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We stayed here overnight when we were headed East and stayed here again when we were headed West.
Area is a few miles out of town at an OHV area. It actually has a street sign at the main road entrance. Road is a good grated road and the area we stayed at both times is open enough for many campers. There were two others the first time and only one other camper the second time. The area we were at is a little less than half a mile from the main road. It was a bit breezy and cold both times we were there. (15 mph and 35 F at night). There is free potable water and sewage dump and flush ($10) at the Flying J which is just South of Barstow at the first exit.

We picked this site because it was sort of in between Yellowstone (50 minutes from the west gate) and the Grand Tetons (a 90 minute pleasant ride through beautiful countryside and views of the west side of the Tetons).
Mackey was a great host. We had full hookup. Ashton is a quaint little town with a hardware store, coffee shop, and a drive-in diner. We also had a nice view from our site of the west side of the Grand Tetons.
There are 14 full hookup sites. We would stay here again.

We came here second week of May just after the rangers opened FR-146.
We travelled all the way to the end where there is a trailer turn-around.
All sites looked nice and we counted 12 dispersed sites, #1 was the furthest in. We ended up in 2C(the furthest in of three sites of area #2.
The site was next to the river. It was 4.5 miles in on the dirt road and our closest neighbor was back up the road 3.5 miles in camp Murdock.
The only animals we saw were ground squirrels.
It was so peaceful and a wonderful experience.

This is the same as Road 525. We actually wanted to camp on 525C, but they had that road closed. It was March and they had some rain the previous week. It was also during the Covid-19 Virus, so the pink tour jeeps were not running. However there were an occasional ATV during the day. Our site was just past the turnoff for 525C and just past road 9513 on the right. We were actually on a little hill above the turnout next to the road. We were about 400 feet from the road and four miles from 89A. (34°51'41"N 111°54'30"W). Palatki Ruins was closed and we drove five miles up the road to Honanki Ruins. Unfortunately it was also closed. The drive was nice. We were close enough to Sedona and to Cottenwood. Water is available at the fairgrounds in Cottenwood for $10.00. The old copper mining town of Jerome is definitely worth a visit. Many hikes around the area and I would recommend National Geographic trail illustrated topographic map of Sycamore Canyon and Verde Valley. All Trails App is handy as well. One can also go on the National Forest Service and download to your cell phone for free a MVUM map.

Compared to the surround areas, this place was truly an oasis in the desert as others have said. The hosts were super nice. One can see that they have put some work into this campground to make it so nice and pleasant. We were very glad that we made a two night reservation.
This is a great place to lay over and visit the Lamoille Canyon which is known as the Swiss Alps of Nevada. It is located just south of Elko.
There is a little train noise - blowing the horn when it gets to Wells, but this all stops in the evening. Some highway noise, but not enough to bother.

We decided to take a last minute camping trip to Fort Bragg in the middle of December.
All the state campgrounds were closed.
The private campgrounds were slow to respond.
This one responded and even told us that we might be able to find a cheaper place. We decided not to keep looking, but to go ahead and lock our reservation in. The cost was somewhere around $50 per night, if I remember correctly.
The place could be easy to miss driving down the road: the campground is located behind the campground store.
There was a lower area and and upper area. There was no one in the lower area and we think he put us in the best spot in the upper area, site #10. There were a few long terms there, but they were pretty much invisible.
The water pressure was a little weak and we did not need a regulator in the line. There were two WiFi signals in the campground, but we did better via cell phone signal. (AT&T).
We checked out some other campgrounds in the area, but they were pretty crowded and cramped.
We will definitely stay here again when we come back to Fort Bragg.

We stayed here one night. The site was long and wide. The showers were spacious and top notch clean. There was a row for overnighters and a row for longer stays. It was super quiet and we had neighbors on either side. There was a Napa Auto parts downtown in this small town.
We have nothing negative about this place.

Probably a half dozen campers in Azalea and less in Wolverine. Every site looked good and all the ones for RVs seemed pretty level. Restrooms were clean. Staff were very friendly and accommodating.
The trails were great. The hermit’s dwellings were interesting. The redwoods in the Hendy grove loop trails were some of the biggest.

Pros:
Small campground of 19 sites
Bathrooms and showers super clean
WiFi available
Firewood available
Bench, fire ring, two storage boxes
Water available
Sewage disposal
Unusual trees around campground
Next to river
Mile hike to Gualala Park point and bluff overlooking ocean and beach access
Mile hike to ocean bleach trail

Cons:
No AT&T cell service (maybe that’s a pro)
Might be tight for long trailers
No power hook-up

We camped at site 110 for two days and then site 111 for seven days. Site 110 was perfectly flat and was next to a water station. There are water stations at every couple sites. Site 111 was ocean side and required a little more to get level. It seemed like any site was okay at the end of the beach. We heard that the sites on the channel side could get pretty windy at times.
The hosts were super nice!
There are bathrooms and coin showers in the area as well as recycling containers for boxes, bottles and even propane bottles.
Doran Beach is a two mile stretch and at low tide one can see many star fish and other sea creatures at the East end of the beach on the rocks.
Each site has a table and a fire ring.
There is a dump station and also an additionally one time fee of $7.00 for sewage.
There is a fog horn that goes off every nine seconds, but after a while one doesn’t even notice it.
One can hear an occasional seal barking on the rocks offshore.
There are many that come here and fish for fish or fish for crab. Many kayakers, wind surfers and kite fliers.
There are several places to eat seafood nearby.