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07-10-2013, 08:59 PM
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TrailManor Master
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Centennial, Colorado
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Castle Valley Overlook, Moab, UT
Part of our week was spent at 7500 feet, SE of Moab. Had to go into 4-low to get over some rough rocks in the last 100 yards, but it was worth it!
All photos of, or from, our campsite.
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07-11-2013, 03:45 AM
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TrailManor Master
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Big Bend area, Florida
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That is a nice area, we usually stay at the BLM CG called Wind Whistle.
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07-11-2013, 09:20 AM
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TrailManor Master
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Centennial, Colorado
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Wind Whistle looks nice. But, good chance for neighbors in a BLM campground. We had no neighbors for miles.
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07-11-2013, 09:25 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
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Wow ! WOW !! Thanks for posting !
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07-11-2013, 11:30 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: The mountains of Scottsdale, AZ, and the beaches of Maine
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Oh, my! I would love to know more about where this is. Google Maps finds the town of Castle Valley, but not the overlook. Can you clue me in a bit closer?
Bill
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07-11-2013, 11:41 AM
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TrailManor Master
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Centennial, Colorado
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38.575524° -109.345847°
Maybe a quarter-mile inside Manti-La Sal National Forest, off of Sand Flats Road. There is a campsite just before the 4wd portion, which is closer to a vault toilet.
I did use 4wd low range to get over some of the rough rocks, just to keep the shaking down. The rest of the trip is just gravel roads, once you leave Moab.
No water available, no electric. No fee. Make sure you have plenty of Lynx Levelers, or something else, as it is not an improved (leveled) site. A number of options as to where to park the TM. Tight turnaround, though, so before you pass the lower campsite, walk up to make sure you can maneuver. I don't think a 2922 would make the turnaround, but a 2720 may.
If you go, there are dinosaur tracks in the rock, if you take a half-hour drive. 38.61613° -109.22305° and 38.61546° -109.22287°.
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07-11-2013, 07:56 PM
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Guest
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Cool.
Lucky you.
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07-11-2013, 09:15 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: The mountains of Scottsdale, AZ, and the beaches of Maine
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Many thanks, LoveToCamp. I appreciate your use of Lat-Lon, which pins it right down tight. I note that you did not use GPS format, so you are not a geocacher. Sad, since there are several caches within a mile or two of that spot!
Bill
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07-11-2013, 09:20 PM
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TrailManor Master
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Centennial, Colorado
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Bill - I may not use the format you are accustomed to, but in my job, this is the required coordinate format. I find it much easier to work with than DD mm ss, or DD mm.mmm. Just my preference, since I have been working with that format for 8 years.
I camped within about 100 feet of a cache at our first stop, and had the coordinates in my GPS, but forgot to look for it. I was too busy relaxing and talking with relatives we camped with. I forgot to look to see if there was a cache close to this campsite. Have to remember to look some up for our South Dakota trip in two weeks.
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07-11-2013, 10:16 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 91
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So what's a geocache ? I've seen the term here and there, but that's it. Thanks.
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