Palm Canyon

Palm Canyon Road is lined with numerous level, easily accessible sites that offer wide desert views, open skies for solar generation, and good internet signal. There's plenty of room for people to spread out and find a site that works for them. Plus, it's free. What's not to like? The road itself is dirt, but well graded and we found it to be minimally washboarded. Sites closer to state road 95 tend to be very flat with minimal vegetation, while sites within the wildlife refuge offer more vegetation in the form of cholla, saguaro, and ocotillo. There is a camp host at the entrance to the wildlife refuge, if you prefer being in proximity to a host.

Our only gripe with the campsite is that there's not a ton to do in the area. Palm Canyon offers a few short hiking opportunities, but otherwise we were left to explore the desert on flat, straight OHV roads. The town of Quartzsite has gas, but little in the way of other services -- the one laundromat in town is totally overwhelmed during the winter RV season, and the general store offers a very small selection of fresh produce and other groceries. We enjoyed our stay, but one week was enough.

We were just over a mile in from state road 95, and we had very acceptable speeds on AT&T: Download 68.46 Mbps Upload 11.57 Mbps

Easy to find, Palm Canyon is right off the main road. It's a dirt trail that is pretty washboarded but as long as you go slow it's an easy drive. There are easy turn-around areas pretty much anywhere. We found a nice spot near a wash out and some Saguaro's with the closest neighbor about a half-mile away. The next morning we hooked up and drove up the road for several more miles and there are seemingly endless places to set up shop.

We really enjoyed the solitude out here. It's only 12 miles or so to the town of Quartzite but we felt like we were alone in the desert. Great hiking and mineral hunting as well. We highly recommend this area if you want to get off of the beaten path.

This is seriously some of the best desert boondocking around. Palm Canyon Rd. has many, many open areas for RVs both before and after the start of the Kofa Wildlife Refuge. We easily found a large, level spot for us and a couple of friends. With mountain views, tons of roads for biking and endless desert for wandering, we enjoyed a peaceful two-week stay. One thing to note is that you should stock up on groceries and supplies before coming here. The closest town is Quartzsite where grocery situation is not reliable.

Not a lot to add to what other reviewers have written. What a pleasant surprise to find such beautiful and peaceful boondocking so close to Quartzsite. There are plenty of spots to accommodate any size rig. The road from the highway is well marked, graded, and not too washboardy. We picked a site about a half mile into the NWR and could see (just barely) only two other rigs from our camp. Watch out for all the cacti - especially the cholla! There is a tent camping site at the turnaround at the end of the road where the trail head for Palm Canyon is located, but it's situated in a wash which seems ill advised. The NWR brochure states that overnight parking is allowed at the trail head parking lot, but I don't know whether or not this means you could park your RV there.

We set up camp 1/2 mile outside of refuge boundary. Wind came out of northwest so we stayed on North side of road so we didn't have blowing into camp every time someone drove by on road. It was windy the entire time we were there, gusts up to 25mph but constant 10-20mph. We stayed last weekend of rv show in Quartzsite. Closest neighbor was 1/4 mile away. Sunsets and sunrises were so beautiful. We drove into refuge and it was nice.

Another great place to park your rig and soak up the scenery. This place should almost be listed as two different sites. From the hwy you have BLM land until you enter KOFA fish and wildlife. You have to park your rig within 300 feet from the road. Once you enter KOFA, it’s within 100 feet from the road and you also have a camp host to check in with. As for the big rigs don’t worry about going all the way to the end looking for a site and not being able to turn around. At the end of the road (Palm canyon) is a big area for daytime parking and turning around. Best thing is it’s at the base of the mountain. I’ve seen several sites for the big rigs almost at the base of the mountain. So I really didn’t understand the last person who replied that because they had a Jeep they were able to go farther up the road. I bet they took a left at the camp host site which is KOFA Queen Canyon. That can be a little rough. A few washes to pass. Then again I saw a van and even a small car go all the way up to the base of the canyon. After that, it’s 4 wheel drive or walking up through the canyon. Their is something else I would like to mention that I read before and didn’t pay attention to is it seems like the winds were mostly coming out of the north. Which is odd but true.So even though the majority of the sites were on the south side of the road, it’s best to park on the northside to stay out of the dust. I thought the wash board road would slow them down, but no ..... inconsiderate people out there.