Established Camping
Burro Creek Campground
Burro Creek Campground, near Kingman, Arizona, is a peaceful spot that offers a nice escape from the hustle and bustle. With its quiet surroundings and easy access, it’s a solid choice for those looking to unwind and enjoy nature.
This campground features well-maintained restrooms and drinking water, which campers appreciate. Many visitors have noted the clean facilities and the friendly camp host on site, making it a comfortable place to stay. As one camper put it, “The site was very spacious and the campground nice and quiet, clean and well kept.”
For outdoor enthusiasts, there’s plenty to explore nearby. The area is great for hiking, rock hounding, and wildlife watching, with beavers and even rattlesnakes making appearances in the warmer months. Plus, the scenic Burro Creek runs right next to the campground, adding to the natural beauty of the location.
While some sites are reservable, many are available on a first-come, first-served basis, so it’s wise to arrive early. Campers have mentioned that the sites are generally level and spacious enough for larger rigs, making it easy to set up camp. Whether you’re just passing through or planning a weekend getaway, Burro Creek Campground offers a relaxing retreat in the Arizona desert.
Description
Bureau of Land Management
Kingman Field Office
Overview
The Burro Creek Campground (1,960 elevation) is situated along the 57 mile Burro Creek in a transition zone between the upper reaches of the scenic Sonoran Desert and lower reaches of the scenic Mojave Desert. The campground offers visitors a variety of scenery including saguaro-studded cliffs along steep canyon walls that contrast Burro Creeks dense vegetation and flowing waters that form deep pools of water just adjacent to the campground.
Recreation
To enhance the visitor experience, the campground features a Watchable Wildlife Exhibit and an Interpretive Desert Garden as well as access to Burro Creek via hiking trails from the campground. The creek offers opportunities for rockhounding, wading, and wildlife viewing especially for birding with a wide-array of raptors and other species of birds. Sites 7, 8, and 9 are best for bird watching.
Natural Features
The campground scenery features an adjacent canyon carved by the flow of Burro Creek with other mountains and mesas visible in the background as well as a diverse Sonoran desert plant community including saguaros, a variety of cholla and barrel cacti, creosote bushes, Palo Verde trees, and catclaw. Nearby, on the banks of Burro Creek, visitors will also see willow and cottonwood trees as well as a wide-variety of riparian shrubs. Wildlife is frequent in the campground and include occasional sightings of desert bighorn sheep on the cliffs above Burro Creek and a variety of birds including cactus wren, Gambels quail, Gila woodpecker, great horned owl, great blue heron, Vermilion flycatcher, and cliff swallow to name a few. Javelina, raccoons, coyotes, and foxes have been known to use the area as the creek serves an important role in the harsh desert environment.
Nearby Attractions
The public lands surrounding the Burro Creek Campground are readily available for visitors interested in sightseeing via use of a four-wheel drive vehicle along county-maintained dirt roads. These roads wind through a variety of interesting geologic scenery combined with unique vegetative communities including Sonoran and Mojave deserts intermingled with areas of interior chaparral and pinyon-juniper woodlands. County roads are maintained regularly, but it is always a good idea to check with the local BLM office prior to planning your trip as well as exercising caution when travelling on any of these unimproved dirt roads as visitors travel at their own risk. The area, while desolate during the warm summer months, gives way to cooler temperatures from October through April annually and provides exceptional opportunities for hunting, off-highway vehicle use, wildlife watching, photography, sightseeing, and a variety of other dispersed recreational opportunities. Depending upon winter and spring precipitation, the area surrounding the Burro Creek Campground provides visitors with excellent spring wildflower displays March through May.
Charges & Cancellations
Recreation.gov Reservation Cancellations & Changes Cancelling a Reservation: Customers may cancel their reservation prior to arrival both on-line and through the call center. A $10 service fee will be withheld from any refund for a cancellation. Depending on when you cancel in relation to your arrival day, it may be considered a late cancellation (see below). Recreation.gov Late Cancellations or Cancellations within the Cut-off Window Individual Campsites: A customer who cancels a reservation the day before or on the day of arrival will pay a $10.00 service fee AND forfeit the first night's use fee (not to exceed the total paid for the original reservation). Cancellations for a one-night reservation will forfeit the entire amount paid and will not be subject to an additional service fee. Group Facility (including Cabins and Lookouts): Customers who cancel a group overnight facility reservation less than 14 days before the arrival date will pay a $10.00 service fee AND forfeit the first night's use fee. Recreation.gov No-Shows -Overnight and Day-Use Facilities: A no-show customer is one who does not arrive at a campground and does not cancel the reservation by check-out time on the day after the scheduled arrival date (or for day-use facilities, by check-in time the day of arrival). Staff will hold a campsite until check-out time on the day following the arrival date and will hold group day-use facilities until check-in time on the arrival date. -No-shows are assessed $20.00 service fee and forfeit the first nights recreation fee.
Fee Info
The Burro Creek Campground has started accepting reservations for the group site, sites 7 & 9, and 10-17. Please check recreation.gov through the link on this page prior to arriving at the campground to understand the reservation process. Reservations must be made at least 7 days in advance of your arrival at the site. Sites 1-6, 8, and 18-23 will not be impacted by this change and remain available on a first-come first-serve basis. Please visit recreation.gov here to make a reservation or to check availability of sites that are reservable.
Location
Burro Creek Campground is located in Arizona
Directions
The Burro Creek Recreation Site is located 60 miles northwest of Wickenburg on Highway 93. From Kingman, AZ: Travel east 17 miles on Interstate 40, then south 53 miles on Highway 93. The recreation site turnoff is one mile south of Burro Creek Bridge. From the signed turnoff, continue 1.5 miles to the recreation site via the paved access road. From Phoenix, AZ: Travel north on the U.S. 60 towards Wickenburg. At the first roundabout in Wickenburg veer right onto Highway 93 and proceed north towards Kingman for 59 miles until reaching the signed turnoff for the Burro Creek Campground, continue 1.5 miles to the recreation site via the paved access road.
Address
2755 MISSION BLVD.
Kingman, AZ 86401
Coordinates
34.53605 N
113.45188 W
Access
- Drive-InPark next to your site
- Walk-InPark in a lot, walk to your site.
- Hike-InBackcountry sites.
Stay Connected
- WiFiGood
- VerizonPoor
- AT&TUnknown
- T-MobileGood
Site Types
- Tent Sites
- RV Sites
- Standard (Tent/RV)
- Group
Features
For Campers
- Trash
- Phone Service
- Reservable
- Drinking Water
- Toilets
- Alcohol
- Pets
For Vehicles
- Sanitary Dump
- Big Rig Friendly
