Dispersed RV/Trailer Camping in Death Valley
We're thinking about heading out to Death Valley again this winter. We've only stayed in developed campgrounds in the park, and I was wondering if anyone has any experience or ideas about taking a TT ...
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My 2 cents, I've only been there once, and I'm a chicken when it comes to damaging my equipment.
The USFS's idea of dispersed camping, at least in that park, is a modified jeep and a tent... or one of those million dollar "expedition" vehicles that could probably survive driving through lava.
All those roads they've disallowed are nice drivable dirt. The rest of the roads are very uneven high clearance only trails. I suppose if you have an off-road TT, like one of those Aussie marvels, and a stout jeep you'd be OK. I got nervous just driving my "off road capable" Ram 1500 4x4 down a few of them... my humble TT would never make it.
As I recall, West Side road has a lot of Jeep trails heading West from it. Each trail head was signed, as to the trail allowing camping or not, it was about 50/50.
Keep in mind, to park "off" the trail, you'll need to somehow drive over a 12-18" high shoulder of boulders - at least, I found this shoulder on every trail I was brave enough to drive down.
The USFS's idea of dispersed camping, at least in that park, is a modified jeep and a tent... or one of those million dollar "expedition" vehicles that could probably survive driving through lava.
All those roads they've disallowed are nice drivable dirt. The rest of the roads are very uneven high clearance only trails. I suppose if you have an off-road TT, like one of those Aussie marvels, and a stout jeep you'd be OK. I got nervous just driving my "off road capable" Ram 1500 4x4 down a few of them... my humble TT would never make it.
As I recall, West Side road has a lot of Jeep trails heading West from it. Each trail head was signed, as to the trail allowing camping or not, it was about 50/50.
Keep in mind, to park "off" the trail, you'll need to somehow drive over a 12-18" high shoulder of boulders - at least, I found this shoulder on every trail I was brave enough to drive down.
