The tent was level side to side but was on a wlight hill with our head at the top. These trips help me to see what is needed should we need to leave or even be without power for a few days at home. I update packing checklists after each trip, for example we stayed overnight at a state park lodge a bit ago and forgot formula since my wife just recently had to quit breast feeding so we had to hunt for a store and the only one was a WalMart so we had to pay nearly double the usual price for a can of baby formula so thats been added to my checklist.