Please do not drive any farther than the Mohawk-Papago Well Road!
Driving directions in this post are accurate, but you should not continue down this last stretch: "After about 0.5-mile, you will start to see some tire tracks heading off to the left towards the mountains. Follow the tracks across the gravelly plain until they peter out."
This is not a marked BMGR route and it is against the terms of your permit to drive it. You risk fines, being banned from the range, and ruining access for other hikers. The intersection of this wildcat trail and the M-PW Road (N32° 35.515' W113° 41.585') makes an excellent, legal campsite and adds only 1.2 miles with trivial elevation gain to your climb.
Per BMGR (https://www.mcasyuma.marines.mil/Portals/152/Docs/Range/Range%20Guide-Map.pdf):
"All Roads and trails authorized for travel, on this map, are marked with sign posts at their junctions. If you are traveling on an authorized road, and approach an intersection that does not contain a sign marker, DO NOT alter your course. Some roads are closed to public use. Official intersections are marked by a wooden post with an alpha-numeric designation on it. You are only authorized to travel on the roads, designated on the reverse side of this sheet, as open to the public... Cross-country and off-road travel is strictly prohibited... All roads are considered to be closed unless designated open by an official lettered/numbered 4x4 wooden intersection marker... If or when the Range Management Department determines that, the use of off-road vehicles will cause or is causing considerable adverse effects on the soil, vegetation, wildlife, wildlife habitat or cultural or historic resources of particular areas or trails of the public lands, they will immediately close such areas or trails to the type of off-road vehicles causing such effects, until such time is determined that such adverse effects have been eliminated and that measures have been implemented to prevent future recurrence."
As of January 2021, permits can be obtained completely online at https://luke.isportsman.net/. You must register an account and watch a 13-minute video, and then you will be issued a permit valid until the next June 30. You are supposed to print two copies -- one to leave on the dash of your vehicle, and the other to have on your person while out on foot. You must also check-in and check-out online when you plan to visit. You can check-in the day of, or the day before. The permit is valid for both the Marine Corps and Air Force sides of BMGR, as well as Cabeza Prieta NWR. If you enter Cabeza Prieta, you must stop at the refuge boundary and fill out an additional slip that asks for your iSportsman permit number, intended activities, vehicle information, and length of stay.
Dundeel - Mar 1, 2011 10:54 pm - Hasn't voted
Red TapeThe hours for picking up permits at Yuma MCAS are 9am to 3pm weekdays.
neutscoot - Jan 19, 2021 9:14 am - Hasn't voted
Please do not drive any farther than the Mohawk-Papago Well Road!Driving directions in this post are accurate, but you should not continue down this last stretch: "After about 0.5-mile, you will start to see some tire tracks heading off to the left towards the mountains. Follow the tracks across the gravelly plain until they peter out."
This is not a marked BMGR route and it is against the terms of your permit to drive it. You risk fines, being banned from the range, and ruining access for other hikers. The intersection of this wildcat trail and the M-PW Road (N32° 35.515' W113° 41.585') makes an excellent, legal campsite and adds only 1.2 miles with trivial elevation gain to your climb.
Per BMGR (https://www.mcasyuma.marines.mil/Portals/152/Docs/Range/Range%20Guide-Map.pdf):
"All Roads and trails authorized for travel, on this map, are marked with sign posts at their junctions. If you are traveling on an authorized road, and approach an intersection that does not contain a sign marker, DO NOT alter your course. Some roads are closed to public use. Official intersections are marked by a wooden post with an alpha-numeric designation on it. You are only authorized to travel on the roads, designated on the reverse side of this sheet, as open to the public... Cross-country and off-road travel is strictly prohibited... All roads are considered to be closed unless designated open by an official lettered/numbered 4x4 wooden intersection marker... If or when the Range Management Department determines that, the use of off-road vehicles will cause or is causing considerable adverse effects on the soil, vegetation, wildlife, wildlife habitat or cultural or historic resources of particular areas or trails of the public lands, they will immediately close such areas or trails to the type of off-road vehicles causing such effects, until such time is determined that such adverse effects have been eliminated and that measures have been implemented to prevent future recurrence."
neutscoot - Jan 19, 2021 9:23 am - Hasn't voted
Permit system has changedAs of January 2021, permits can be obtained completely online at https://luke.isportsman.net/. You must register an account and watch a 13-minute video, and then you will be issued a permit valid until the next June 30. You are supposed to print two copies -- one to leave on the dash of your vehicle, and the other to have on your person while out on foot. You must also check-in and check-out online when you plan to visit. You can check-in the day of, or the day before. The permit is valid for both the Marine Corps and Air Force sides of BMGR, as well as Cabeza Prieta NWR. If you enter Cabeza Prieta, you must stop at the refuge boundary and fill out an additional slip that asks for your iSportsman permit number, intended activities, vehicle information, and length of stay.