Free Camping
Quartzsite
-BLM Free Camping
- Day Trips
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Every winter hundreds of thousands of people flock to Quartzsite's desert to camp in their RVs.
The BLM has thousands of acres in the surrounding desert where RVers camp at little or no cost. As a result, Quartzsite remains one of the most popular winter-season RVing areas in the world.
From your secluded camping area, you gaze out across wide open spaces sprinkled with RVs and watch breathtaking sunsets.
The RV and Gem shows are world famous and attract people from across the US. Others simply flock there to beat the winter cold and to enjoy the solitude. Seasonal vendors are the biggest business in town. You can find anything in block after block of vending areas.
Sooner or later you will want to explore the desert around you. You need a guide. Service plummets a few miles from town. You need some sort of directions. There are many worthwhile things to see and enjoy. You can hike or search for an abandoned Spanish silver mine and gems. Look for wild burros, Desert Bighorn, petroglyphs, and more. Most of all find something enjoyable.
Every summer the winter visitors leave and the town again becomes a barren gas stop in the desert. Take home a story or two.
I carved these from marble I found in the area.
Table of Contents
Introduction to Quartzsite Camping
Free Camping
LTVA
The Magic Circle
Gem and RV Shows
Off Roading Fundamentals
Wild Burro Viewing
Javelina
Dripping Springs
Apache Wash Mines
KofA National Refuge
Desert Bighorn Sheep
Crystal Hill
Crystal Hill Gold Placers
Charco 3
KofA Cabin
Palm Canyon
Spiral Labyrinth
Queen Canyon to Skull Rock Mountain Biking Trail
The Lower Colorado River Below Parker
Protected Birds of the Lower Colorado River Area
The Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program
Riparian Birds
Marsh Birds
Colorado River Indian Tribe Reservation
Cibola National Wildlife Refuge
Imperial National Wildlife Refuge
Castle Dome Mines Museum & Ghost Town
Trigo Mountains Wilderness Area
Silver Mining District
Harquahala Mountains
Mining Claims
Marble Quarries
Courtyard on 60 Art Gallery
Ellsworth District Mines
Yuma Mine
Harquahala Gypsum Quarry
Hidden Treasure Mine
The Carmelita Mine
Jail and a Granite Quarry
Alamo Lake State Park
Daytrip Search for Rocks and Petroglyphs Near Quartzsite
Goodman Mine
The Green Glory Claim
Bird's Eye / Stone Cabin Rhyolite
Grinding Holes and Petroglyphs
A Furnace and an Old Mine
Day Trip to the Fisherman Intaglio and Stage Coach Stop
Plomosa Road Minerals
Bouse
Brenda
The Desert Bar
Burro Creek