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Shea Road Spectator Area
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · AZ · 34.12408, -114.15623
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Ask about this camp →Bureau of Land Management lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Shea Road Spectator Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 761 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Shea Road Spectator AreaNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Shea Road Spectator Area · Bureau of Land Management · AZ
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel7 mi
- GGrocery7 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- HHardware8 mi
- DDump16 mi
- MMechanic24 mi
- WWater26 mi
- RxPharmacy26 mi
- EVEV fast charger28 mi
- AAir-up32 mi
- LLaundry32 mi
- +Urgent care44 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 26-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 7 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Shea Road Spectator Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management
Elevation
761 ft
State
AZ
Coordinates
34.12408, -114.15623
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Shea Road Spectator Area · Bureau of Land Management · AZ (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townCienega Springs · ~5.9 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelRunning Man Fuel · ~7.2 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~7.0 mi
- Dump station~15.8 mi
- GroceriesSafeway · ~7.2 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~26.4 mi
- Hospital / clinicLa Paz Regional Hospital · ~7.4 mi
- HardwareHarbor Freight Tools · ~26.6 mi
EV charging — from Shea Road Spectator Area · Bureau of Land Management · AZ — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger27.8 mi straight-line NW — Bradley Ford, Lake Havasu City, AZ (at a public site) · FORD_CHARGE · CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 10 within 50 · 32 within 100 · 238 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)32.2 mi — Quartzsite, AZ - Main Event Ln - Tesla Supercharger, Quartzsite
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO32.6 mi — Love's Travel #286 (Quartzsite, AZ), Quartzsite
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)7.1 mi — BLUEWATERCASINO CHARGER 2, Parker, AZ · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 416808 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Shea Road Spectator Area · Bureau of Land Management · AZ — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBass Point Day Use Recreation · ~6.8 mi NW · BLM
- Vault / pit toilet- Vault Toilet - Crossroads Campground Site · ~6.9 mi NW · BLM
- RestroomRock House Recreation · ~7.2 mi NW · BLM
- RestroomVisitor Center - Rock House Recreation · ~7.2 mi NW · BLM
Open Shea Road Spectator Area elsewhere
Other camps near Shea Road Spectator Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Parker Strip Recreation Area~10.5 mi
- Lake Havasu~12.2 mi
- Blue Cloud Camping Area~12.7 mi
- Blue Cloud Camping Area~13.1 mi
How we know this — Shea Road Spectator Area
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
no road or trail found nearby — check manually
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Shea Road Spectator Area
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Shea Road Spectator Area
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Hot-weather camping →Picking a spot →All field notes →
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