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There isn't really any place to camp at Old Inspiration. Maybe a spot for someone like
me who ultra-stealths camp at times when going solo. You'd be snuggling under a tree.
East of there you can camp anywhere up to the bridge. When I picked up permit
two weekends ago now for Pohono I said I was going to camp at Dewey.
The ranger was adamant about not being allowed to camp anywhere near Glacier Pt.
I personally feel this is stupid when the road is still closed... but I abided.
I day hiked to what I think was Old Inspiration Point last evening. One set of campers had already set up camp and a second couple was about to pitch their tent. Am I confused about old vs. new Inspiration Point? This was a fairly open area with a visible old paved road.
"open area with a visible old paved road" ?
Then you weren't at Old Inspiration Point, you were at Inspiration Point.
It's very confusing! There's 3 Inspiration Points, at least one of them Old. And it kinda depends on who you're talking to and what map you're looking at.
) The old road, before the tunnel was there had a pullout and vista point called "Inspiration Point". This is where you saw the illegally camping campers. ( I don't think you're supposed to camp there! )
) Nowadays you have the new road with the tunnel. Where the road exits the tunnel has a couple of names. The most common ones are "Discovery View", "Tunnel View", and for some people "Inspiration Point". The old road's "Inspiration Point" is a short hike up Pohono trail. I guess some people might call this old "Inspiration Point".
) Looking at the topo maps you'll see a couple of miles up Pohono trail a place off trail called "Old Inspiration Point". There's not a trail to it, you have to bushwack your way there.
Look at the topo map here. This might make it clearer.
Topo map of Discovery View, Inspiration Point, and Old Inspiration PointEdited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/15/2011 02:04AM by qumqats.