Lots of great camping just out of sight there in DVNP.  Greenwater road
comes to mind.  Lots of others.  DVNP is verra verra large with lots of
cubbies and corners out of the wind and the hairy eyeballs.

My personal fave is Owl Canyon.

Pensionerd "life is short, do desert first"

On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:

>  On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >  RE: Death Valley Camping
> > Camping tip at Furnace Creek
> > If camping at or near Furnace Creek try Texas Springs campground.  Very
> > nice, very quiet and less than 1/2 mile from the Furnace Creek complex.
>  And
> > much nicer than the camping right at Furnace Creek.
> >
>
>  Next time I go, I will likely find somewhere unimproved to camp.  Furnace
> Creek, the old campground, it was chock-full.  The one across the road from
> the main village of Furnace Creek was similar to a football stadium parking
> lot, but all giant motorhomes in that one.  I did see the Texas Springs
> campground from the highway but it was full..
>
>  Going to visit a place like Death Valley and ending up parked next to a
> couple of hundred motor homes?  Since we're talking Vanagons here, that
> makes little sense to me.  Especially when we don't have to stick to smooth
> paved roads with 'semi-truck' topography.  Backcountry camping is allowed,
> with some restrictions, anywhere more than 2 miles from a main highway in
> that park.
>
>  Wonder how many huge motor homes have gotten stuck, wedged, trapped,
> whatever..trying to negotiate that tight steep road to the Dante's View?  I
> bet the Parkies get sick of that, and all the silly drivers telling them
> they should make the road 'better' so they won't get stuck...
>