## Overview

 Twin Peaks Campground is located within Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, in the heart of the Sonoran Desert. This landscape reveals a thriving community of plants, animals, and human stories that echo throughout this desert preserve, chronicling thousands of years of desert living. A scenic drive, a wilderness hike, or a night of camping will expose you to a flourishing, living desert.\_\_ 
## Recreation

 Along with photography and birding, hiking is ideal here. There is a .9 mile (1.4 km) perimeter trail around Twin Peaks Campground, and the 1.2 mile (2 km) Desert View Trail located near the group camping area. Beyond the campground area, miles of [hiking trails][1] lace Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, some easy, others more strenuous. Some of the best hiking is off the beaten trails out in the canyons with a map and compass to guide you. Always carry water and snacks, and avoid hiking during the hottest parts of the day. More detailed trail information is available in the park newspaper and in person at the Kris Eggle Visitor Center. 
## Facilities

 Twin Peaks offers both group and single campsites. Campsites are available by reservation only. Same day reservations may be available. Reservations can be made up to 6 months in advance.\_\_ Flush toilets and potable water are located within the campground.\_\_ All campsites have picnic tables and charcoal grills.\_\_ Restrooms have running water and restrooms 1,4 &amp; 5 have solar heated showers. Water may not be warm on cloudy days, or early in the morning.\_\_ Restrooms 3,4, and 6 are closed April-December.\_\_ Site numbers 71-145 are closed April-December.\_\_ Site numbers 1,7,15,17,21,178,183,187,193, and 203 have shade structures.\_\_ No hookups available for electricity, water or sewer. A dump station is located at the southern end of the campground, past the last row of tent campsites.\_\_ Generators are permitted in campsites #1-#112 from 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. only. Generators are not permitted in RV sites #113-#174, or the tent only sites, #175-#208.\_\_Generators are permitted in Group Campground sites #1 and #2 only.\_\_ RVs are not permitted in sites 175-208. Ground fires are prohibited. Raised firepits are permitted.\_\_ Twin Peaks Campground Kiosk hours are 9:30 AM-5:00 PM daily, January-April.\_\_ Kris Eggle Visitor Center hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m daily. Free Wifi is available at the visitor center.\_\_ 
## Natural Features

 Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument exhibits an extraordinary collection of plants and animals of the Sonoran Desert. This is a showcase for creatures who have adapted themselves to the extreme temperatures, intense sunlight, and little rainfall that characterize this Southwest region. Thirty-one species of cacti have mastered the art of living in this place, including the park\'s namesake and the giant saguaro. Here, the life of the Sonoran Desert is protected and allowed to flourish under nearly ideal wilderness conditions. The monument is an outstanding natural preserve where one of the Earth\'s major ecosystems survives almost unspoiled. 
## contact\_info

 For facility specific information, please call (520) 387-6849. 
## Nearby Attractions

 Lukeville Port of Entry to Mexico - approximately 5 miles (8km) to the south of the Kris Eggle Visitor Center and Twin Peaks Campground. Gas is available.\_\_ Historic Ajo, AZ - approximately 33 miles (53 km) north of Twin Peaks Campground following SR 85. Gas, restaurants, shops, and groceries are available.\_\_ 
## Charges &amp; Cancellations



[1]: https://www.nps.gov/orpi/planyourvisit/hiking.htm

Twin Peaks Campground — Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

LOVED this park and fantastic campground! I drove in for a long weekend with my 2 girls and we camped out in my minivan. This is a truly beautiful, magical and unique park. We spent 2 nights in a pull thru rv space nearbathrooms with showers! I told friends it was like camping in a desert botanical garden - we were surrounded by cacti and shrubs instead of another vehicle right on topof us.

Fall break on the Border

Saturday, March 24, 2018

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, AZ

        , I am captivated by the desert, whether it be Mohave, Great Basin, Chihuahua or our own Sonoran Desert. I love the wide open views, the sparse flora, the equally sparse and ornery fauna, the warmth and chill of a desert morning, the majesty of the saguaro or the coarse obstinance of a Joshua Tree yucca. I feel unworthy of the sheer toughness required to accept the difficulties of residing in one of the harsher environments on Earth, and yet I enjoy the benefits of a clear, cool spring evening in one of the best government operated parks available to the American people. And more than a few people are taking advantage of it.

        This park is bargain. The entrance fee is a mere ten bucks; camping is only sixteen dollars a night. If one, like I, has an old fart pass the entry fee is waived and the camping dues are halved, a bargain by even Mr. Scrooge’s estimation. Parks run by the National Park Service tend to have fewer amenities but Organ Pipe has many including flush toilets and solar showers, trash pickup, tables, grill stands, ramada shading and full RV sites, some with pull-through accommodations. Not available are cell phone service and wifi in the campground although weak wifi is sketchy but possible at the visitor center.

        One thing of note is the campsite patrol pairing, an older couple driving around in one of those odd little two-seater carts with a truck bed, policing the recently vacated campsites The woman checks out the site picking up any pieces of left-over trash while the gentleman, get this, sweeps the tent pad with a broom. I don’t know if they are paid part-time or volunteers but they do their work cheerfully and effectively and the tent pads and campsites look positively pristine. Not bad for eight bucks a night.

        I even managed to sneak in shower, yes, a shower, at one of the restrooms that has a solar shower, there being three such in the campground. It’s kind of a different experience since the solar heater doesn’t really get warmed up until midday, so earlier than that the showerer might expect to get a coolish sort of shower. Mine was tepid at best. Plus, the showers are push button for both a higher and lower shower nozzle. You push the upper button to receive about 5 seconds of shower. Several pushes are needed to get suitable wet. Lather up, push a button to rinse, then lather again, push a button to rinse, lather up, push the lower button to rinse. The lower nozzle may be for kids but works perfectly fine for washing one’s backside. All in all, it takes a bit longer to get clean but eventually gets the job done.

        The park offers desert hiking at its finest with many longer or shorter hikes through the amazing Sonora desert landscape and a teeth rattling ten mile drive to an oasis hard on the Mexican Border, Quitobaquito Spring. Quitobaquito is a miracle in the southern desert, It’s a spring fed lagoon, hard on the border of Mexico, maybe an acre in size and maybe 4 to 7 feet deep. It is fed by a spring putting out about fifty cubic feet per second of fresh water and is inhabited by various waterfowl (a squadron of coots on this day) and a population of desert pupfish, little bitty guppie-like piscines that only live in this particular pond in the dez, kind of like the pupfish that live in a small pool in Death Valley. The question have is how the hell did they get there. For further info: [https://organpipehistory.com/orpi-a-z/quitobaquito-springs-2/](https://organpipehistory.com/orpi-a-z/quitobaquito-springs-2/). It is a marvelous oasis in the desert.

        I stayed 3 nights at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and should have stayed a week. I love this park and will be back.

Great desert camping in a remote environment

We had a nice stay at this campground. The hosts and rangers were friendly, the sites and restrooms were clean and plentiful, and the park was beautiful at sunrise and sunset. The stars at night exploded in the night sky. We'd never seen so many stars.

We arrived on a Wednesday around noon, and the campground was about half full. We had plenty of sites to choose from, and we were lucky enough to find one on an end that also had a decent amount of shrubbery to provide some shade on the west side of our rig in the afternoons. It was sunny and windy, so we were happy we didn't need the shade canopy and the awning wouldn't have done much at that angle anyway. All the sites are pull-through and face west (which is strange but I guess since the time to camp here is in the winter and campers want sun). Sites have a grill (ours looked brand new), picnic table, and the rigs sit on a concrete pad. No fire ring, but they do allow fires if you bring your own portable pit that's off the ground. We filled up the Airstream with water at the dump station when we got there, and the free solar showers were nice to have. We stayed in one of the three generator-free rows. Pretty much everyone in the campground had their truck or camper hoods up and undercarriage lighting on at night to prevent packrats from setting up shop. Yuck.

Wednesday through Saturday, there is a ranger program at 7 pm in the amphitheater. These were very well done and enjoyable. We saw one on desert flora and another on space exploration.

Hiking in the park is easy to moderate, but it wasn't very exciting to us Phoenicians as it was a lot like home. Luckily home is very pretty so it wasn't a big drag. :) There's an easy one-mile loops around the campground that is nice to do first thing in the morning or at sunset.

The campground is five miles from the Mexican border, and we could hear plenty of traffic heading south on 85 to Rocky Point for spring break. Other than the occasional coyote howl, that was really the only noise as everyone else seemed to head into their campers at 8 pm, immediately after the ranger program. To be honest, the campground had the vibe of a 55+ active adult community. Everyone was friendly but we felt a little like the record scratched when we pulled in with our adolescent children. haha

Overall, we had a nice, if uneventful and even a bit boring, trip to Organ Pipe.

Nice Desert Camping

It was almost deserted when we camped there in October but in the winter months you really need a reservation.

Desert campground surrounded by beautiful, diverse types of cactus.

This park is set in such a beautiful backdrop. The sunsets are amazing. No hookups but there is a dump on your way out. Make sure you hike to the mine!

So pretty!

We feel like we found a jewel at Organ Pipe Monument. It was recommended by a fellow camper so we decided to try it out. The campground offers about 100 RV and 20 Tent only sites. It stits on a low hilltop with views of the surrounding area from many camp sites. The RV sites are level, paved and can accommodate large RVs. The sites are large and well groomed with paths to restrooms and water spigots. There are no utilities at the site but each has a table and barbeque. There are several trails leaving from the park. One highly used trail circles the entire campground providing the best views of sunrise or sunset. The cactus found in this part of the desert are amazing to see. We found something new to do everyday, the remains of a turn of the century ranch, a day trip into Mexico only a few miles south and many long and short hikes. We were there in the busy winter/spring months but found this park had space available on short notice. Too hot for us during the summer this is a great fall to spring retreat. All sites were good but we found those located near the north end of the row to be slightly larger with the best views. This park is located in a very senic desert that left plenty to explore on our next visit.

Fantastic sunsets over desert mountains

The campsite is huge with dedicated RV sites as well as tent only drive in sites all surrounded by the desert and an amazing variety of Cacti. 
Several Bathrooms, a small library exchange and great hiking options, The loop hike around the campsite is especially worth it.

The perfect desert campground

We stayed here one night over Veteran’s Day weekend and enjoyed the beautiful views, sunsets and the surprisingly cool 21-mile Ajo Mountain Drive.

Pros:
- Great bathrooms, very clean!
- At off-season, it was nearly deserted. Very nice and quiet
- Nice Visitor’s Center
- Nice tent pad sites

Cons:
- This campground is close to highway 85 and the traffic is ALWAYS audible
- No campfire rings; apparently you can have an off-ground fire pit but I saw nowhere online that that was an option
- Most campsites have zero shade. In the desert, this is a big deal for making it through the hot parts of the day, even in the fall/winter months
- In the off-season, many bathrooms were closed



Peaceful and Placid (Aside from traffic noise!)

While I have no complaints about this campground, it was nothing special either. As a tent camper, I was happy to have a few sites to pick from. There is a bit of cover between sites that almost gives the illusion of privacy, but ultimately I'd rather be somewhere much more secluded. Bathrooms were clean for how busy the campground was and the campground itself was kept up well. Picnic table, grill, and 'tent pad' at each site.  Seem like it would be a good place for RV camping rather than tent camping.

  

This campground is a nice place to stay if you are wanting to hike and explore the park. The sunset we saw was magnificent, so definitely set aside time to find a place and marvel at the days end. Stargazing was also a fantastic activity here!

  

The Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is such a unique place.  It was nice to be able to camp near enough to amongst the interesting cactus and larger than life rocks.   Definitely a park that it is fun to camp in, but I would suggest trying to get a more primitive, site in the Alamo campground if possible.

standard campground experience 

This campground is huge! The sites are well landscaped (hard to say about so many campgrounds in the desert). There is great hiking and exploring throughout and the Junior Ranger program offered badges, patches and certificates for the kids. During Covid they only had half the bathrooms open but rotated which ones from day to day. The showers were closed, however. The dump station has 2 lanes and the potable water fill and dump areas are separate allowing 4 RVs to be dumping/filling at the same time. Keep your vehicle hood up to avoid attracting pack rats. It's suggested to make reservations Dec-Mar but in November we had our choice of sites. They have an amazing map of the sites showing size which clearly outlines rv spaces and tent. The tent sites don't allow generators. No hookups for RVs but the sites allow for good solar exposure and there are water spigots all over

One of our favorites! 

This was a wonderfully refreshing stay in Early December. Reservations not required at this time, but are starting season on January 1st at recreation.gov. All sites were pull through and paved. This is a dry camp site, but there is access to get fresh water and there is a dump station that also has access to fill your fresh water tank. 

  

For those interested in cellular access, I had T-Mobile LTE coming off Mexico tower. My plan includes Free Unlimited data in Mexico

Must Visit Location

This is the most sterile and organized campground I've ever encountered, overall, it isn't my style of camping. There are plenty of RV sites with full hookups, spots are organized so it is simple to get the right size spot. If you arrive after hours, there is a list of assigned and available sites for the night. Bathrooms are full amenity and very clean. The area is remarkable however. Good for road and gravel cycling and very photogenic.

Meticulous

After spending a day in Saguaro National Park we weren’t sure if this wouldn’t just be more of the same. Wrong! Loved all the trails within this National Monument and the whole vibe of the place. Sort of like Big Bend National Park in that it’s definitely your destination due to its remote location. But well worth the trip.
Dry camping at Twin Peaks Campground within the facility was no issue with water still available even under COVID rules. We had 2 bars of LTE with Verizon most of the stay. 
Just time your stay in either early spring or late fall, otherwise the heat will be pretty overbearing. 

Awesome!

After a winter storm prevented me from using my reservation at The Big Bend the past February I was faced with a dilemma. Where could I get a a site for 2 weeks with clean toilets, a place to wash the dishes and warm weather?

  

The answer was Twin Peaks!

  

Surrounded by the beautiful Sonora Desert, with hiking trails, the nearby towns of Why and Ajo it was an oasis from the IL winter.

  

The campground has been recent rebuilt, so everything was almost brand new. The staff kept it clean and it was not crowded.

  

I was able to get a site on a First Come basis without difficulty.

  

Unfortunately, due the pandemic, the showers were closed. Washroom facilities were closed on a rotating basis, but with 25% of the sites also closed, there was never a crowd or a wait. Fresh waster was 25 ft from my site.

Almost brand new, well maintained and FF sites!

Upon arriving during Covid we weren’t sure if we were going to get a spot with a covered table, but we were able to snag one. It was so cute and well kept. Plenty of space and distance between campsites. The bathrooms were nice and clean too. 

Cute, clean, and classic

Great place to stay. No hookups so go when the weather isn't hot and you need a/c. Great 4x4 roads to explore the rugged but beautiful scenery!

One of a kind scenery 👌 in America

We've really enjoyed our two nights of tent camping at the Twin Peaks Campground. Cost is $20/night regardless if you're tent camping or RV'ing. Campground has designated tent area (some with ramadas) that adds to peaceful desert experience. Hiking trails available from campground.  Flush toilets and showers available.  All around a great experience. 

Great camping location within Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

We love it here and will be back.  It’s very clean and there are lots of opportunities for recreation including stargazing and trails. Will be back. 

Beautiful campground with amazing stars

Very quiet. Dark sky. Nice bathrooms. Huge picnic table with large covering. 

Beautiful Desert Views

We spent six days here in early March.  It was $10/night with our National Parks Pass.  All sites have a picnic table and grill.  No hook ups, but there is a dump station and water fill.  There are trash receptacles throughout the campground and several restrooms, some with solar showers.  The campground hosts do a great job keeping the campground spotless.

Several hiking trailheads are at the campground and get you up close with the desert landscape.  Great place for stargazing.  Seeing the border wall was interesting.

Smaller, pull through sites

Convenient location in the middle of the National Monument. Late Check-in was easy, camp hosts very nice and the restrooms clean and well kept.

Great location, clean and quiet

We stayed 2 nights here and it was very beautiful. Sites are close together. Lots of trails off the campground. Wish there were more that allowed pets. Had a nice visitors center and a amphitheater with evening shows. Generator hours limited but it wasn’t too hot in beginning of April. Highly recommend. 

Beautiful and Clean Campground

Get a full tank of gas before leaving Gila Bend !!!!

We had a good site looking south to the Sonoran Mountains and to the border area.

The facility is fine but the threat of packrats proved to be too much pressure; and, the lack of interpretive signage is a barrier to understanding this area.

Let's start with the rats--- the threat cannot be ignored-- or ignored at the peril of damage to your vehicle.

This area attracts hummingbirds.

A disappointment- starting with the approach to the park

Semi private sites with cactus and other desert plants between sites. Quiet except for the guy next to me listening to audio books. Pull through concrete drives. Some of the restrooms have showers. Was very nice. Not hot but warm enough. Dogs allowed on some of the trails. 

Beautiful area with showers

Clean, quiet and very easy to pull your camper in/out.
excellent hiking nearby and surrounded by pristine desert. 

A Favorite 

Organ Pipe Cactus NM is a treasure, and for a couple of working full-timers, this campground was perfect. 

  

We spent a long weekend here in site 24, which had a beautiful, unobstructed view of the sunset each night. Solar was ripping, even in February, and would be in any of the campsites. Nice picnic table and paved, level driveway made this feel a notch or two above most NPS sites. The dump station we only used once, but was looking brand new and worked perfectly. 

  

Quirk: packrats are pretty rampant here, so folks keep their hoods open and anyone who spends more than a night or two lights their undercarriage to scare the little guys away.

  

The campground is ringed by trailheads. A couple of roads give plenty of space for cyclers. It's a beautiful, beautiful spot. You're pretty far from groceries, so you'll wanna stock up before you come in.

Five stars, even after our truck burned down

Large CG but many sites are just jammed together. I had claustrophobia just driving thur a lane or two.  Never seen such a nested tight cg like this.  Went back out to free BLM dispersed where my nearest neighbor was 500 ft away.  

Big and tight! 

**General:** 208-site campground. No hookups but sections are separated into tent-only, generators allowed, and non-generator sites (which we were very happy to see!). Only four sites can accommodate RVs up to 45 feet; otherwise, there is a 40-foot limit. 

  

**Site Quality:** All are level and have generous-sized concrete/macadam pads (except for the tent sites which are all gravel). Although the sites are close together, there is ample foliage separating them. 

  

**Bath/shower house:** I never expect showers in National Park Service campgrounds so was pleasantly surprised to find showers here (in three of the restrooms). Otherwise, the restrooms were basic but clean. 

  

**Activities:** There is a.9-mile perimeter trail that allows leashed pets and the 1.3-mile Palo Verde Trail that leads to the Visitor Center from the campground. The 21-mile one-way dirt Ajo Mountain Drive is considered the most scenic area of the park but trailers, buses, and RVs over 25 feet are not permitted on this road. There are a few short hikes off of this road. You can also drive a loop around the area, but four-wheel drive is recommended. The night sky is stunning here and there is a telescope pad. The hour-long evening ranger talk was both interesting and well-attended. The Visitor Center was also a wealth of information.

  

Note: As others have mentioned, when we arrived, we were instructed to leave our hoods up to discourage the pack rats. Not a problem and we didn't see any,