Don’t stay right at the entrance of the area as several people came there to shoot guns, we recommend going down the road and to the right. You need to be careful where you camp if you go too far South you are in the drug and human trafficking route. There is decent Verizon cell coverage between 2 to 3 bars. Our next stop off old Highway 84, about 60 miles from Picacho, is Lost Horse Tank BLM area (GPS 32.8411, -112.3244) that is in the Sonoran Desert National Monument. We were under whelmed and won’t be coming back for the price. There is an RV dump here, no potable water. I really enjoyed the hikes make sure you bring walking sticks, gloves and wear hiking shoes as it gets rocky and steep and you will use a steel cable to climb up a rocky steep area. For $30 a night, we feel it’s a little over priced and suggest just do a day trip to do Sunset Vista and Hunter Trails. You need to bring your water or fill your 5-gallon water jug with a 64 oz water bottle in the ‘wash your dishes sink’ and do gravity fill. Be aware there is no water in the park even though there is electrical spots and water for showers. Picacho Peak State Park is about 49 miles west of Tucson. Gilbert Ray Campground Tucson Mountain Park, Tucson, AZ ($20).Cerbat Foothillls Recreational Area (free 14 days).
Buckskin Mountain Campground ($35 electrical).Dome Rock Mountain, Quartzsite (free 14 days) recommend Cholla Road instead.Painted Rocks Petroglyphs BLM Campground ($8/$4 w/Access Pass).Lost Horse Tank BLM Sonoran Desert National Monument (free 14 days).Picacho Peak Campground ($30- no water).Here is our last trip- the good and bad of each location and if we would go back. We like to travel about 100-175 miles a day or every few days. November was a very pleasant temperature, with lows in the 50s and highs in the 80s. We store all of our gear so we can transition from Summer and Fall activities to Winter and Spring.įor our Western Arizona trip, we wanted to paddleboard, bike, hike and run as we adventured to different areas. The name of the RV Park that we store it at is Diamond J’s, its very affordable and located next to some great hiking and mountain biking at the Tucson Mountain Park. One question we get is living in a van how do you manage all your toys of all the different seasons? We purchased a 6×12 cargo trailer that we leave in Tucson, AZ (Greg’s parents live in Tucson so we can visit them while we drop off or pick-up items). Do not drive your RV down into the residential area, because there is no turn-around there.For the month of November, we explored Arizona and had several amazing trips! This week I am going to share our Western Arizona Route and great places to boondock or camp that are affordable and fun! Only trailers and motorhomes with high ground clearance can make it across to the best camping sites.įor the rest of us, there’s a turn-out at the end of Shoshone Falls Road, as it descends into a residential area at Shoshone Falls itself. They are heavily rocky and bumpy, rutted and pitted.
However most of these roads require 4-wheel drive. Shoshone Falls Road is paved, but the area is criss-crossed with dirt roads.
SNAKE RIVER BOONDOCKING FREE
Otherwise, you are free to camp here, ride your dirt bikes, hike, fly your drones, and even target shoot. We never saw any state or federal officials policing this area in the three-days, two-nights we were here. While the BLM areas are limited to 14-day maximum stay, it’s not clear to me what the maximum is on the state side. The BLM technically governs the land north of Shoshone Falls Road all the way up to I-84, while land on the south side is part of Idaho’s “endowment lands” system, effectively state public land. When entering this area, there is actually a BLM sign with the name, “Snake River Rim Recreation Area”, but I’ve not been able to cross-reference this name on any official BLM materials. It rests on the eastern side of the intersection with US-93. Shoshone Falls Road is a plot of land on the north side of the Snake River, north of Twin Falls, ID.
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