California Boondocking in the Desert and Eastern Sierra
With Some of the Best Scenery in the Southwest!
Are you searching for scenic California boondocking outside of the usual Long Term Visitor Areas? We found plenty! In fact, we documented nearly one hundred unique free camping locations in California's desert and Eastern Sierra regions. Most of them are accessible to any size RV and suitable for tents as well. These photos are just a few examples. What is your preference in a California boondocking location?
Is your ideal free campsite in a pine forest?
Or in a Joshua Tree forest?
Do you prefer the jagged uplift at this free camping area on the San Andreas Fault?
Or the weathered granite rocks in this Joshua Tree National Park campground?
Could you sit for days soaking up the view in this idyllic free camping area?
Or do you prefer a different kind of soaking in one of many free natural hot-springs?
Will you spend your days hiking unique trails in the California desert?
Or paddling on a pristine mountain lake on the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada Mountains?
No matter what your preference, the The Frugal Shunpiker's Guide titled "California Boondocking: The Desert and Eastern Sierra" covers them all. It provides precise, easy-to-follow directions to more than 90 frugal (mostly free) camping options that we've discovered throughout California's deserts and Eastern Sierra regions.
"California Boondocking: The Desert and Eastern Sierra - A Frugal Shunpiker's Guide"
This California boondocking guide covers eastern California from the Mexican border to Lake Tahoe. It suggests routes and camping along the Colorado River Valley, throughout California's deserts, and everything east of the Sierra Nevada Range as far north as Lake Tahoe. California's coastal and mountain areas will be included in a second California guide (currently in progress with an anticipated release by May, 2012).
Many other guidebooks and web sites will tell you about campgrounds but not the free ones.
Through twelve years of shunpiking (driving the back roads) we've discovered many scenic boondocking options where we camp for free.
Millions of RVers who prefer boondocking in the desert flock to RV communities in Southern California and Arizona called Long Term Visitor Areas (LTVAs). They're great - especially if all you want is to live cheaply in good weather. The guide covers some of these but many RVers have discovered them so they tend to be crowded in peak season.
If you prefer to camp for free in the most scenic locations, prefer traveling around rather than staying in one place, and are looking for affordable adventures and variety in your RV travels, you need this guide.
It takes you on a most affordable and adventurous trip including areas of eastern California that many typical Snowbirds never visit.
Attention Tent Users!
This guide is not just for RVers. All but 8 of the 95 suggested frugal and "camp for free" areas listed in this guide are suitable for tents as well as RVs. A complete camping accessibility index will tell you whether a tent can be set up at each campsite. The same index tells you what size of RV can most easily access the sites.
What You'll Get In This Book
This 159-page printable eBook contains:
- Detailed directions to every suggested attraction and campsite including GPS coordinates.
- A California map shows suggested routes and the least expensive (often free) camping locations along each route. It will help you plan the best route for the time of year you're traveling.
- Easy Referencing: The book is divided into three color-coded sections corresponding to the three different geographical areas shown on the map. A full index is also provided at the back of the book.
- A detailed 2-week itinerary for each section in the guide covers the most popular destinations on the route. Follow it to tour amazing new areas and spend less than $70.00 on camping in each two-week period.
- Tips on what to see, where to camp for free or cheap, where to shop, where to eat, where to find free water, free RV dump stations, propane, showers, Internet service and more.
- Hiking and paddling suggestions: We love to hike, so we've listed some of our favorite hikes in each region. When there's water access, we've searched out free launch locations for a kayak or canoe.
- A Camping Accessibility Index: This quick reference for all 95 suggested camping areas listed in the guide shows whether a tent can be set up and what size of RV can easily access each site.
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