Virus Issues Crossing From AZ to NV?

[iamk]

I'm heading out looking for cooler weather tomorrow April 22.

I'm currently boondocking near Morristown, AZ and the weather is supposed to start climbing into the 90s later this week and 100s next week.

I was thinking about heading to Pahrump, NV next as I work my way North.

Are there any virus issues (like getting stopped and turned back) crossing from AZ to NV?

[Almost There]

Have you considered just going UP!

For every 1,000 feet in elevation gain you lose typically something like 4 degrees F.

At this time of year, 4,000 feet elevation is usually sufficient and by early summer heading up to 7 to 8,000 feet works.

Cottonwood is around 3,000, Flagstaff is 7,000, Tusayan near the south rim of Grand Canyon is closer to 8,000.

Lots and lots of national forest and BLM to choose from without having to head to NV.

[iamk]

Oh I like that idea. Cottonwood sounds nice. Thank you.

[tonyandkaren]

We crossed from Arizona into Nevada about two weeks ago and we have friends that did it yesterday. No problems for either of us so you should be good to go.

[Qxxx]

Dear K, if you decide to go north through Nevada, I found these posts online. They are a couple of weeks old now, but indicate the border is open as usual. A huge amount of commercial trucking goes on I-15 and also US 93.

https://news3lv.com/news/coronavirus/gov...-of-nevada

https://news3lv.com/news/local/highway-p...mains-open

When I came north a month ago, I skirted Vegas and drove along Lake Mead NRA to Overton, but I believe the gobmint closed that highway down now.

If you do want to get to Pahrump by heading up US 93, you will have to go through major parts of Henderson and Vegas.

An alternate route, which avoids so much of Vegas, would take you from Kingman over past Laughlin and then up US 93 to Searchlight, and you can cut over to I-15 from there on Rte 164. Then, as you come into the very south end of Vegas, you can turn off I-15 and right onto Rte 160 to Pahrump. It's longer but also fun country to drive through.

If you want the long scenic route (my favorite), you can go to Searchlight, and across to I-15, then west to Baker, and up to Pahrump on Rte 127.

[DannyB1954]

I am in Pahrump the weather here is nice, but summer is around the corner. Some places are getting unwelcoming to campers. So far Pahrump is pretty diverse with most people being from somewhere else. Mostly older people as well. I have not heard of anyone being hassled on BLM land that surrounds this town.
The traffic should be light coming here through Henderson and Vegas.

From where you are, Prescott is higher elevation, and it is on the way to Flagstaff where summers are nice. There was camping in Prescott in the National forest but you would have to see if they are still open. I just gave directions to someone else for camps in Prescott, so if you want a link to that I will get it for you

(This post was last modified: 04-21-2020, 06:31 PM by DannyB1954.)

[iamk]

Dear K, if you decide to go north through Nevada, I found these posts online. They are a couple of weeks old now, but indicate the border is open as usual. A huge amount of commercial trucking goes on I-15 and also US 93.

https://news3lv.com/news/coronavirus/gov...-of-nevada

https://news3lv.com/news/local/highway-p...mains-open

When I came north a month ago, I skirted Vegas and drove along Lake Mead NRA to Overton,  but I believe the gobmint closed that highway down now.

If you do want to get to Pahrump by heading up US 93, you will have to go through major parts of Henderson and Vegas.

An alternate route, which avoids so much of Vegas, would take you from Kingman over past Laughlin and then up US 93 to Searchlight, and you can cut over to I-15 from there on Rte 164. Then, as you come into the very south end of Vegas, you can turn off I-15 and right onto Rte 160 to Pahrump. It's longer but also fun country to drive through.

If you want the long scenic route (my favorite), you can go to Searchlight, and across to I-15, then west to Baker, and up to Pahrump on Rte 127.

Thank you for the border update. I like the Searchlight route recommendation that avoids the population centers.

[iamk]

From where you are, Prescott is higher elevation, and it is on the way to Flagstaff where summers are nice. There was camping in Prescott in the National forest but you would have to see if they are still open. I just gave directions to someone else for camps in Prescott, so if you want a link to that I will get it for you

Thank you. I'm going to explore the Cottonwood area tomorrow to see if I can find cooler public land. Prescott looks nice but I wonder if it is still too cool (5,300' instead of 3,300')?

[Qxxx]

Prescott weather for the next 10 days is no lower than about 50F at night, and sunny days. Not too bad. I remember my month in Quartzsite in this past January, and it was like low-30s every night.
Enjoy.

https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/Prescott+AZ

[MG1912]

Ha! I just left the low desert today, too! The past three months have been glorious, with most days so nice I could just sit outside in the shade and enjoy nature all day long... literally all day long until after sunset. But the mercury will climb to 100 soon, and as much as I like it in the desert, I don't think I'll enjoy that desert heat in an RV. Even if I had 1000 watts of solar and a situation to run AC all day, I'd just be inside all day long while the desert bakes outside.