HAEKEL ROAD, near
Solomon, AZ
RUN BY: Bureau of Land
Management
LOCATION: 32.793828 -109.592354
Last Visited:
3/11/2018
UTILITIES: NONE
COST: NONE
DISCOUNTS: N/A
OUR RATING (1-5): Category II. Score 5
NOTES: Hackel Rd is a
large flat desert area south of Solomon, AZ.
It sits up on a ridge above highway US-70, which is far enough away that
it doesn’t bother you. It has a lovely
view and is convenient to services as well as places you will want to
visit. There is a hot springs a few
miles south on the BLM road (dirt). Lots
of beautiful country to see nearby. We stayed four nights.
Environment:
open desert
Amenities: NONE
Dump: NO
Public Water: NO
Toilets: NO
Showers: NO
Laundry: NO
Phone Service:
4G 2-3 bars (Verizon)
Nearest Propane:
Safford, AZ
Location: About
5 miles southwest of Solomon, AZ near the junction of US-70 and US-191. You will turn south off the highway. The
camping area we used was at the top of the hill on the right. (see
coordinates).
Proximity to shopping: Solomon is about 5 miles away
and Safford, a much larger community, is about 5 miles beyond Solomon.
Camping Population:
Travelers.
Sites:
N/A - dispersed camping on BLM
land
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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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