Peralta Canyon / Gold Canyon Dispersed Camping

Really well maintained spots, great views, nice and quiet.

Had a nice time tent camping here for 2 days in November. Some notes:

• Would recommend a vehicle with decent clearance for bad road patches, but you might be able to find an area suitable for smaller cars. 
• There were sometimes loud ATV/UTV riders along the road, especially on Friday night, but it wasn't horrible. Some trash around. Only critters we had trouble with were people's dogs, but we always put away our food/trash at night. 
• Decent tree/shrub coverage for doing your business. Not a bad idea to bring tweezers since there's a lot of cacti.
• Nice views and close to Peralta Regional Park, which has hiking trails, bathrooms, and picnic areas (no water!) for a small day use fee.
• Somewhat windy, could get chilly. Low elevation so it's not bad. Not much shade.
• I got occasional T-Mobile service but mostly no cell service for anyone.
• There's a Water & Ice shop in Apache Junction that we found helpful to use. The Basha's in town is expensive, so I recommend stopping elsewhere for groceries/firewood.

Be considerate to campers and wildlife, please! Clean up after yourself and put out your fire completely. Have fun!

It's an easy road getting out to plenty of spots that haven't filled up at all during weekdays or weekends. Could do with some cleaning up, but that's our job as dispersed campers