Casitas for rent in SPM parque national

Hi all,

Those of you who have been up to the park during recent years have probably noted the cool wood cabin/casitas right at the park entrance. Well its been quite a while coming for them to be ready to rent but ready they are!!

We had a chance to check one out with the park staff and they are quite nice!!

So attached is a poster with info and prices. They were full up when we were up in the park doing volunteer work (showing visitors the night sky with my scope-- had about 100 people sat night) for semana santa!

If you've never been there, go, it's a real treat. The casitas sound great! And the camping is also really good. I was there in 04 and my friend and I were the only people there besides the one park employee. Great place to hike. From certain spots you can see the SOC which is cool. I was there in Sept. and the weather was nice. Just wanted to post a few photos for those of you that haven't been there before.










[Edited on 4-14-2012 by goldhuntress]

Heat...

Velly funny. I mean this kind of heat:



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I just returned from five days camping in the San Pedro Mártir with Pili my corgi who just loves the place. I was shown around the cabañas by the very friendly and helpful park rangers.

However, I preferred to camp and was all alone for four nights. Last Saturday two big groups arrived, one a church group and the other from the Scouts. They filled the cabins and the adjacent campgrounds and it was actually kind of fun and charming listening to their distant singing and campfire activities. The staff did a super job hosting so many folks, over 100, and restoring the camping area to its near pristine beauty the day after they departed.

But unless you have special permission, it seems camping is now restricted to the area around the park entrance.

Most campsites have tables, benches, grills, trash bins, fire pits, and well maintained "composting" toilets.

It was surprisingly warm for April. I’ve been in the park in June and had my water freeze, but on this trip the temps never dropped below 35-40 degrees at night. Even so I had to keep the corgi snug in her sleeping basket.

We hiked a lot with no rattlesnake worries at that elevation –but I saw two on the road driving up - and saw several coyotes and dozens of deer.

We’d work up a good sweat and were glad for a rest in the shade, or in Pili’s case a cooling roll on a lingering patch of snow and a little icy treat.

There are a couple of new observation towers close to the park entrance. The furthest is about a two mile hike and you have a great view of the park and of course Picacho Diablo towering over everything.

And Pili enjoyed dashing across the meadows beneath the domes of the observatory.

The staff at the park really appreciated Mike’s volunteering with his telescope and sharing with the visitors the wonders of astronomy. It was obviously a big hit with the Easter crowd.

There’s also a new visitor’s center due to open shortly with lots of information and exhibits about the San Pedro Mártir.

GREAT photos Graham!!!

Hi Mike,



Drove by the road leading to Baja Dark Skies and wished I had time to visit and see again your wonderful place. In fact one of the rattlers I saw was right there on the road outside the gate.




I don't remember seeing any cattle at Tasajera but I did spot one or two in the Vallecitos meadow... trying to blend in with the local wildlife.




I recall when I was in the park for the summer of 2001, the then park director wanted the cattle out for the reasons you mentioned and he was explaining to me the delicate politics involved in persuading the ranch families whose cattle had been migrating to the park every summer for 100 years.