The La Posa Long Term Visitor Area (LTVA) was created in 1983 to fulfill the needs of winter visitors and to protect the local desert ecosystem from overuse. The campground is approximately 11,400 acres in size, flat landscape, sparsely vegetated with plants such as creosote bushes, palo verde trees, ironwood trees, mesquite trees and various species of cacti. La Posa LTVA offers solitude in a unique desert landscape and a variety of recreational opportunities such as hiking, wildlife viewing and rockhounding.

10 ADA accessible vault toilets, 8 water faucets, dry dump station, dump station with water, trash services, dance floor and ramada.

The LTVA long term permit ($180) allows use of Bureau of Land Management designated LTVAs continuously from September 15th to April 15th (a total of 7 months), or for any length of time between those two dates. The LTVA short-visit permit ($40) allows use of Bureau of Land Management designated LTVAs for any 14 consecutive day period from September 15th to April 15th, which begins on the day the permit receipt is exchanged for the official permit and decal. The short-visit permit may be renewed an unlimited number of times for the cost of the permit. LTVA permits are valid at all of the Bureau of Land Management LTVAs.

Quartzite - La Posa

I camped in La Posa South area which is one of several areas for long term camping on BLM land near Quartzsite, AZ.  You can buy a permit to camp in any of the areas for the season which I believe starts in November and ends in April.  They also offer permits for two week intervals if you are not planning on camping all season.   It is dry camping although there is a dump station and water available along with a row of dumpsters in each area for trash.  This place fills up in the winter but there are still plenty of areas to find a good camping spot.  If you do camp farther out watch out for traffic from ATV's and four wheelers who don't seem to believe the speed limits apply to them.  

Camping in the winter in the desert, nice

Gate house has yet to open. So it's free for now.

LTVA season

Wide open spaces and quiet. Great place to chill

Expansive and quiet

La Posa BLM has several entrances and is massive. It makes reviews tough on this because it depends which area you are in. I’m am reviewing Tyson Wash and South. 

I do not recommend Tyson Wash for large RVs. They are there, but there are areas where the ground is deceptively soft. We got our 38ft class a stuck and had to be towed out. It’s stunning and is very quiet there, but use extreme caution with heavy rigs. 

After we were freed, we crossed over to South. South is the area where you can dump, get water, and empty trash. You MUST have a permit to use the stations. There are two permits; short and long term. Short is two weeks and $40. Long (LTVA) is Sept 15-Apr 15 and is $180. 

Because South is access to the stations, it is very busy there. People park in groups and are quite close. If you like socializing and whatnot, the lower part of South is for you. The upper area is a dirt road access in but very quiet with enormous space between rigs. It is almost entirely big rigs who have tip outs and such…much more private area. Please do your best to respect the space up in that area. It’s literally the reason for being there. 

This is probably one of the best Boondocking areas I’ve ever seen if you know what you want. Because of the stations, there are reasonable fees but I highly recommend it. 

Boondocking at its best

We stayed on this BLM land during the Quartzsite RV &amp; Sports Show in January. The fee is $40 for 14 days. There is so much open land to camp on and it is level for the most part with beautiful 360’ views of mountains and desert. It was also very clean with no trash to speak of. The land is right off 95 and next to the big tents with easy access to the show.

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Great boondocking near town!

We have stayed here for two winters. My wife and I both enjoy the convenience of being close to town and the show grounds. In my opinion, other than the period right around the show La Posa West is a little quieter Ryan the other LTVA’s. There is a trash dumpster here but you do have to drive two miles to La Posa South to dump and get water. 

Great place to boondocks for the “Big Tent and rv show”

Dispersed camping, typical BLM area, but lots of RV's for the big event, but a huge area to spread out.  We've been twice, now going back again, it's worth it.

Lots of rigs for the show

We are driving a big old 34 footer, and this was a really easy access space. We didn’t go far down the road, because we were only staying the night are weren’t super concerned about privacy. Lots of other campers so if you’re looking for privacy I would suggest driving further and checking there! We explored the landscape, collected awesome geodes, and crystals, and the stars at night were incredible!