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GPS for motorhomes and towable RVs
Save your rig’s height, length, and weight, then plan a trip with possible low-clearance alerts and searches for RV parks, dump stations, service, and propane along your route.
Choose how you drive
When you sign up, Terrapin asks whether you’re a commercial driver or an RV (recreational) driver. If you choose RV, the Garage shows only RV profiles. Commercial drivers choose the vehicle types they drive, including RVs, since driveaway drivers often move them. You can change this later in Settings.
Motorhomes and towable RVs
- Motorhome: save your motorhome, with an optional towed car. Terrapin combines the two for length and weight.
- Towable RV: save your tow vehicle and your RV trailer separately. Terrapin uses the taller height and adds the lengths and weights.
- Typical Class A, Class B, Class C, travel trailer, and fifth-wheel profiles are included as starting points. Replace them with your own measurements and your door-sticker weight rating.
RV parks, dump stations, service, and propane
Terrapin’s places database includes more than 49,000 RV parks and campgrounds, about 1,600 dump stations, about 1,800 RV service and parts locations, and propane suppliers. It combines open map data with federal campground records from Recreation.gov.
- For about 3,000 listings, public records include details such as number of RV sites, electric hookups (30 or 50 amp), water, sewer, maximum rig length, and overhead clearance. The app shows these facts when they are available.
- Most private parks don’t publish hookup details in open data. Those listings are marked “RV sites not confirmed.” Call the park before you arrive.
- Major chains, including KOA, Jellystone Park, and Thousand Trails, appear in the data. Terrapin is not affiliated with them.
Attractions, groceries, and rest stops
RV accounts also search for amusement and water parks, zoos, aquariums, national and state parks, waterfalls, and ski resorts, along with rest areas, fuel, groceries, food, and hotels. Truck-only stops such as truck parking, truck scales, weigh stations, and CNG are hidden for RV accounts.
Do RVs have to stop at weigh stations?
Most privately owned RVs don’t have to stop, but rules vary by state. Business use, weight above a state’s limit (often 10,000 pounds), and signs reading “All trucks” or “All vehicles” can apply to you. Follow posted signs and check your state’s DOT.
Low-clearance alerts for your rig
Terrapin compares your rig’s height with federal bridge-clearance records along your route and warns you two miles ahead. Read how it works on the low-clearance alerts page. Alerts are labeled “possible” because the records can be incomplete or out of date. Always follow posted signs.
Important: Terrapin currently checks your planned route for possible low-clearance bridges. It doesn’t yet plan routes around vehicle restrictions. Don’t assume a suggested route is suitable for your rig.