Sauls Creek

September 2018. This is my first review of a boondocking site. Arrival was easy. I departed Durango south on 550 / 160, in my FX4 F-150 to scope out this potential site prior to actually camping here. This is my review of that trip. This is a two lane road in top notch condition. Traffic was light and breezy. After yo... more

Great overnight option. The Walmart in Cortez was our original plan, but this was soooo much better. We enjoyed the wide open (solar friendly) spot we found....previously occupied by horse campers, LOL. Well maintained roads and not much traffic.

The signage in the main entrance was easy to find but it was not obvious where all of the camping locations were. I started by going to the end of the map on roads in the 130s only to find a lot of BP drilling rigs and not many places to turn around a 20' trailer and truck. I used a review that listed an exact GPS location and found my... more

If you plug these coord's into google maps 37.24,-107.535 you'll find a really nice peaceful flat, open(solar) area to camp. Don't despair if it's taken there are plenty of areas around here to camp. I also have 3 bars on Verizon LTE without using the weboost, nice bonus.

We were freezing at night a few hours north and contemplating leaving colorful ColoRADo given said temperaturization...until we took a drive south and realized that it's still blazing hot here. We snagged the first open spot, along a trail, near a sort of gate that only humans can go through in the fence. It's not exactly the big m... more

Lots of Oil Field Traffic & Cattle. Saw a Bull Fight, so that was pretty fun! We drove to the right down CR 528 just a little ways with our Class A and found a nice clearing. The map at the entrance isn't entirely correct.

So, I LOVE me a scenic campsite. I think I have been spoiled by my boondocking in Silverton. So, there's not much 'scenery' here. You're looking at trees. No big deal. Common, I am sure. The place is easy to get into and out of. It's just due east of Bayfield. There aren't THAT many spots to be had. I scouted the place and found on... more

From highway 160 you'll turn right onto CR 526. Turn left onto CR 527 and when there is a Y in the road, stay to the right and that will be CR 528. Our GPS only shows 755A however, once you are out there, you will see 755B on the left side and this is the turn to the camp sites. It was a little slow-going on the gravel road in, and onc... more

Nice enough sites tucked back in the San Juan NF, on a network of gravel roads that seem mostly used for oil & gas access. It's pretty underutilized for camping, though, so you won't find much in the way of established informal campsites (unlike many other USFS areas). It's basically up to you to just find a spot you like and which wil... more

We stayed here in mid to late September, with the intent of having a dry camping location with easy access to Durango, it was just that. The area is very easy to get into, and the roads are very well kept, to the point that every time that it rained, there was a guys on a tractor scraping and resurfacing the gravel. There are a few spo... more

Gate closed on April 10. Scheduled to open May 1. 4 bars Verizon 4G at gate.