Quartzsite, Arizona is a little town in the Southwest desert. It is located at the crossroads of Highway 10 between Phoenix and Los Angeles, and Highway 95 between Lake Havasu City and Yuma.
Its history shows that this area was always a gathering place for pioneers on their way to the rich gold fields in California, way station and hub of activity for travelers going in every direction.
Quartzsite is known these days as a gathering place of a different kind. In the hot summer months, it is a place where weary travelers can make a stop for food, lodging, fueling, and shopping on the way to places east, west, north and south.
The summer temperatures here get to be in the 100’s and up, and Quartzsite is just another sleepy town in the south of the desert.
In the winter months, when the temperatures are often in the 70s most of the time, the town turns into one of the biggest gatherings of people in the country. Over one million visitors, some of them called “snowbirds” because they migrate here from the northern climates, converge on Quartzsite in the winter.
Quartzsite hosts thousands of vendors at its famous indoor and outdoor swap meets, where shoppers can find anything and everything they could possibly want to buy. You can shop till you drop.
Come and visit us...
Quartzsite annually hosts more than a million and half visitors to this area; most of them have been coming here for many years. Our “snowbirds” and winter visitors come from all over the world. You can be as active or as sedentary as you want to be while you are visiting our desert region. You can fill your days with activities, or just sit back and enjoy the beautiful scenery. You can be in the midst of the wonderful pandemonium that the winter “season” brings, or you can just be out somewhere in the surrounding desert by yourself.
Whatever your choice, the Town of Quartzsite and its business community welcome you to visit and stay as long as you like. Visit our Business Chamber of Commerce office at 110 W. Main Street, just across from the main post office and we will be happy to provide you with any information you require. We want you to enjoy our town and businesses, and will do all we can to make your stay a happy one. You may decide to come back again and again – Quartzsite has a way of growing on you!!! |
