RUN BY: Arizona Game
and Fish
LOCATION: southwest of
McNeal, AZ
UTILITIES: NONE
COST: NONE
DISCOUNTS: N/A
OUR RATING (1-5):
Category III. Rating 4
NOTES: If you are a
bird enthusiast or, like us, just want to experience the phenomena of the
Sandhill Cranes, this is the place. You can stay three nights, and that’s what
we did.
Environment:
Open arid grasslands
Amenities: NONE
Dump: NO
Public Water: NO
Toilets: PIT
Showers: NO
Laundry: NO
Phone Service:
Verizon 4G 2-3 bars
Nearest Propane:
Location: From
the traffic circle at the intersection of AZ 80 and AZ92 in Bisbee go 4.3 miles
and turn left onto W Double Adobe Rd. Travel 8.0 miles and turn left onto N. Central
Hwy. Go 6.2 miles and turn left again onto W Bagby Rd to N. Coffman Rd. which
will take you to Whitewater Draw. From
the town of McNeal, AZ take W Davis Rd a short distance to N. Central Hwy and
turn left. Take the second right onto W.
Lee Rd. A short distance brings you to N
Coffman Rd where you turn left which takes you to Whitewater Draw.
Proximity to shopping:
Gas and basics at McNeal Mercantile 5.5 miles away.
Camping Population:
Bird and wildlife enthusiasts.
Sites: There
are five picnic tables but, if everyone cooperates, more can get in. It is a
circular parking area. No assigned or
designated sites.
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RATING KEY:
category - score
Categories: I - established
campgrounds where one might spend a vacation or several days
II
- boondocking, dry camping where there
are no designated sites and no amenities but
one might choose to stay for more than a night.
III
- over-night areas
You must remember that we are scoring 1 thru 5 according to
things which are important to us: the environment, cost, amenities,
location, safety, camping population, site, phone service
* There are people who are not full-timers and van-dwellers
by choice. We try hard not to be demeaning or assume that they are bad people
but sadly, as you find in the poorer parts of a city, there seems to be more
crime. Many call these people van-dwellers. That isn’t really accurate even
though they do often live in vans. We know quite a few van-dwellers who have
good incomes, are full-timers by choice and prefer a van to other types of
vehicles. To try to show some respect for people who have a difficult lot in
life, I’m calling them ‘residential
campers’. It is only when you get a
high proportion of residential campers in an area that you find an increase in
petty theft, etc.
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