Durfield Dispersed Camping

We ended up here due to full sites near Durango and it was a blessing.

Lookouts over rolling hills and scrub brush type area. Nice and quiet away from the craziness of Durango but close enough to engage in activities there. (10 miles)

Google directions are a bit off. Entrance is Basically on south side of highway 160 at mile marker 97. There is signage at entrance.

It is a gas well area that is shared use.

Several spots along three gravel roads.

After entrance stay straight on main feeder road as first left goes to gas well close to highway and dead ends. (Highway noise)

A couple sites along main road.

Then road splits, stay to right preferably. (Left climbs a slight hill but only has one site)
Right continues on to two off-road camping areas. (Difficult for towed vehicles due to ditch crossing)
There are several sites along the gravel road or make your own along the road if you can’t go through the ditches. There are turn arounds on any of the three gravel roads.

1st the GPS coordinates are wrong and dont lead to the actual area... use iOverlander for exact spot.

We are full timers in a 32 foot Class A and there was realistically only 3-4 spots that we could have fit and only 1 was open which was just a grass pulloff next to the oil rigs.

You cannot camp next to the oil rigs as there is gates blocking them which limited the camping area. Theres plenty for Vans or car campers but my Class A would have bottomed out on the side roads.

The strong Verizon signal is the only good reason I saw for camping here. There are just 6-9 spots but in looking at Durfield on Google in satellite view it looked like lots of roads with potential spots. All are gated after a short distance. No shade. I drove to the end of the roads and then went back Hwy. 160 three or four miles to Sauls Creek dispersed camping. Just two bars on Verizon but apparently a strong two bars since I'm able to stream video and still have decent computing speed. Forest, meadows, lots and lots I of spaces.

First off follow the GPS in the reviews and not on the website (Campendium you should correct this) I moved twicw while I was there if you take the 2nd left go up the hill make the 1st right and then an immediate right you can park beside the bushes or like I did I parked right on top of the lil hill and was paralle of the road and was almost perfectly level you can hear a lil hwy noise but not too bad and you can see the cell tower close by. I did have visiting neighbors (free roaming cows with calves one calf got curious can came up to my van window sniffin around you have the lil town of Durango about 10/12 miles away with all the aminities you need, the Ranger came by and gave me some paperwork on the rules of the area (14 day limit) and then have to move 30 miles away but was very nice had one neighbor my last 2 days that parked about 20 ft behind me (rude) and would let his dog run off leash to go potty and then he would yell for him to come back mutiple times at 6:30 am hope he reads this review. Other than that I would go out of my way to stay there if I'm ever in that area again.

There are some sites, no shade other than a side short little pine tree.
Some larger sites, I would say 2 or 3 but those were taken.
I didn't like the "gas pipeline" signs everywhere.
They alert that gas may be present.
I have no idea if anything ever happened there, not an easy feel for me.

PLEASE USE COORDINATES
37.2265970, -107.6950090

Very good cell reception.

Thanks to RV Nomad for posting the correct coordinates in the review. We first used the ones posted for the site and ended up driving over 3 miles up a dirt road that dead-ended at someone's house. Turning around was difficult. We were so frustrated almost gave up but when we saw the above coordinates were only 3 miles away we gave it a try. The coordinates put you in the middle of the main road - the dispersed camping area is the dirt road on the right (coming from Durango). The road is in good shape We took the first spot as you come in and were happy with the site - fairly level. Traffic noise was not too bad and probably would have been less if we kept going down the road looking for a different site. But we did not want to encounter any more problems so took the first site. Easy access to Durango so we are pleased. Would definitely come again and use the correct coordinates!!!! Good cell coverage and even some TV channels on the antenna!

The area was surprisingly busy on a Tuesday night in October 2020. We found a spot far enough away from other campers, alongside a dirt road. Looks like it receives regular use. We could hear the highway from our location, quieted down at night. Could walk along the road for a little exercise. Would have preferred a more pleasant campground but they were closed at this time of year.

We counted 9 sites. Most unlevel. A couple had shade. Some have Mountain View. Very dusty. Lots of glass. There are a few sites for big rigs but most sites are small. The road itself is big rig friendly. Some areas had no reception while a couple had great reception. We didn’t stay over night because the only spot available was by the entrance and everyone zooms through there creating crazy dust.
We found this place using the gps
coordinates in the previous comments.