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The Mittry Lake Wildlife Area includes about 600 acres of water surface and 2400 acres of marsh or upland. A wide variety of vegetative and wildlife species can be found here, with a scenic backdrop of three mountain ranges. Numerous serpentine waterways connect to main lake body and make exploring by boat a unique experience. This area is jointly managed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and the Arizona Game and Fish Department.
Great views at sunset. Camping is on the rustic end of the spectrum
Great place to boondock camp. This place is very clean and very quiet at night. Lots of hiking trail to venture off on.
Crowded, rough road, few spots open when i passed thru, first week Feb 2024, pit toilets and trash dumpster available. Available open areas are parked close, very close. Several people appear to be camped long term. Kind of far from rt 95. I ended up passing on this entire area.
I did have ok att wireless service, it did cut in/out while there.
If you get a spot near the water, it would be a nice spot, though many of these spots seem to be occupied for a long period of time.
Yuma is only 25-30 minutes away.
I have a 20' TT
Such a beautiful place! It's free. You only get 10 days out of a year. The scenery is excellent. The water is wonderful and people fish out here all the time. The bathrooms were disappointing. I do not understand why people can be so destructive when given something for free. There are even dumpers down there, and for some reason still people litter. We always go by leave it better than you found it, and since we throw our trash often, we bring other trash we see instead of leaving it. I could not believe someone would absolutely trash bathrooms in a place like this though. If people can clean up after themselves we could have free stuff more often. Destroying property is what is going to get it shut down and reopened with a surcharge for every visit since they'll have to pay someone to clean up after some of the people who don't respect it.
