Find a place to stop for the night
Where you stop for the night is half the planning. A dot on a map doesn't tell you much. Motocamp puts campsites, aires, mountain refuges and bothies on the map. Tap any pin to see the cost, the facilities, the road in, what's nearby and the weather.
1Open Menu, then Layers
Tap Menu at the top of the screen. Then tap the Layers tab. Under Places to Sleep, each switch puts one kind of place on the map. These start switched on: Campsites, Aires & Stellplätze, Mountain Refuges and Bothies & Wilderness Huts. Aires and Stellplätze are parking spots for vans and motorhomes. Want more? Turn on More Campsites (OSM), Hostels, Hotels or the others.
2Find the pins on the map
Close the Menu. Move the map to where you'd like to stop. When you're zoomed out, you'll see soft circles with a number. The number is how many places are in that area. Tap a circle, or zoom in. Then the single pins appear.
3Tap a pin to see its card
Tap a pin, and its card opens. The top shows the name, the kind of place. Tap Save to keep it in your Saved Spots. Buttons for Visit website or Book direct, and Call, show when we have them. The dog row says if dogs are allowed. Or it says nobody has recorded that yet.
4Read the details
Scroll down the card. You'll see the facilities and the Fee, which is the cost. Access difficulty tells you how rough the road in is. Bookings shows when we know it. Campsites, aires and bothies also show a coloured line. It gives that country's wild camping rule, like Restricted or Right to roam. Further down are reviews from other campers, Nearby (within 20km) and a 7-Day Forecast.
5Make it your stop
Tap Stay here overnight. The app plans a route there from where you are. It marks the site as your stop for the night. Directions to here plans a route to the site. Directions from here starts a route at the site. Already have a route? Then the card shows Head here next and Stay here overnight. Both add the site to your route.
6Narrow it down with filters
Too many pins? Open Menu, then Layers. Scroll to Filter Campsites at the bottom. Tap Toilets, Water, Showers, Power, Kitchen, Free Only or Dogs OK. Sites that don't match fade, so the rest stand out. Tap a chip again to turn it off. Filters stay on until you do, even after you close the app.
Good to know
A blank row on a card means nobody has recorded it. It doesn't mean the thing isn't there. The filters work on Campsites, Aires & Stellplätze, Mountain Refuges, Bothies & Wilderness Huts and Shelters & Lean-tos. The More (OSM) layers, hostels and hotels always stay bright. The wild camping rule is a guide for the whole country. Regions and national parks can set their own rules. Want to see every country's rule? Turn on the switch under Wild Camping in Layers.
Also in the app: maps that work with no signal, campsites and aires, and Plan with AI. It plans routes for seven kinds of vehicle, from an enduro bike to a motorhome.