Tent platform explained

A tent platform is a floor for the purpose of pitching one or more tents upon. Typically, it is a wooden deck near a hiking trail that provides the hikers a clean and even place to sleep. It may also prevent the campers from trampling down the surrounding vegetation. Many campsites have tent platforms.^{[1] [2]} Mountaineers sometimes build tent platforms in their base camps from materials such as pebble or snow.

There are roofed, suspended, floating, stacked or portable tent platforms. There are tent platforms mounted on top of automobiles, which support roof tents.^{[3] [4]} Large-sized commercial or military tents do often stand on flooring systems, which are large-sized tent platforms.^[5]

External links

• Various tent platforms and similar things
• Floating tent platform
• Stacked tent platforms
• Flooring system for an event tent

Notes and References

1. Web site: Accessibility Guidebook for Outdoor Recreation and Trails . United States Forest Service . 31 October 2013.
2. Book: Catharine Wells. Aaron Starmer. Timothy Starmer. The Best in Tent Camping: New York State: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos. 1 June 2007. Menasha Ridge Press. 978-0-89732-641-4. 47–.
3. Book: Boy Scouts of America, Inc.. Boys' Life. June 1967. Boy Scouts of America, Inc.. 34–. 0006-8608.
4. Book: Bonnier Corporation. Popular Science. January 1937. Bonnier Corporation. 38–. 0161-7370.
5. Book: Doug Matthews. Special Event Production: The Resources. 23 May 2012. Routledge. 978-1-136-36545-4. 288–.