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Turkey Creek Road is about 12 1/2
miles There were wild turkeys walking
through SYCAMORE CAMPGROUND IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
TO KNOW BEAR
FACTS RATTLESNAKE
FACTS
with a couple free established campgrounds
and some primitive / dispersed camping areas
The first 8 miles are private lands leading
towards Coronado National Forest.
This is the first campground...
(About 8 miles)
the campground. (No photos)
Follow Turkey Creek Road for 9.8 miles
Picnic tables, metal firerings, outhouse, and
bear proof garbage receptacles. Kind of small
open area with limited privacy...
WHAT FIRE RESTRICTIONS ARE IN EFFECT
This is bear country.
We had a crazy rattlesnake attack our car
at Chiricahua National Monument. He kept
slamming into the door... unusual. Every
rattlesnake we encountered before, was
most interested to escape or mind it's own
business.
DIRECTIONS: From I-5 exit at Wilcox. ROAD CONDITIONS: The water was about 8" deep Drinking water at Chiricahua National
Monument Filtered water at the carwash CHIRICAHUA NATIONAL MONUMENT Also see: CHIRICAHUA
From Sunsizona, Arizona take Hwy.181
(Towards Chiricahua National Monument)
Between milepost 50-51
Turn on Turkey Creek Road
The first campground is 8 miles
Take Hwy.186 towards Chiricahua NM
At the junction to Chiricahua NM
Take Hwy.191 towards Douglas
Turkey Creek Road is a couple miles
(Between milepost 50-51 on Hwy.191)
Turkey Creek Road is a rough dirt road.
The last couple miles gets more nasty.
A passenger can make it with caution...
Be prepared if bad weather...
Turkey Creek Road about 5 miles
(At the visitor center)
on Justin Road in Sunsites
Chiricahua National Monument is recommended
and worth your time. Incredible landscapes of
stone columns stimulate your imagination...
Also see: COCHISE
STRONGHOLD
Also see: COCHISE
STRONGHOLD WEST
Also see: GARDNER
CANYON
Also see: MESCAL
Also see: WHITEWATER
DRAW
The Boneyard
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base is home to thousands
of outdated aeroplanes and helicopters mothballed by the
United States Air Force and other allied forces. The
2,600
acre facility is the size of 1,300 football pitches and
sprawled
across the desert in Tucson, Arizona and houses the
309th
Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG)
This 60 year-old facility is America's only storehouse
for
out-of-service aircraft.
Camped here Nov.18, 2006 Free campgrounds and camping
ARIZONA CAMPGROUNDS
CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST
SYCAMORE CAMPGROUND
TURKEY CREEK ROAD