San Lorenzo Canyon Recreation Area

We drove there with a 25 foot RV without AWD. You have to drive carefully but you can actually drive far into the Canyon, stay there over night and do beautifull hikings. Never seen something like this back in Germany. One of the most remarkble places on our Journey from the East Cost to the West Coast. Great Country USA!

We drove the four miles in off the interstate to San Lorenzo Canyon the directions that were given for this site only talked about the BLM area just after passing the cattle guard when I pulled up the BLM website I found the canyon four miles further in so we picked up and moved into the canyon it is a 4-mile washboard Road all gravel ... more

As other reviews mentioned, it is a long 5 mile drive in on a wash board road which is mostly a dry sandy river bed. 4wd was needed for us with a pickup and 30' travel trailer because of the deep loose sand in places. Also, there are TWO skinny tunnels, depending whether you come from the north or south and where you get off the hig... more

This area is owned by the Bureau of Land Management. It's a little bit hard to find and the road is a washboard, but with patience and slow speeds, we were able to make it just fine. We did have to pass through a narrow (14'-4" square) one-way tunnel, so beware if clearance is an issue. There were no official campsites, no hookups ... more