The Bureau of Land Management typically limits camping on public land ... One of those places is Quartzsite's La Posa long-term visitor area. People can pick up a seven-month permit for $180 ...

In an article for camping website The Dyrt ... president of the Quartzite Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism, told Insider. "Quartzsite is like an island, but instead of being surrounded ...

You get Quartzsite, AZ, in January. Starting in the fall, tens of thousands of bargain hunters head their RV’s to the western Arizona town of 3,643. Most choose dry camping on surrounding ...

In Yuma and Quartzsite ... growing number of people using the sites, Castro says the costs have become unsustainable.

Many visitors from the north, affectionately called “snowbirds,” spend the winter in Quartzsite’s 70-plus RV parks or “boondock” in the Sonoran Desert on BLM land, where camping is free ...