BLM. Blue Star Memorial Highway | Wild Camping

December 30th, 2023 by dgmichael

Stayed here on the way to vegas. Nice spot, pull off direct from the highway after a hill, you will see the gate once you crest the small hill around the highway.

No clear spots out of highway visibility, we drove along a ways but ended up looping back to a spot next to a old road that was closed.

Some kind of old mine further along the road but zero traffic while we were there.

December 22nd, 2023 by instagram.com/woodysvanlife

Stopped here to let the dog run around for a while and ended up staying the night. No one else ever drove nearby. Steady roar from the interstate, but pretty chill. Looks like enough people have clipped that fence with their trailer that it’s not an issue anymore lol. Decent Verizon service, had trouble streaming but was able to download then watch.

June 12th, 2023 by saxforfun

Windy, no one else around! Great spot to stop directly off the highway. A’s described through gate and there’s several places to pull over.

April 1st, 2023 by rsquared2

Still there, still easy to access. Little bit of car noise in the distance, but not bad at all.

March 26th, 2023 by NWRunner

As described convenient and quiet. No other campers but it is 30° at night right now! We did not go through the gate and really no noise. Verizon available.

March 19th, 2023 by blog.touren-wegweiser.de

Everything as described. Nothing has changed.

October 31st, 2022 by [email protected]

Very easy to get to, private, and secure. Within sight of the highway, but very little noise. Was quiet, and mostly clean. A few beer cans, but not bad for what it is (BLM land, apparently). When I was there I only saw one other human being in a pickup truck driving up the dirt road that leads to the site. They didn't even slow down.

February 1st, 2022 by kenandsarah.ca

As described a great quiet spot on the east bound side. Reasonably level hard packed ground. Great for a nights sleep.

May 22nd, 2021 by afinedog

as described. gate is held shut with baling wire. just unhook and open. I can see the road but can't hear it. not another person for as far as i can see. pretty views. typical desert scrub and wind. easy to find at night, although no signage so the turn off comes up fast. cell coverage fluctuates from full bars to 2 bars. still can't make the rating change in the app. i would give it 4 stars as an overnight spot and 3 for boondocking/ dispersed camping

April 7th, 2021 by bclerico

Quiet desert spot. Lots of choices for camping. 2 bars on Verizon. Great for star gazing.

April 6th, 2021 by light24bulbs

If you're headed west you absolutely will not cross the road to the other side at this point unless your vehicle has high ground clearance, no chance of doing it in my school bus. Big dip in the middle.

The rest stop just a little bit further down the road maybe 10 minutes is super super nice. gotta love california taxes I guess

November 17th, 2020 by ch.peter.steffen

Great place, easy access. Gate is closed but not locked. All the way up the dirt road is a gold mine. There is a friendly caretaker we talked to. We did not visit the mine.

February 5th, 2020 by imbonny

great spot. there is still construction going on on the road... but keep an eye out for a sign for truck crossing... the area you come to seems good enough to camp but go through the gate. even though it was shut when I got there there is no lock and once through you discover an off road vehicle area. there's acres of areas to camp

May 18th, 2019 by rhysandnatalia

there's new highway lanes being built and lots of construction work around this area. we found this obstructed the entries to the roads that marked in this ioverlander entry. there's other options beyond this spot but be aware that this one is currently tricky to get to. we ended up about 10 miles past it.

March 15th, 2019 by soaringbuteos

BLM land on both sides of the highway. I tried the north side first and the road is sandy and ends up next to the railroad tracks. South side roads are definitely better but gate is narrow and the road veers left as you go through so watch your trailer. I went to the spot where there is a road that crosses and went up the rise to the left so I could see the mountains. There was a bunch of trash at the tee, I picked up everything except all the broken glass and pvc pipe. You can hear the traffic but you can certainly get away from it and go as far as you like on the road south since it goes as far as you can see.

March 6th, 2019 by dreadscanada

Gate was open. lots of space to find a spot for the night. Dog freindly.

October 8th, 2018 by joris.jeannelle

good for one night beautiful view at sunrise. the gate was open so we went in. no one bothered us

September 23rd, 2018 by leavetodaytravel

This place is great for boondocking. The gate was a little tight for our 26ft 5th wheel.

August 4th, 2017 by gviejo1

Good place in the desert !!!

No amenities !!!

Not far away only 1km from the highway but quiet !!!

Great place 🏜