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Number of RVs on BLM lands: Up and down

A big question this time of year for Quartzsite: How many RVers are here? How many more will come? If an informal census from a BLM official will answer that question, here’s your answer:
The number of “short term” visitors–those who are RVing on Quartzsite’s 14-day areas–seems to be down. While quite a number showed up [...]

Stay in your RV near Blythe to avoid Quartzsite crowds?

If you find the traffic situation in Quartzsite to hard to bear at high season, there is an alternative. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) who provides camping access in long and short-term areas near Quartzsite also has holdings near Blythe, California, just across the state line. One of the largest areas–and far from the [...]

RV travelers affected by rest area shutdown have alternative

Early this week, the Arizona Department of Transportation shut down the lion’s share of its highway rest areas. Among them were the rest stops on Interstate 10 between Quartzsite and the California border. Since a huge amount of RV and truck traffic passes through this area, we were concerned about the fallout. Last night we [...]

Take a quick cyber tour of Quartzsite, Arizona

RVtravel.com blogger, Jim Twamley — also known as the “Professor of RVing” — takes you on a three-minute tour of Quartzite, Arizona. The dusty outpost in western Arizona is home to tens of thousands of RV snowbirds each winter season. In this video Jim shows you where they camp, and then takes you on a [...]