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SANDRASH | SoCal Desert Hot Spots

Southern California Deserts – Offroad Hotspots

For more information on offroad areas, fees, and closure information please visit the BLM website (link provided below).

Imperial Sand Dunes Fee & Permit Information

Gordon’s Well

GPS Coordinates – 32° 43.10 N / 114° 56.16 W (Dune Buggy Flats via Google Maps)

From the dunes…

  • From Glamis – Gecko Road, to the Sand Highway, go south until it ends above Dune Buggy Flats (main camping area)… go to far and you end up in the canal.
  • From Buttercup – Buttercup, go west to the Gordons Well I-8 overpass (also known as a bridge). Take a right at the bottom of the hill (going left will take you to Pair-A-Dice

From the highway…

  • Take the Gordons Well exit off of I-8.  Go north.  At “T”, go right past dumpsters and over the canal. Pay station is just past the canal.

Information (Gordon’s Well via Google Maps)

  • Pair-A-Dice is just west of the Gordons Well, exiting the I-8 at Gordon’s Well, go right (West). (Pair-A-Dice via Google Maps)
  • BLM pay station at the entrance to Dune Buggy Flats
  • Brick shit-houses now at Gordon’s (as of 2006)… A.k.a., Permanant Toilets


Glamis

Map of Imperial County via Google Maps From Brawley – Hwy 78 east from Brawley.  Gecko Rd. is the first road on the right inside the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation area.  The Ranger Station is the building on the right. Continue on Hwy 78 past Osborne Lookout and Glamis Flats.  Glamis proper is right before the rail road tracks. From Blythe – Continue passed Blythe and exit California Hwy 78 (Neighbors Blvd.). At the top of the ramp turn left (South), continue south on Hwy 78 through Ripley and Palo Verde (+/- 50 miles), once you cross the railroad tracks, you will see the Glamis Beach Store.

BLM Paystation and Pay Phone Information

BLM pay stations:

  • On Gecko Rd. just passed the Ranger Station
  • Glamis Flats
  • Wash Road

Pay Phone Locations:

  • Cahuilla Ranger Station
  • Glamis Beach Store

Camping Areas

Gecko Road camping areas consist of the Cement Flats, Pads 1 – 5, Gecko Campground, Keyhole, and Roadrunner. The pay station is on the right, just past the Ranger Station.  There is also a pay phone and restroom close by.  Dumpsters are near the pay station on the left.

Cement Flats GPS: 32° 58.29 N / 115° 10.32 W (Cement Flats via Google Maps)

Pad 1GPS: 32° 57.97 N / 115° 10.23 W

Pad 2 GPS: 32° 57.24 N / 115° 09.68 W

Pad 2.5 GPS: 32° 56.52 N / 115° 08.69 W

Gecko Loop GPS: 32° 56.49 N / 115° 08.40 W (Gecko Loop via Google Maps)

Pad 3 & Pad 5 GPS: 32° 55.92 N / 115° 08.18 W (Pad 3 & Pad 5 via Google Maps)

Pad 4 GPS: 32° 55.13 N / 115° 07.28 W (Pad 4 via Google Maps)

Keyhole GPS: 32° 54.83 N / 115° 06.94 W (Keyhole via Google Maps)

RoadRunner Campground GPS:32° 54.68 N / 115° 07.01 W (Roadrunner Campground via Google Maps)

Osborne Overlook GPS: 32° 59.01 N / 115° 07.96 W (Osborne Overlook via Google Maps)

Glamis Flats GPS: 32° 59.55 N / 115° 04.59 W (Glamis Flats (Vendor Area) via Google Maps)

Wash Road (Wash Road via Google Maps)

Boardmanville GPS: 32° 59.14 N / 115° 02.06 W (Boardmanville via Google Maps)

Brawley Slide GPS: 32° 56.65 N / 115° 04.82 W

Cahuilla Ranger Station (760)344-3919 GPS: 32° 58.44 N / 115° 10.30 W (Ranger Station via Google Maps)

China Wall GPS: 32° 54.48 N / 115° 02.19 W

Flag Pole GPS:  32° 58.22 N / 115° 02.26 W (Additional information from the American Sand Association)

Glamis Beach Store GPS: 32° 59.76 N / 115° 04.37W (Glamis Beach Store via Google Maps)

Oldsmobile Hill GPS: 32° 57.77 N / 115° 05.96 W (Oldsmobile Hill via Google Maps)

Buttercup

GPS Coordinates – 32° 58.30 N / 115° 10.36 W From the dunes… From Gecko Road, take the Sand Highway south until it ends above Dune Buggy Flats. Then to the Gordons Well I-8 overcrossing.  Cross bridge, and head east past Grays Well and Plank road. From the highway… I-8 to Grays Well exit.  Buttercup campground is on the south side of the highway, to the left. Useful Information