Quartzsite with no toad

[w6pea]

Originally Posted by oldcouple

Park near a group of owners of the same coach as you, most will be happy to give you a ride, or you can pay to park at one of the in town sites for a couple of days. This will be my first year with a toad and I have never missed getting there. You can also park your RV in the retention basin behind the Gambler. But NOT if it is raining. Go here to see what happens when it rains. Desert Messenger, Quartzsite, AZ: Lake in Quartzsite?

If We Can't Haul It....You Don't Need It ! Motor-T

[Monacoach]

I would not recommend bikes the highway is narrow and has alot of RV and truck traffic

DW is nervous on a bike so your comment has eliminated any chance we will be bike riding the rv show lol

appreciate the comment.....

[Monacoach]

Go West of town on I-80, get off at exit 11 (Dome Rock Road) to the south side of the exit. Work your way towards town and you can get within a couple of miles of the big show area. Yes, its BLM.

What do you mean by work your way towards town? dig a tunnel? lol

[Ray,IN]

Sounds like you may have to give up and stay at a Quartzite RV park. if you wish to be within walking distance.

[Monacoach]

Ray the hi Jolly and Scaddan wash from your list are only 3.5 miles from Quartzsite. doesnt sound to bad...

[springwater]

you can dry camp for $7/night at Rose RV park, just east of all the action on Kuehn Street. A very short walk to the vendors at Rice Ranch and Tyson Wells. Lots of vendors and places to grab a snack in this area. Pull up a map of Q, find the intersection of Hwy 95(Central) and Kuehn st. That park(gravel lot) is just 2 blocks east of the red light. I also think Rice Ranch has spots with hookups. It would be very convenient to walk. Dona

[wa8yxm]

Well if you plan on being there the last half of January.. There are a couple of campgrounds (Expensive) near the intersection of State Route 95 and I-10 (no exit there but there is a bridge)

Most everything in QZ is witihin 1.5 miles (Fifteen city blocks) of that location.

If you plan on parking on BLM land.. that starts perhaps a quarter to half mile south of there.. (Way cheaper) The main "Tent" is at that intersection.

[Bill Adams]

I would recommend the $7-$10/night dry camping sites right downtown. If you want the "free" experience you can go to the first camping area South of town (La Posa but I don't which one). Turn right at the entrance and you can come quite a ways back toward town and end up within a short walk of town "if" this area has not already been occupied by others. There's a lot of dirt but people like to have room and usually frown on folks that pull up and camp 10' away.

[w6pea]

Originally Posted by Bill Adams

I would recommend the $7-$10/night dry camping sites right downtown. If you want the "free" experience you can go to the first camping area South of town (La Posa but I don't which one). Turn right at the entrance and you can come quite a ways back toward town and end up within a short walk of town "if" this area has not already been occupied by others. There's a lot of dirt but people like to have room and usually frown on folks that pull up and camp 10' away.

Road Runner area.

[Monacoach]

What if we drive the coach to the rv show? is there somewhere we could park for a few hours?

[oldcouple]

there is an area behind the Gamblers rv surplus store, in the retention basin you can park in. 55 Kuehn Street , Quartzsite AZ 85346 - Google Maps

[tj4dirt]

"You can dry camp for $7/night at Rose RV park" IMO this would probably be one of your best options. You don't want to be driving the MH around Q any more than you have to, traffic is pretty bad and parking is worse, especially around the big tent.
I hope you are pretty good at walking, just walking the various swap areas wears me out.

[Bill Adams]

Originally Posted by Monacoach

What if we drive the coach to the rv show? is there somewhere we could park for a few hours?

Driving an RV in and around the "big tent" area is not going to have a great result if you try to park. There is parking along the road East of town on E. Kuehn St. but this fills up early and you are likely still looking at a pretty good walk. If you park far enough out this road you will be across the street from the Rose RV park and could just as easily have stayed there. You will be about 1/2 mile from the tent and even farther from the downtown area and the vendors at the West part of town. It will be almost impossible to do it all walking so a bicycle at a minimum would likely be necessary unless you have a very small RV.

[Monacoach]

I am learning more from this thread then all my googling...... thanks for all the feedback......