Monument Valley Utah
Any places to boondock close to the area?
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Jon, I wonder if that new campground isn't up high on the cliff over-looking the valley? Kindof up there at the same level as the visitor's center? If so, that area does offer a spectacular view of the valley.
The Monument Valley dry camping I wish we could have done would be down on the valley floor somewhere off the loop road. That's probably never going to happen though, because most RV's wouldn't attempt to get down there without (expensive?) improvements in the entrance road and the main loop road. It's especially tricky in a large vehicle going down to, and getting up from, the valley floor. The for-hire jitneys appear to be made starting with small flatbed pickup trucks.
Here's a link to the new campground's website showing a view from one of the campsites:
http://monumentvalleyview.com/campground/
Here's a photo taken by myself in 2012 looking from a large open flat area on the cliff over-looking the valley floor before attempting to go down onto the valley floor loop road. The locations look similar, but I could be wrong and maybe the new campground is indeed down on the floor. If so, that Class C driver in the campground photo gets an A-plus for succeeding in getting down to the valley floor - unless that steep and rough entrance has been improved:
The Monument Valley dry camping I wish we could have done would be down on the valley floor somewhere off the loop road. That's probably never going to happen though, because most RV's wouldn't attempt to get down there without (expensive?) improvements in the entrance road and the main loop road. It's especially tricky in a large vehicle going down to, and getting up from, the valley floor. The for-hire jitneys appear to be made starting with small flatbed pickup trucks.
Here's a link to the new campground's website showing a view from one of the campsites:
http://monumentvalleyview.com/campground/
Here's a photo taken by myself in 2012 looking from a large open flat area on the cliff over-looking the valley floor before attempting to go down onto the valley floor loop road. The locations look similar, but I could be wrong and maybe the new campground is indeed down on the floor. If so, that Class C driver in the campground photo gets an A-plus for succeeding in getting down to the valley floor - unless that steep and rough entrance has been improved:
