Outdoors Haven publishes practical guides about hiking, camping, paddling and outdoor travel. This page explains where our information comes from, how we keep it current and how the site is paid for.
Where the facts come from
Every guide is built from primary sources: the National Park Service, the USDA Forest Service, NOAA, state wildlife and fishing agencies, Leave No Trace, and gear makers’ own technical specifications. We link to them in the text so you can check the source yourself. Where a figure varies by season, model year, region or provider, we give a typical range with the year and explain what moves it, instead of printing one precise number we cannot back up.
Some outdoor advice is a matter of taste and some of it decides whether a trip ends with a rescue. On safety topics such as bears, hypothermia, water treatment and first aid we follow official guidance and say plainly when you need training or a professional.
What we do not do
We do not publish product “tests” or rankings, and we do not describe trips as if we had taken them. We do not invent statistics, surveys, quotes or experts. When the honest answer is “it depends” or “you do not need that”, that is the answer we give.
How the guides are written
Guides are researched and drafted with the help of AI tools, then checked claim by claim against the sources linked in each guide before they are published. Articles that turn out to be wrong or out of date are corrected, not quietly deleted.
Updates and corrections
Each guide shows the date it was last updated. We review guides when rules, prices or products change, and when readers point out a problem. If you spot an error, write to hello@outdoorshaven.com and tell us which page and what is wrong. We fix confirmed errors and change the update date.
Independence and advertising
The site is paid for by advertising. We do not sell gear or trips, and no brand pays to appear in a guide. Advertisers have no say in what we write, and ads are always visibly separate from the guides.