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