Standard Wash Dispersed Camping

This is our second time here. We entered just south of the coordinates listed here. We used an entrance across from the scenic overlook. We have a 30ft Class C and didn’t have problems.

Verizon: 51down, 21up
AT&T: 42down, 11up

There are some long term residents here but it’s quiet and we were never bothered. Some areas are cleaner than others. There are some ATV trails nearby so there’s some occasional traffic. The views are great.

Camped 5/3/21 (Monday night). When we arrived we pulled in by the BLM sign and spoke to a guy who had been contemplating camping there. He had driven around some and warned us the roads were soft - he was moving on to camp elsewhere. Our truck has 4WD, so we decided give it a go anyway and followed the road straight back to get farther away from the highway noise (non-stop). Yeah, it was VERY soft gravel in a lot of areas and rutted.

We chose the first spot that looked pull-in-able, and it happened to be right next to a fence. On the other side was the cement company. They started the equipment the next morning, oh right around 5 am.

Our view in the other direction of the cement plant was nice. There was a fire ring of rocks, and our site was actually fairly level and big. I think there was one other camper in the distance; it was understandable why we had the place to ourselves. The 2014 road pictures here on Campendium do not reflect the roads as we found them, torn up by ORVs. I took a picture in the evening light to show how the road we took looks. In all fairness, based on what the guy told us, we did not explore other roads in this BLM area. Some may not be as bad. There was one that went right along the fence and it was not soft, but where it intersected with the road we took, it was super soft sand/gravel. The front area where you pull in from the highway was not soft.

With the continual road noise, the cement plant noise and soft roads, we'd choose another place next time.

We stayed here for 9 nights in late January 2021. We were surprised to hear the beeping of a frontloader backing up at the nearby concrete plant on the first morning, but it quickly became a non issue and more background noise than anything. We drove in almost a mile from the highway, and the road is rough, but doable if you drive slowly. Because it is desert, you could still hear the highway even a mile away. That, too was usually jsut background noise until a loud rig or motorcycles drove the highway. There were a number of campers who came and went during the 9 days we were there, but it never felt crowded. The area is well spread out and you can find a site some distance from others if you look and drive around a bit. As noted by others, a good staging area for the numerous ATV opportunities, many starting with a long drive up Standard Wash, but still fun. The weather got cold after a few days, and we experienced one of the few snows in that area. It was interesting to see cacti and other desert plants with snow on them.

Lake Havasu City is a fine city, but they lack good bicycling trails and diverse places to go besides the London Bridge, the "island" and the walking around the "channel". I guess we got a little spoiled at some of the other destinations we visited on our month long January 2021 quest for the sun and warmth. Cell phone service was unavailable until you drove a couple of miles on the highway towards town. If you're a fisherman, Site 6 on the island is a fun place to shore fish from where you can snag your bait then fish for bass and catfish in the same spot.

Stayed here in a 40 foot-long Fifth Wheel (RV).

It's a big area but not a lot of level spots. The entrance is between mile marker 174 and 174 on 95. You can hear the traffic from 95. When you head up the road towards the back of the property the road splits. The road that goes to the right has a wash crossing the road. I would have bottomed out if I took the right fork. The left fork goes up a hill there are only a couple flat spots on top of the hill. The only good thing; it's a couple of miles from the town of Lake Havasu. The BLM location North of Lake Havasu is much better