Camping Gear for Midwest Weekends
Camping Life USA helps you make the most of family weekends, lake days, state-park stays, and longer backcountry miles. Shop field-ready tents, sleep systems, camp furniture, kitchen gear, lighting and power, knives and tools, packs, fishing equipment, RV essentials, safety gear, and boats and kayaks chosen for the way Midwest trips actually happen.
Start with the department that matches your next trip, then build a kit that works together from setup through the last campfire.
Shop the Trip
Build a weekend kit by starting with one of our core departments:
- Tents for family basecamps and backpacking miles.
- Sleep for bags, pads, cots, hammocks, and bedding.
- Kitchen for stoves, cookware, and camp meals.
- Fishing for rods, reels, lures, and tackle.
- RV for leveling, power, ventilation, and road-trip gear.
- Packs for day hikes, weekend loads, and trail carry.
- Boats & Kayaks for lake and fishing weekends.
Midwest Trip Guides
Free guides from our own Missouri weekends:
- Essential Weekend Camping Kit for Midwest Trips
- Camping in Missouri State Parks
- Fishing Missouri Rivers
- How to Choose a Family Camping Tent
- 30-Amp RV Site Setup
- Fall Camping in the Midwest
- All Midwest camping guides →
Boats & Kayaks
Our Boats & Kayaks department is for inflatable lake and fishing craft that fit a Midwest weekend — packed size that works in a truck or fifth-wheel bay, setup at the ramp, not a marina slip. The Solstice Outdoorsman 1200 6-person fishing boat is the current featured inflatable at $277.72. Browse the full department for what is actually in stock today.
