Things to Do in Quartzsite
Desert history at Hi Jolly’s Tomb and the Quartzsite Museum, Palm Canyon in the Kofa refuge and miles of OHV trails on the Arizona Peace Trail. Each guide covers hours, admission, time needed and RV parking.
Quartzsite, Arizona · Things to do
Guides
6 guides
Hours, fees & tips
Free to visit
4 of 6
Admission is on each guide
Elevation
876 ft
Around the area
Best time
Oct–Apr
For getting out and about
Updated October 31, 2026 · Each guide covers hours, admission and RV parking
What to do
Things to do in Quartzsite
Each guide covers hours, admission, time needed, RV parking and what’s nearby.
Arizona Peace Trail
A signed off-road loop of 675-plus miles across western Arizona’s deserts and mountains, with a staging area right in Quartzsite.
Gunny’s Military Museum
A small military museum built around a retired Marine’s collection of uniforms, insignia and memorabilia, on the grounds of his RV park on the west side of town.
Hi Jolly’s Tomb
A stone pyramid with a metal camel on top marks the grave of Hadji Ali, the U.S. Army camel driver everyone called Hi Jolly, in Quartzsite’s old cemetery.
Palm Canyon Trail
A short, rocky trail into a volcanic canyon in the Kofa Mountains, where a hidden grove of California fan palms, possibly Arizona’s only native palms, grows in a side canyon.
Quartzsite Museum
A free history museum in Charles Tyson’s 1866 adobe stage station, with a mine assay office, a black-light mineral display and a miniature stone village out back.
Split Rail RV Park UTV Rentals
Rent a two- or four-seat side-by-side by the half or full day from an RV park on Central Boulevard, or book a custom guided tour of the desert around Quartzsite.
Thank you to the people behind these photos. Please support them by giving their work a look. Photos: Arizona Peace Trail: BLM Arizona on Wikimedia Commons (public domain); Gunny’s Military Museum: Chris English on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0); Hi Jolly’s Tomb: sonora ortiz on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0); Quartzsite Museum: Marine 69-71 on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0); Split Rail RV Park UTV Rentals: sm85631 on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photos for Palm Canyon Trail are credited on each guide. The header photo is the Arizona Peace Trail card image.
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