Checklists are a good habit to get into when you prepare for an outing.

Print this one out, make your own additions, so you never leave home without what you need.

• Eating/Food Prep

• Cook stove and fuel
  
• Table
  
• Folding Chairs
  
• Nesting cookware
  
• Cooking and eating utensils
  
• Plates, cups, bowls
  
• Biodegradable dish soap
  
• Can opener
  
• Cooler
  
• Ice or ice substitutes
  
• Food
  
• Paper towels
  
• Trash bags
  
• Full beverage jugs
  
• 5-gallon water carrier
  
• Drinking water
  
• Coffee
  
• Coffee pot
  
• Dishpan
  
• Plastic zipper bags
  
• Pot scrubbers and rags
  
• Salt and pepper
  
• Plastic wrap
  
• Tin foil
  
• Small soft cooler

• Sleeping and Comfort
  
  • Air mattress with pump or camp pad
    
  • Sleeping bags
    
  • Cots
    
  • Tool kit – hand axe, rubber ten-peg mallet, tent stake puller
    
  • Tent repair kit
    
  • Extra tent stakes
    
  • Pillows
    
  • Whisk broom and dust pan
    
• camping Gear
  
  • Tent, poles and stakes
    
  • Lantern and fuel
    
  • Extra lantern mantles
    
  • Matches
    
  • Waterproof match container
    
  • Compass and maps
    
  • Flashlights
    
  • Battery-operated lantern
    
  • Extra batteries
    
  • Ground cover or tarp
    
  • Multipurpose knife or camper’s tool
    
  • Rope, cord or wire
    
  • Fire starter sticks
    
  • Firewood for campfires
    
  • Folding saw
    
  • Fuel funnel (if using a liquid fuel lantern or stove)
    
  • Lantern carry case
    
  • Lantern tree hanger
    
  • Long-nosed butane lighter

• Personal
  • First aid kit
    
  • Bath towels
    
  • Biodegradable soap
    
  • Insect repellent
    
  • Mosquito coils
    
  • Layered clothing
    
  • Rain gear
    
  • Toilet paper
    
  • Toiletries
    
  • Camera and film
    
  • Clothesline
    
  • Cards and games
    
  • Flare, mirror, brass whistle
    
  • Pad, pencil or pen
    
  • Radio with weather band
    
  • Sunglasses
    
  • Sunscreen