Show Low Lake Campground, near Lakeside, Arizona, is a fantastic spot for those looking to enjoy the great outdoors while still having access to town amenities. With its spacious sites and a friendly atmosphere, it’s a solid choice for both tent campers and RV enthusiasts.

This campground is open year-round and features essential amenities like drinking water, electric hookups, and clean restrooms. Campers have praised the cleanliness of the facilities, with one visitor noting, “The bathrooms are always clean and the showers are hot.” You’ll find picnic tables at each site, perfect for enjoying meals outdoors, and fire rings for cozy campfire evenings.

Located right next to Show Low Lake, the campground offers plenty of opportunities for fishing, swimming, and hiking. There’s a scenic biking and hiking trail around the lake that many visitors love to explore. If you’re lucky, you might even spot some local wildlife while you’re out and about.

While weekends can get busy, especially during holidays, many campers appreciate the peaceful vibe during the weekdays. As one reviewer put it, “This campground was really nice and quiet on the weekdays.” Whether you're here for a quick getaway or a longer stay, Show Low Lake Campground has a lot to offer for a memorable camping experience.

Head to the heart of the White Mountains, Show Low Lake Campground! Nestled in the town of Show Low, Arizona, experience all the outdoor fun of camping in the woods with shopping and entertainment just minutes away.

At 6,500 feet elevation, Show Low Lake campground surrounds a stunning 100 acre lake. The tree studded grounds are open year round offering 75 camping sites, some with electric hook-ups, as well as dump station, restrooms, shower facilities (seasonal), day use picnic ramadas, and playground. A small convenience store (seasonal) offers up bait, tackle, boat rentals, drinks and snacks. 

Show Low Lake Campground

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Cute little Campground literally on the edge of town. If you look in one direction you'll see the apartment buildings about a quarter mile away (you can see it in the video). Each "Loop" has about 4 to 6 spots and a hauled water dispenser with a faucet. There is a men's and women's bathroom for each Loop and a set of bear boxes. The bathrooms have wooden barn looking doors and a 5 gallon bucket in the corner for trash. Each campsite has a picnic table, a standing Grill, and a metal fire pit with Grill. Less than a quarter-mile away there is a canyon so if you have little ones you may want to pick your spot accordingly. The plus side to the canyon is there were people parked near the boat dock that had hiked down it to fish. Some campsites are pull in and some are pull through. A lot had reserved tags but there were still plenty open. There is a lake probably half a mile walk to where you can fish. Otherwise you can drive to it and park fairly close to the dock.

RIGHT on the edge of town. 

This is by far my favorite lake campground and one of my top 3 overall campgrounds. The camping spots are large and clean. The bathrooms are always clean and the showers are hot. There is a biking/hiking trail around the lake that we love to spend time on. You can fish too. Plenty of bird and wildlife watching. We love to take our canoe and hang out on the lake. It has a remote feel, but is close enough to a Walmart in case you need supplies and an urgent care in case of emergency. It's definitely worth the cost of camping here.

Amazing lake camping!

This campground was really nice and quiet on the weekdays. I left on Sat morning, and Friday night it was hopping and crowded (It was also Fathers day weekend). Most of the electric sites are really big and private. Lots of trees to block camper other campers. On the downside there was only 1 flush toilet bathroom for one side of the campground. There were more flush toilets and showers by the registration office, but they were locked in the evening/night.

Weekday Heaven

First time here, the hosts were nice and let us reserve a spot for the weekend but only because we showed up in person. 

The spots were clean, some with shade and some out in the open. We stayed across the road in the second camping loop and they only allow RV’s in this side, no tents. There are no hookups at all on this second loop, but you can fill fresh water from over near the dump station.

Short walk to the lake for swimming and/or fishing. They stock the lake and the creek behind it with trout.

Close to town!

On our way to NM from CA and needed a site for the night. Boy did we get lucky! Gorgeous views of the lake which was a close walk, very clean sites, and staff who went above and beyond when we called to book on the same day. We’ll go out of our way to make it back to this excellent campground. Thanks for everything!

Great place with great people 

Great people working there, seemed quiet until our neighbor turned on the construction site generator for 4.5 hours. 
Weekends are very busy, but noisy which is ok if you don’t mind motorcycles and generators. We were looking for quiet this trip so we only stayed one day. 


Nice campground 

For the cleanliness, this campground should get 5 stars. The people who work there clean the bathrooms throughout the day so they’re always nice. The camp spots are good sized and as private as they can be with being as close as they are. Overall, we were really impressed here! 

Clean, comfortable campground 

We made the mistake of visiting here on a holiday weekend.  At other times I suspect this is a decent place, but this particular weekend was chaos and everything was broken/dirty.  Trash overflowing.  Bathrooms with super long wait times (hour or more). They don't have enough facilities for the number of campsites (since it's dry camping).

Good to do once....

Good place

Awesome Low key campground that's next to Show Low Lake. 30 amp service in some spots, no water or sewage but there is a dump station and water fill station on premises. Open all year and is plowed when it snows. 

Feel Iike you're camping in the forest

Excellent place to camp. If you want to feel like camping in the forest and having access to the towns amenities this is the place. The hosts are incredible. 

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