I am new to camping, and I am shopping for a large family tent. I have chosen to get a tent which is about 25×15 ft, but the only way I can use it is to rent a group site at a particular national park to which I shall be going. Currently, the tent I plan to buy is either the Oberon 13-man or the Utah 10-man.

Worst case scenario, I could get smaller fall-back tents, which would probably be the Cougar Flats II 8-person tent. This tent happens to be small enough to fit on the tent pads at the national park in question, and I suspect that due to its popularity would be widely accepted at most parks, as well.

After considerable research, I feel that I shall be happy with any of these choices, but I would still prefer to get the larger tent without the hassle of park rangers chastising me for the size of the tent.

At any rate; opinions?

Thanks!

I need to find a replacement rain fly for my Ozark Trails 8×8 dome tent (I actually need 2 of them). I can’t find Ozark Trails on the web anywhere. I bought the tent from WalMart, but they don’t sell replacement parts that I’m aware of. I have other tents, so it’s not urgent, but I like to let friends use these but without a rainfly there’s no privacy for changing clothes; it gets cool at night. I’ve been using tarps, but would like to find rainflys if I can.