Kehl Springs Campground

A bit far off the main road, but green and cool for a hot July.  The site was immaculate and the bathrooms actually smelled good. The camp host, John,  was friendly, respectful and knowledgeable.  The area was peaceful except for a few passing vehicles that did slow as directed by the main road.  We had such a great experience.

Nice sites for individual or group camping. Well maintained and cleaned bathrooms. Well-groomed sites with fire rings and picnic table. Easy access to surrounding areas. Only problem is the proximity to the road with a lot of ATV/UTV and general traffic who seldom follow the speed restrictions. This leads to a lot of dust and the potential for it being blown across your site. Many of these riders stop to use the vault toilets on the site but typically not much of an issue

Bathrooms were super clean. Host was very knowledgeable and friendly. Some spots are pretty close to the road. Great hiking trails around. Close to potato lake

We're from Phoenix so it was good to be nestled among the trees and feel the spirits of the woods. The road is difficult depending on your vehicle and narrow so you have to pull over for passing vehicles. Also work trucks were constantly going back and forth when we were there. A number of people just pulled their campers off the roads rather than being in official sites. We weren't able to have a fire due to restrictions sadly, though other campers ignored the signs, but otherwise the facilities were adequate and the environment lovely. We camped mid-week hoping to avoid people, but there were still a family or two and more coming in as we were leaving.

Enjoyable site! Despite evidence nearby of past burning (plenty of dead trees), Kehl Springs campground is situated in a healthy stand of mature ponderosa next to a small meadow, which is fed by the slightly stagnant spring (bonus: I spotted a western tanager there during our visit). Each camping site has a small gravel horseshoe"driveway" for your car, with a picnic table and metal fire pit. Keep in mind there's no concrete pad for an RV, if you have one, and no running water onsite. The onsite vault toilets were the cleanest I've ever seen, anywhere, and the campground was pretty quiet, despite being almost totally full.
Here's the link to the Forest Service's informational page on the campground: https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/coconino/recarea/?recid=54916
The informational page currently notes that no fees are required at this site, but in the "on" season, it's actually $8, cash only.

Kehl is on top of the rim not below. Great campground.

A lot of traffic on 300 but it never bothered me. Small but very very nice campground. Love the area for Boondocking too.

Beautiful forest and close to the cute towns of Pine and Strawberry. It's also close to Tonto Natural Bridge. May have to drive some rough roads to get there.

Peaceful and quiet campground. Bit of a trek up 300/Rim Road, but well worth it. Just ten minutes past the campground are great views over looking Mogollon Rim. Decent bathrooms, no water so stock up. No cell service at the campground but up at the Rim you'll get a tad of service. Over all great place if you kinda want to be off grid.