About Wylara

We built Wylara because we kept booking the wrong campsite.

You know the drill. You want to go camping this weekend, so you open recreation.gov and start scrolling. There are 400 campsites in the area you're looking at, and they all have the same blurry photos from 2014. Some have hookups, some don't. Some are "walk-in" sites, which could mean a pleasant 50-foot stroll or a half-mile hike with all your gear. Good luck figuring out which.

So you open Google Maps in another tab. Then AllTrails for nearby hikes. Then a weather app. Then a forum post from 2019 where someone says site 47 is actually the best one but it floods in spring. Then you check the air quality because fire season is a thing now. By the time you've pieced it all together, two hours have gone by and you've lost the motivation to actually go.

That's the problem we set out to fix.

Wylara starts with a short personality quiz. It figures out whether you're the kind of person who wants a secluded dispersed site with no cell signal, or whether you need a pull-through spot with a picnic table and flushing toilets. No judgment either way. The point is that campsite #12 is not the same experience as campsite #87, and the only way to know which one is right for you is to understand what you care about.

From there, our algorithm scores every campsite on dozens of factors: shade, privacy, water access, terrain, road conditions, proximity to trails, and more. Your quiz results weight those factors so the best sites float to the top. We pull in weather forecasts, air quality data, fire closures, and user reports so you can make a decision in minutes instead of hours.

We also mapped over 689 dispersed camping spots on public land, because some of the best camping in the country is free, and most people have no idea where to find it. Wylara puts those spots on the map with access notes, terrain info, and condition reports from people who've actually been there.

We're not trying to replace the adventure of camping. We're trying to remove the frustration that keeps people from going in the first place. The research should take 5 minutes, not 2 hours.

That's what we're building toward: a single tool that handles the entire planning process, from finding a site to packing your gear list to coordinating with friends. We want it to feel like having a friend who's camped everywhere and remembers every detail.

We're a small team, and we camp. Every feature we build comes from a real frustration we've had on the trail. If you have ideas, complaints, or just want to say hey, we're at hello@wylara.com.