New River State Trust Land | AZ Boondocking (Permanently Closed)

In three years of boondocking near Arizona for the winter, this was probably the best area we have found. We used this area as a home base and hoped around every few weeks to visit other areas, then coming back to this area. It is about 15 min from the Happy Valley area in Peoria. We were also very close to Anthem which had a phenomenal park, playground, and skatepark. We had great cell coverage, plenty of space, frequent hot air balloons flying overhead, and wild donkeys. We also had several visitors come to camp with us too. We will be back here for sure.

This land has been purchased by the city of Peoria and will eventually be developed. Many clamied it had been closed due to people abusing in and that could be part of the issue as the last few times we stayed we noticed a lot of trash and abandoned trailers. Our last visit was Dec 2024. It was officially closed in April, 2025.

AZ State Trust Land Map: http://gis.azland.gov/webapps/parcel/

AT A GLANCE

• Location: 33.85506, -112.20376

• Length We Stayed: off and on, 3 months around the area

• Solitude: Other rigs but plenty of space

• Services: None

• T-Mobile Coverage: Excellent

• AT&T Coverage: Excellent

• Time of year we stayed: Jan to Apr

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