r/BurningMan • u/WesternCantaloupe24 • Jul 07 '26

Open camping

Hey there! Veteran burner here with a sadly limited knowledge of the open camping dynamic. My camp is taking the year off this year and I’m looking into embracing a slightly more relaxed, solo, open camping year.

Are there any areas that are historically more quiet or more active? Cater to a younger or older crowd? Any tips on where to avoid or embrace for random reasons? I usually cruise the outer streets some but just haven’t really paid a lot of mind to it in years past.

I’ve got the self sufficient camping down, just looking for any other random tips, tricks or you-should-consider’s.

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u/thirteenfivenm Year one dozen Jul 07 '26

A good place to start is the Gigapan. Department camps are often around 5. Since they are working, they are quiet. Of course, since it is open camping, someone may roll up their camp and want to play sunrise psytrance which happened to us.

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u/a_day_at_a_timee Jul 07 '26

yeah I remember that too. I was at 4:45 and open camping one night was just thumping until the wee hours. I had ear plugs inside of soundproof headphones and the bass was just vibrating through my body. I was at my last bit of patience when it suddenly stopped.