Quartzsite is located at the junction of Interstate 10 and US Highway 95 in the southwest corner of Arizona and is just 17 miles from the California border. The town is 22 miles from Blythe, California; 74 miles from Lake Havasu City, Arizona; 125 miles from Phoenix and 214 miles from Las Vegas. According to the 2010 census, the population of full time residents in Quartzsite was 3,677, but thanks to warm weather, the winter months boom with an influx of more than 2 million snowbirds and travelers every year.

Quartzsite has become a mecca to visitors and exhibitors for rocks, gems, mineral specimens and fossils during the town's famous two-month-long gem show and swap meet every January and February.  Over the last 30+ years, the "Quartzsite Sports, Vacation & RV " has become one of the "must-see" events for the RVing public and one of the "must-do" events for the RV industry. The Quartzsite RV Show is the largest gathering of RVs and RVers on the planet. The show boasts hundreds of vendors selling a vast array of RV related products and services.

Only 17 miles west of Quartzsite, the Colorado River offers visitors a variety of water sports ranging from fishing to speed boat racing.  Campgrounds, mobile home parks and other overnight accommodations are available along the river and in the Quartzsite area. A rock hunter's paradise surrounds Quartzsite with agates, limonite cubes, gold and quartz being just a few.

Thousands of RVers head to Quartzsite, Arizona, to spend their winters RVing off-grid. There are 70 plus RV parks and federal campgrounds to chose from. Many come to the Arizona desert to set up camp in dispersed camping areas managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and often live off-grid (known as boondocking) without hookups to utilities, water or sewer for three to six months.

A six month permit costs less than a week at a moderate private campground. The 14-day areas are free while the long term camping areas offer an unbelievably low seasonal rate. The term "boondocking," when used by the RVing community, refers to camping off the grid in remote areas far from the comforts of civilization. Usually done in dispersed camping areas without designated campsites, boondockers do not have utility, water or sewer hookups. What they do have is lots of space, unlimited views and a closeness to nature that is hard to beat. Boondocking is a whole different world that many have come to love.

In Quartzsite, you can get groceries in a couple of local grocery stores and Quartzsite has a Love's Truck/Auto Center, a Pilot Truck Center, Dairy Queen and Subway Restaurants, McDonald's, Burger King, Woodys/Mobil and the Quartzsite Post Office.

Quartzsite officers a broad range of community facilities including the Quartzsite Post Office, an 80-acred town park with water-feature and skateboard park, ball field, volleyball and basketball, playgrounds, horse-shoe pits, and remote control flying site; Celia's Rainbow Gardens, a senior citizens hall, recreation centers, a public library and museum, one 27-hole par 3 desert golf course.  There is a medical center staffed (four) year-round, and two medical centers staffed by four doctors from fall to spring with reduced staff during the summer.  A medivac heliport is located at the Quartzsite Fire Department with 24-hour EMT service.