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Original research
We read the municipal codes of the 100 most populous US cities for four rules: driveway, side and back yard, street parking and sleeping in the RV. Of the 98 cities where we could …
State-by-state guide
We counted the 69,967 reports of hail one inch or larger in NOAA's Storm Prediction Center database for 2014 to 2023 and divided by each state's land area. Kansas leads with 77.4 r…
Owner's guide
We graded ten popular ways to keep mice out of a stored RV against guidance from the CDC, EPA, university extension services and peer-reviewed research. Only two, sealing entry poi…
State-by-state guide
We counted the 26,680 RV, boat and vehicle storage facilities in our directory by state and divided by population. The national figure is 7.97 per 100,000 residents. Montana leads …
State-by-state guide
We read DMV pages and vehicle statutes for all 50 states and DC to see whether an RV that sits in storage all season can come off the road on paper. 10 states have a formal storage…
Original research
We summed 12 months of Google search volume, October 2025 to September 2026, across all 50 states and DC for eleven RV topics, and indexed each month against the topic's own averag…
Original research
In October 2026 we collected the monthly rates posted on the websites of 1,349 RV, boat and vehicle storage facilities in our directory, 4,872 price points in all. The median outdo…
Original research
We searched 205,399 Google reviews of RV, boat and vehicle storage facilities for rent and rate increases. In 2020, 0.3% of the year's reviews mentioned one. In 2026 the share is 1…
Owner's guide
We matched 320 of the biggest RV storage cities in our directory to their nearest NOAA weather station and read the 1991-2020 freeze normals. Our winterize-by date is the day by wh…
Original research
We read every one- and two-star Google review of the 26,680 RV, boat and vehicle storage facilities in our directory, 21,267 reviews in all, and coded what each one complained abou…
State-by-state guide
We read the homeowners association and common-interest statutes for every state and DC, looking for any rule that stops an HOA from banning RVs, trailers or boats. Florida is the o…
Original research
We searched 205,399 Google reviews of RV, boat and vehicle storage facilities for theft, break-ins and vandalism, and for mice, rats and chewing damage. Nationally 1.6% of reviews …