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Overview of Valley of the Names Dispersed Camping

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Pad Type dirt

Elevation 557 ft / 169 m

Max Stay 14

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Last reported 1/29/2023
4 reviews
“Amazing surprise in the desert!”

Reviewed 1/29/2023

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The Valley of the Names is a cool place to visit in the Southern California desert. You just take a five-mile dirt road to get to the Valley of the Names. It is essentially graffiti since it does affect the natural landscape of the desert by the moving and painting of rocks in the area. The BLM advises people not to bring their own rocks to create new graffiti, including rocks gathered along the hard-packed dirt roadway leading to the Valley of the Names, which crosses through land belonging to various Native American tribes in the area. Although I did not boondock here, there is plenty of room and a few campers scattered about.

To access the Valley of the Names, take Picacho Road from Winterhaven, California, and bear left at the fork, which is Barney Oldfield Road. A four-wheel-drive or high-clearance vehicle is recommended, but access to dispersed camping should not be a problem for 2 wheel-drive vehicles as it is a hard-packed dirt roadway.

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The Wheelchair Wanderer would stay here again

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The Wheelchair Wanderer
Portland, OR
30' 2001 Dodge 3500 Converted Passenger Van w/Wheelchair Lift and Cargo Trailer - 1220 Watts Solar
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