Seeking alternatives to Grand Canyon due to shutdown

I know for a fact that not ALL BLM campgrounds are closing, the ones in the Moab UT area have signs that state "we are not closing, just not providing any services"

Ray552 wrote:



Reserve America is shut down as well. If you had reservations refunds when they reopen.

Reserve America is not shut down - it handles more than Federal CG's. I just signed into it and am actually perusing dates for a national park CG.

Recreation.gov is not available.

Because of the federal government shutdown, all national parks are closed and National Park Service webpages are not operating. For more information, go to www.doi.gov.


Reserve America is shut down as well. If you had reservations refunds when they reopen.

All National Park, Corp of Engineer any campground run by the government is closed. Try state parks and commercial. Even boondocking in National Forest is potentially difficult.

Public Roads going thru parks are open but any road with a gate to include a gravel or dirt road will be locked. Make sure if you go somewhere you can get back out without having to go thru a gate that if not locked now will be in a couple hours.

darsben wrote:

Eurocamper wrote:

darsben wrote:
Go to Canyon de Chelly northeast of Grand Canyon.

Canyon de Chelly National Monument is part of the National Park system and will likely be closed down too. The fact that there is no fee will probably not keep it open. The Park Service is instructed to close down anything that requires an operational budget, which de Chelly surely does.

I also suggest you look into some state parks.

There is no admission fee to drive around the canyon, The roads will be open as they are Navajo nation roads. The facilities (which are few will be closed). They will not close the roads. The CG is on Navajo land.

I would "guess" that you can still take one of the Navajo truck tours of the canyon since it is their land, not the US govts.
bumpy

pjsky wrote:
The roads going into ALL national parks are closed.

Not quite. Any road that goes "through" the park (ie access road, state highway, etc) with no gate(s) will be open. Roads that service just the Park will be closed (all gates closed)

The roads going into ALL national parks are closed.

Desert Captain wrote:
While I sincerely doubt the park will be affected by the utter nonsense in Washinton I would.highly recommend going 45ish miles NE of Vegas to the Valley of Fire SP. We were there a couple of nights ago and it is gorgeous with nice amenities. From there go on up to Zion, try for an opening at the Watchman CG inside the park, they often have open sites at the last minute.

From there take 89A up to Jacob Lake which puts you 47 miles north of the North Rim CG. Watch the weather at the North Rim as it is over 9,000'. Aftrr the Notth Rim consider Monumemt Valley... It is AWESOME!

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vikrv wrote:
Monument Valley. Take the tour which gets access to some areas not available when driving on your own. I particularly remember the Eye of the Sun.

Without a Doubt...Monument Valley

Travelon

Monument Valley. Take the tour which gets access to some areas not available when driving on your own. I particularly remember the Eye of the Sun.