dump, 15 miles south of Santa Fe on northbound side.

Interstate 10: New Mexico Tourist Info Center, westbound I-10 just inside state line from Texas, has large paved parking lot where you can park overnight.

Dulce: Large paved dam overlook parking area about three miles east of town on north side of US 64.

Gallup: Giant Travel Center, about 17 miles east of town on I-40 has RV parking area away from trucks.

Hachita: RVs are allowed to park on town streets overnight.

Jal: 45 miles southeast of Carlsbad, city owned park, free RV parking, electric, water & dump station. 7 day limit. From junction of SR 18 and SR 128, take SR 18 south 1 mile.

Lovington: City park at Avenue D and 11^th Street has RV sites and dump station.

Portales: Blackwater Draw Rest Area on US 70 has an RV dump and allows overnight parking.

Quemado: US 60 mile marker 28.5 west of town. Rest area on north side of highway.

Quemado: US 60 mile marker 8, west of town. Rest area south side of highway.

St. Jon: Route 469, north of I-40. City park, pull-thrus, no hookups.

South Dakota

Britton: City park has four full hookup 30 amp RV sites. First three nights free. At end of Main Street. RV sites are on grass just south of tennis court.

Buffalo: Former inspection lot one mile south of town on U.S. Highway 85.

Dell Rapids: Rickeman Field City Park has RV sites with water & electric, three day limit, $5/night. Dry camping $3/night. Lots of room for any size RV. Located on Garfield Road, south side of town, on Big Sioux River.

Faith: City park three miles south of town on Highway 73 has 10 sites, some with electric. Water available, dump, rest rooms. No stay limit. Room for 40 foot RVs. $5/night.

Gettysburg: City park on Main Street has 15 RV sites, three day limit. Some sites have electric.

Groton: City park on Main Street, 12 sites with dump station. Some have electric. 3 day limit.

Hot Springs: City park across from fire department has RV sites with 20 amp electric & water

Humboldt: City park allows overnight parking.

Leola: City park north of town at dam, 20 sites, some with electric.

Martin: City park on First Avenue. Donation box.

Miller: City park has 12 sites with electric. Three day limit.

Mitchell: Free overnight RV parking spaces and dump station at Cabela’s Outfitters, I-90, Exit 332, near Wal-Mart. GPS N43° 41.441  W98° 01.035

Pierre: Griffin City Park has gravel RV sites with water & electric, and a dump station. 3 day limit, $10/night.

Pierpont: City park two miles south of town at lake. 50 sites.

Redfield: City park on Highway 212, ten sites with electric.

Roscoe: City park on Main Street. Six sites with electric. Three day limit.

Spearfish: City park has a campground.

Vermillion: City park on west side of town, 15 sites with water and electric. Three day limit.

Wall: Free boondocking in the parking lot of Wall Drug.

Waubay: City park on lake, 20 sites, some with electric.

Watertown: Terry Redlin Art Center, just off I-29 & Hwy 212. Several small towns nearby have free overnight parking.

Webster: City park at junction of Highway 25 and Highway 12. Electric hookups, dump. No size limit.

Wessington Springs: City park off Hwy 34. Six full hookups, others w/electric hookups. Showers, sewer dump, swimming pool.

White: City park has RV sites.

White River: City park on south side of town off US-83. Any size RV.