Amazing views, primitive high desert
My wife and I did the Rattlesnake Arches hike and camped nearby. There were three campsites we found on the way to Rattlesnake Arches. Two of them left Black Ridge Road via double track and one was just before you entered day use area territory. The two double track sites are primitive and get you close to the cliffs for amazing views of the far buttes across the Fruita/Grand Junction valleys and that's where we stayed. You're exposed to wind with some small bristlecone tree cover, but we loved the site and would go again. -Bring plenty of water -Bring a "luggable loo" or equivalent, burying human waste is difficult because of SUPER rocky soil -Bring an awning or something for shade
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Month of VisitApril