Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area
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Glamis Camping Areas
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Gecko Rd. - Cement Flats, Pads 1 - 5, Gecko
Campground, Keyhole, Roadrunner

Pay station is on the right, just past the ranger station. There is
a pay phone and a bathroom near there too. Garbage bins are bit past the
pay station on the left. Pads 1- 5 are marked with paint on the road (see
picture below).

- Cement
Flats - TerraServer Interactive Aerial Photos
- Cement
Flats - Google Interactive Satellite Image
- Cement
Flats - Google Earth Placemark

Cement Flats is on the left.
Ranger Station is in the middle
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Typical Gecko Road "Pad" style camping -
Hardened pads just off of Gecko Road. Pad numbers go from 1 - 5 (order:1,
1.5 (new), 2,
2.5, 3, 5, 4).

Busy weekend on Gecko Road.
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Pad 1 - Gecko Rd. - First hardened camping pad on the left.
About 1/2 mile
from Hwy 78. Pads are marked by white paint on road. Bathroom at Pay
Station. Dumpsters nearby.
- GPS: 32° 57.97 N / 115° 10.23 W

- Pad
1 Satellite Image
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Pad 1.5 - Gecko Rd. - New pad for 2006-2007 season.
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Pad 2 - Gecko Rd. - hardened camping pad on the left.
1 1/2 miles from Hwy 78.
- GPS: 32° 57.24 N / 115° 09.68 W
- Pad
2 Satellite Image
- GPS: 32° 56.52 N / 115° 08.69 W

- Pad
2.5 Satellite Image
-GPS: 32° 56.49 N / 115° 08.40 W
- Gecko
Loop - TerraServer Interactive Aerial Photos
- Gecko
Loop - Google Interactive Satellite Image


-GPS: 32° 55.92 N / 115° 08.18 W

- Pad
3 & Pad 5 Satellite Image
- GPS: 32° 55.13 N / 115° 07.28 W

- Pad
4 Satellite Image
- GPS: 32° 54.83 N / 115° 06.94 W

- Keyhole
Satellite Image
- Keyhole
Campground - Google Earth Placemark
- GPS:32° 54.68 N / 115° 07.01 W
- Roadrunner
and Keyhole Campground - TerraServer Interactive Aerial Photos
- Roadrunner
Campground Satellite Image
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Canal - Hwy 78 before Gecko Rd.
- Canal
Turnoff & Camping Satellite Image
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Osborne Overlook - Hwy 78 between Gecko Rd. and Glamis
Beach Store (3.8 miles west of Glamis Beach Store). Closed on holiday
weekends (now used as BLM "command" center). Small camping
area. Great access to big bowls. Dedicated to Hugh T. Osborne. No
bathrooms or dumpsters.
- GPS: 32° 59.01 N / 115° 07.96 W
- Osborne
Overlook - TerraServer Interactive Aerial Photos
- Osborne
Overlook - Google Interactive Satellite Image
- BLM Pay Station
- GPS: 32° 59.55 N / 115° 04.59 W

- Glamis
Flats - TerraServer Interactive Aerial Photos
- Glamis
Flats (vendor area) - Google Interactive Satellite Image
- Glamis
Flats - Google Earth Placemark

President's Weekend 2005 - Line leaving the washes:
Wash Rd. Aerial Pictures
- Wash
Road - Google Interactive Satellite Image
- More
Vault Toilets to be added at the ISDRA
- Wash 4, 6 & 10
Other Points of Interest
- GPS: 32° 59.14 N / 115° 02.06 W
- Boardmanville
Photo Gallery - DuneBuggy.com
- Boardmanville
- TerraServer Interactive Aerial Photos
- Boardmanville
- Google Interactive Satellite Photos
- GPS: 32° 56.65 N / 115° 04.82 W

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Cahuilla Ranger Station - Gecko Rd.
- GPS: 32° 58.44 N / 115° 10.30 W
- BLM Pay Station
- Ranger
Station - TerraServer Interactive Aerial Photos
- Ranger
Station - Google Interactive Satellite Photos
Cahuilla Ranger Station Phone: 760-344-3919
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China Wall
- GPS: 32° 54.48 N / 115° 02.19 W


- Comp
Hill Satellite Image
- Competition
Hill - Google Earth Placemark
- GPS: 32° 59.76 N / 115° 04.37W
- Glamis
Store - TerraServer Interactive Aerial Photos
- Glamis
Beach Store - Google Interactive Satellite Image
- Glamis Beach
Store - Google Earth Placemark


- GPS: 32° 57.77 N / 115° 05.96 W
- Oldsmobile
Live Video Feed - GlamisWeather.com
- Oldsmobile
Hill Satellite Image
- Oldsmobile
Hill - Google Earth Placemark







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Directions to Glamis:
Map
of Imperial County
From Brawley - Hwy 78 east from Brawley. Gecko Rd. is the first road to
the right once inside Imperial sand Dunes Recreation Area. Ranger
Station is the building on the right. Continue on Hwy 78 past Osborne
Lookout and Glamis Flats. "Glamis" is right before the rail
road traks.
From Blythe - As you pass Blythe, look for the
California Hwy 78 exit (Neighbors Blvd.). Exit here and at the top of
the ramp turn left (South). Continue South on Hwy 78 through Ripley and Palo
Verde (~ 50 miles to Glamis). After you cross the railroad tracks, you will
see Glamis Beach Store.
Other Information

BLM pay stations:
- Gecko Rd. just past the Ranger Station
- Glamis Flats
- Wash Road

Pay Phone Locations:
- Cahuilla Ranger Station
- Glamis Beach Store

Nearest Hospital - Pioneers Memorial
Hospital, Brawley

RV Dump
and Water Fill Locations
Report Litter Bugs - 760-344-3919
Weather
Links
ATV Rental
Hotel/Motel in Brawley
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Brawley Inn
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Townhouse Lodge Motel
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Travel Inn
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Desert Motel
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