Barry M. Goldwater Range/Cabeza Prieta NWR, AZ A special permit is needed to visit this area in southwestern Arizona. If you like solitude, rugged desert hiking and camping, this is a great place. The permit procedures have been revised in 1999 and the regulations and forms have been reproduced here. The forms here are all you need to get a permit. Print out and read 1. then print out 2. and send one in for each person in your group with an S.A.S.E. After receiving permits call 1(877) 226-7010 for authorization for your trip. Print out 3, 4, 5, and 6 to acquaint yourself with Range regulations. Note: a four-wheel drive vehicle is required to visit. New for 2014: Send in a photocopy of your driver's license for signature verification.
1. Obtaining a Range permit. One page form letter that tells you what to do to get a permit.
2. Hold harmless agreement needed to enter the Refuge. Fill out this form and send in for permit good for one year. This document should be printed double-sided on one sheet of paper. Send in after all spaces have been filled out to receive a permit number. (Note: this document is in Adobe Acrobat form)
3. Common questions. One page note with answers to basic questions about the Ranges.
4. Where to obtain permits. A list of the five agencies where you can get a permit.
7. Camino del Diablo Brochure. An older pamphlet on the historic trail through Cabeza Prieta area.
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Historical articles relating to Cabeza Prieta and the Camino del Diablo from
Desert Magazine. Note: These are also pdf files requiring Acrobat Reader.
A-10 Crash Ruled a Suicide, article from Aviation Week & Space Technology, Nov. 3, 1997
"Cooperative Cleanup in Desert Wilderness" by Tom Buckley and Sid Slone, From Refuge Update, January/February, 2013. Article describes recent efforts removing 31 abandoned vehicles from the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.