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Figured out what EWS meant but now wondering what RA means in campsite description.
Figured it out...Rest Area.
Here you go, back of directory:
~ About/Approximately
15/20A 15 or 20 amp
30A 30 amp
4WD four-wheel drive
50A 50 amp
addl additional
AFB US Air Force Base
Alt Alternate Route
avail available
ATV All Terrain Vehicle
Ave Avenue
BD Boondocking (just park, require no outside facilities)
BDJ Boondockers Journal
bldg building
blk block
BLM US Bureau of Land Management
BOR Bureau of Reclamation
Bus Business Route
CDN Canadian
CG Campground
COE US Army Corps of Engineers
CP City Park (not used for County Park)
Cr Creek
CR- County Route
C-Store Convenience Store
D Dump station for RV black and grey water
da day
dbl double
DNR Department of Natural Resources (some states have)
Dr Drive
DOT US Dept. of Transportation
E Electricity
Elev elevation
expy expressway
FG fairground(s)
FHU Full Hookups
FM- Farm to Market Road (mainly in Texas)
FR- Forest Road
FS Forest Service
ft foot
FWS US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
Fwy Freeway
GD General Delivery
GPS Global Positioning System
hi high
HU Hookups
Hwy Highway
I- Interstate Highway
incl including
Is Island
Jct Junction
km Kilometer
L left
lg large
Lk lake
lo low
loc location
ltr letter
LTVA Long Term Visitor Area (BLM seasonal permit)
Mag Magazine
maint maintained
med medium
mgmt management
mgr manager
mi Mile or Miles
MM Mile Marker
mo month
MP Milepost
Mtn mountain
MVUM Motor Vehicle Use Map (a USFS thing)
N/L Newsletter
Natl National
NF National Forest
NM US National Monument (except as obviously used for New Mexico)
NP National Park
NPS US National Park Service
NRA US National Recreation Area
NWR US National Wildlife Refuge
O/N Overnight
p page
pers personal
PH- Provincial Highway (Canada)
pkg parking
PP Provincial Park
prob probably
quad quadrant
R right
rd road
Reval Revalidated
Riv river
RA Rest Area
RO "Reverse Osmosis Water (like distilled, very healthy)"
RR Railroad
RSTBC Recreation Sites and Trails BC
RV Recreational Vehicle
S Sewer (at site)
S/A Pass Golden Age/Access, Senior/Access – National Parks and Federal Rec Lands Pass
sat satellite (as in satellite TV or Internet)
SF State Forest
SKP Escapee
sm small
SP State Park
SR- State Route
SRA State Recreation(al) Area
St Street
SWA State Wildlife Area
T a 'T' intersection
TCH TransCanada Highway
TL turn left
Tpk Turnpike
TR turn right
TVA Tennessee Valley Authority (has some CGs)
Twp Township
unk unknown
unlim unlimited
UP Upper Peninsula (in Michigan listings)
US- US Numbered Highways
W Water
w/ with
wk week
WMA Wildlife Management Area
x exit
yd yard (as in 3 feet long)
yr year