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I'm trying to do my first find-it-myself, boondocking in the Coronado NFS area around Safford, AZ. I even used Google Earth to look at it and THINK it's okay.

BUT, I just turned onto hwy 366 that goes into the area and they have BIG warning signs that no vehicle over 40' should continue on. I pulled over into the turn-around area to look at everything again. My total length is over 40' BUT, that's motorhome/car combined. Are they talking per single vehicle? (Yeah, dumb question...but you never know till you ask..)

I'll be online a bit longer, it's already 2pm and I need to either continue inward or turn around and head to Wal-Mart or the Casino outside Globe.

Thanks for any help!

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Donna,
If it's not too far to where you're planning to stay and if it's not too much trouble to unhook the car & hook back up in order to drive the car to your spot and back, that's usually the best way to know for sure. Sometimes it's more of a recommendation than anything, but it pays to be safe. For example, there's a road in Big Bend with a big warning sign for vehicles over 30' (or something like that) and we saw a 45' tour bus at the other end of it!

Since your tow bar lets you "bend" it probably wouldn't be a problem, but don't let us get you into trouble!

Brenda & Roger

When in doubt, check it out. I think you'll be okay, but it would be a good idea to unhook the car and drive in first to be sure.

Thanks folks....I lucked upon a local bicyclist and he warned me away. Said it's one of the twistiest roads around...many, many 10-15mph hairpins upon hairpins. I took a few photos and headed into town.

Soooo...I headed to the Wal-Mart in Safford where there was supposed to be overnight parking. Being Friday it was busy-busy-buys. I tried two spots..that was when I noticed the No Overnight Parking signs. Since it was only 3pm rather than try to find out if that was true, I opted to head to Globe where I am now dry camping (free - the RV Park dry camp, $5 night, was full).

Live & learn....LOL! Thanks again....

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Not sure how it compares to Google earth but Google maps with the satellite photo option are a wonderful way to preview your route. Aside from corners and such that might prove to be a problem at larger zoom levels you can tell pavement from gravel.

A bit of cloud cover on some of the road and the eastern end isn't available at high resolution:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=az+366...55,0.011351&t=h&z=17