Winona Dispersed Camping

This was a good stay. Getting there was not a lot of fun going down a washboard forest service road.

I made a rookie move (I guess) and pee’d as soon as I parked.

It was a long drive in and I couldnt get to my usual method.

Anyhoo. I could hear an animal outside my van last night. And woke up to paw prints in the mud around my van. 😬 They have Mountain Lions, Black Bears and Coyotes in these parts. 🫠

Overall, I’m happy with my site. If I stay another night, I might relocate sites. I got here last night right at sunset.

I arrived after dark and there were several pullout spots. I chose to just park behind the trees which allowed privacy, but i could have followed the forrest road further in. There was a camper made rock fire pit. The area is packed rock and flat . I was just car camping but i feel i could have easily pulled my 24 ft rv as well and had plenty of room to turn around. I can hear distand traffic from I40 but not a single car came down this road. I would definitely come back here.

We stayed here for about a week and a half and then a park ranger paid us a visit telling us the county changed the camping lines. Luckily we had found a parking spot about .3 miles from the limits which is just over a hill. The rd is bumpy but if you're slow our 26ft class A made it through no problem. Over all a very good place to be so long as you stay within the condensed camping area. It was very peaceful and quiet.

Super secluded. Only people around. Decent stargazing. We came from the east from petrified forest. We followed signs for the gun range. At the fork we turned right then shortly we found a big space on the left before a big hill that gives Mountain View’s. We’re not in the exact gps spot. Dead quiet.

Took our 38 ft class a here

We came in after dark and still easily found the sites. We quickly got settled for the night. Our dog was excited to be able to get out and stretch her legs after spending two days in Death Valley.

This spot was great to stop for the night. It’s close enough to I-40 to be viable for a quick night, but far enough to be quiet. We don’t see anyone. The road was washboards, so getting to it was slow. Other then that it was great

This was a solid find. When we went there were only a few other campers so we had a pretty quiet night. Though we could definitely hear the 40 and occasionally cars would drive down the forest road very quickly. Otherwise, it was a good pitstop.

Free. Easy access from the freeway. No hassles. Very light traffic. No neighbors. 

Cons: it does get quite cold at night at this high elevation. 

We found 1 camp spot when you turn right at the fork about .5 mile before you get to the coordinates. We saw at least 3 maybe 5 tent only no vehicle spots (at least spots I didn’t want to put my car because there was growth). We parked during the week but literally saw one person who just drove by. Pretty remote considering how close it was. We didn’t go further than the coordinates so idk if there are more spots. The one we used was HUGE. big enough for a few RVs.