If you were to pick only one and don't mind a flight and a (super long) drive from Phoenix, Albuquerque or El Paso, Gila NF in New Mexico is the place to go. As

If you were to pick only one and don't mind a flight and a (super long) drive from Phoenix, Albuquerque or El Paso, Gila NF in New Mexico is the place to go. As I recall, driving along the northern fringe on route 59 I experienced probably the biggest lightless vista view I've seen in the lower 48 states, even compared to many wilderness areas in, say, Kings Canyon NP or elsewhere. This is on the other side of Gila as well: https://sites.google.com/site/cosmiccampgroundinformation/ https://sites.google.com/site/cosmiccampgroundinformation/