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A failed trip to Big Sur led Alyssa Ravasio, founder of Hipcamp, to build a comprehensive camping resource for America-and unlock access to private lands in the process.
Alyssa Ravasio of Hipcamp

I wanted to spend New Year’s Eve of 2012 somewhere quiet and beautiful, but I couldn’t believe how difficult it was to find a campsite by the ocean. There are websites for county parks, state parks, and other federal land, but there’s no easy way to search them. Eventually, I found Andrew Molera State Park in Big Sur, Calif. I arrived and began setting up my tent, and then realized everybody had a

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