We went down the road (8009 I think), we had absolutely no problem parking our 40ft 5th wheel. Free campgrounds in the USA. Monument is prohibited. SONORAN DESERT Take I-10 west to Exit# Q&A - Ask the Community about Vekol Valley Road, Written by someone with an affiliation to the property, Duplicate review submitted by the same member, Multiple reviews submitted by members of the same household, Reviewer did not actually visit the location, The Best RV Parks and Campgrounds in the Florida Keys, America's Top National Parks for RV Camping, The Mighty 5: All the Camping in Utah’s National Parks, The Top 15 States for RV Camping in National Forests, What You Need To Know About The New Camping Rules Near The Tetons, The Best State Park Campgrounds in Each State, Tanner and Nallely’s Favorite Camping Gear, Let’s Talk About Poop: A Camper’s Guide to Human Waste, Here’s How to Keep Mice Out of Your Camper, The benefits of choosing LiFePO4 over lead-acid. The Gila River runs along both the western and northern borders of the BLM lands and is teeming with fish. Bonabeans would stay here again. Cellular Signal Bars Seems plenty high enough to me but I don't know much about class A heights. Firewood is scarce; gather dead, down and Motoring through the Sonoran Desert National Monument is not as difficult as you might initially think. Stayed overnight, some road noise but definitely not a deal breaker. Total stay = about a week. Good place to stay for the night. Phoenix, Arizona From Tucson Stargazing is a popular activity at Sonoran Desert Desert National Monument due to it’s remote nature, allowing campers to see celestial bodies like the Milky Way beautifully. Part of the Butterfield Overland Stagecoach Trail also runs through the monument. #1 sign at entrance warning of illegal immigrants and smuggling activity. © 2020 Campendium Inc. All rights reserved. bar5 Large flat area off of Old 84 also known as 09B. We are not actively seeking Wal-Marts, truckstops or other parking lots and will not be adding very many of these. Also see: PLOMOSA _ Stay on the established, well-traveled main roads. Camping Outside Sonoran Desert National Monument. Sonoran National Monument. Stayed here in a 37 foot-long Fifth Wheel (RV). Head to the Estrella Mountain Regional Park and you'll soon find a prettily scenic spot on the river bank from where to cast your hook. We stayed her from the 15th to around the 20th of March. Boosted Take Hwy. Stayed here in a 40 foot-long Fifth Wheel (RV). the community for maintenance and development of the Campendium website. #3 not a single sole anywhere around. Look closely. Sonoran National Monument. Roaming bar1 Activities include hiking, backpacking, stargazing, camping, hunting, motor touring, sightseeing, photography, and horse back riding. It protects part of the Sonoran Desert, 775.625 square miles, which is just a small chunk of its 100,000 square miles. Take Hwy. The Sonoran Desert National Monument is a BLM property near Phoenix in Arizona perfect for boondocking in a desert environment. The T-Mobile connection was fast. Complete free campground listing, dispersedcampgrounds.com Camping in a car with a 6 man tent. Usable Camping at Sonoran Desert National Monument is primarily a remote camping experience. Cellular Signal Bars Have you written a blog post about Vekol Valley Road? Unusable Usable Whether you enjoy tent camping, car camping or RV camping, our goal is to help you find the best places to go camping. bar1 Please select a reason for flagging this item: © 2020 Campendium Inc. All rights reserved. We would definitely recommend this spot to anyone that finds it....but please, don't be like some of the idiots that have stayed there in the past, don't be using the area as your personal target practice. detached wood only for use during your visit. The only restriction is that you must camp at least 200 feet away from any water sources. Sonoran Desert NM Boondocking This is a fairly new national monument, established in 2001, and mostly wilderness with no developed areas. Alamo Campground Tent campers wanting a more primitive experience should ask about Alamo Campground. SONORAN NATIONAL MONUMENT We could have stayed dry camping here a week. Many of the best spots are in remote locations where there's no cell phone coverage so if possible, go out riding with a friend so you have a back-up if your vehicle breaks down or runs out of gas. Staying here now and will probably leave in a few days: Today is 3/27/2018. bar5 If it wasn't for that it was very peaceful. Just past trail head is a large wash, when dry if cross it there is an abandoned ranch, also walked the wash a harder walk due to loose gravel. Campendium is an Amazon associate site and earns from qualifying purchases. If you're camping with your dog or taking your horse, don't forget they'll need plenty of water too. The temperature was usually around 24-28C (high 70's low 80's) every day. We depend on the support of Turn right towards Mobil, ROAD CONDITIONS: CAMPFIRES: Sonoran Desert National Monument. bar1 If you're hiking or riding through the desert, you'll have a fair chance of spotting mule deer, javelina, bighorn sheep and maybe even a mountain lion on the hunt for its next meal. The old stagecoach route is a hike over flat terrain, though not easy, that runs from east to west the entire width of the BLM property. Stayed here with a passenger vehicle and a tent. Saw a few jackrabbits. Also see: PAINTED Stayed here in a 40 foot-long Fifth Wheel (RV). Dispersed and Primitive Camping, This is rough desert area... Had two or three dune buggies go by a couple times a day and We loved, loved, loved this spot. A few others showed up for a night or two. Canr wait until morning to go exploring and picture taking. I understand you can drive a little farther up Vekol and find more spots. If you're traveling west on I-8, after exiting you'll go through an underpass with a 13'11" height. bar4 Hiked around in the morning to take in the views of all of the ?and saw a few coyotes running around. bar1 We'll be back. Whether you just need to know where to camp nearby or you want to plan a free camping road trip, we've got you covered. This is rough desert area... American Indian Crafts on Hwy.84. Camping permits are $12.00 per night. There was so many bullet casings and broken bottles, dented tins all over the area, it was heart breaking to see. Expect to catch any one of over thirty-six species though if you catch a Gila trout, do the right thing and put the endangered fish back in the river so it can breed some more. Sonoran Desert National Monument is located in an picturesque lush desert setting with a massive stand of saguaro cactus, and dispersed, primitive camping. For some stunning scenery try the Margie's Cove Trail. Required fields are marked, Next level hosting generously provided by. bar4 Lyndaengle would stay here again. Wonderful sunsets and close enough to Gila Bend for provisions. No cattle or other domestic animals. Jodi-Anne Anderson would stay here again. detached wood only for use during your visit. The road in is Gravel and.5 miles from a paved road. Few sites with fire pits but road is pretty tough in a few spots, don't recommend low riding vehicles. The main road is paved GPS: 32.8393, -112.2549 Vekol Valley Road. Stayed 1 night road gets rough further in. Bureau of Land Management _ Set up camp no more than 50 feet from the road at an existing campsite bar4 This is a response to the above comment. Great place off the Hwy exit 140 Freeman rd blm marker 8009. West Historic Trail Corridor Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail Mormon Battalion Trail Butterfield Overland Stagecoach Route. The area is wide open desert with low scrub and the terrain is rolling. Stayed two days. bar4 PIPE CACTUS Take Hwy. Boosted. There are some great hikes throughout the Sonoran Desert National Monument. MUST See Reviews! Usable trails and loops To see the Sonoran desert as it used to exist is delightful. Take Hwy.85 for 5 miles Phoenix Field Office Mormon Battalion Trail bar3 Cellular Signal Bars If you don't know one from the other but would like to learn more you can attend informative stargazing lectures in many of the nearby regional day-use parks. Noise from highway is minimal. 85 north of town Horseshoe Reservoir and the Verde River provide numerous opportunities for water activities. There are no restrictions on where you can ride in the monument so that means all trails and roadways are suitable for you and your saddled-up steed. Border patrol and dune buggy traffic at times. AT&T2G/3G _ Campfires are allowed. Bring water and no bathrooms :). Make sure your campfire is completely out ARIZONA CAMPGROUND DIRECTORY Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail Plenty of space out here for everybody! There are probably more camp sites than the 4 or 5 reported but you have to go very slow because it is very bumpy. Cellular Signal Bars Free Campgrounds in Sonoran Desert and National Monument. Stayed here in a 19 foot-long Class B (RV). West Historic Trail Corridor Complete free campground listing Be the first to add a video for Vekol Valley Road! Apart from in the three designated wilderness areas within the Sonoran Desert National Monument, off-roading and backcountry driving are permitted everywhere. 21605 N. 7th Avenue Campground Overview: The Sonoran Desert National Monument contains magnificent examples of untrammeled Sonoran Desert landscape. Unusable Remote intersection. bar1 Roaming Perfect place to chill on a road trip. WASH, CAMPGROUND INDEX There are no developed campgrounds in Sonoran Desert National Monument, all camping is dispersed. Adventure Calling! We absolutely loved this spot. Nice area, great cell service. We especially like camping on Forest Service land, BLM (Bureau of Land Management) areas, WMA's (Wildlife Management Areas) and county or city parks. Phoenix Field Office The T … Hwy. The Sonoran Desert National Monument contains more than 487,000 acres of Sonoran Desert landscape. CROSS COUNTRY TRAVEL IS PROHIBITED! _ Set up camp no more than 50 feet from the road at an existing campsite Our 40 foot 5th wheel was able to squeeze into an area off the road but only because we arrived around 3. Roaming EXISTING ROADS AND TRAILS. Each campsite is fitted with a pedestal providing both thirty and fifty amp hook-ups. 238 west, From Gila Bend Nice spot, minimal road noise, we were one mile off the road. bar3 Roaming Boosted. bar1 There is a laundry on the campground and a dog park too, but after you've been in the desert, the one thing you'll probably appreciate the most is the on-site swimming pool that's open twelve months of the year. disturbed to minimize resource impacts. About 20 miles to the west of Maricopa on SR238, we drove on and after passing the sign at the side of the road showing the boundary of the monument, we drove about 5 more miles in and we saw a gate in the fence on the right. Visitors may hike or ride horseback almost everywhere in the monument. The campground is open all year round for RVers and can cater for more than forty rigs up to eighty feet in length. SONORAN DESERT, DIRECTIONS: SONORAN DESERT. Four designated trails in three congression… ROCK MOUNTAIN Also see: GLAMIS I understand you can drive a little farther up Vekol and find more spots. It's a seven-mile-long hike that starts near Buckeye and winds its way into the desert.
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