Five miles down a rough gravel road off Silverbell Road, with no signage marking its location, this free BLM group site is easy to miss without GPS coordinates loaded in advance. Large boulders outline the group area, which holds roughly five to seven sites with multiple pullouts. No toilets, water, tables, fire rings, or trash cans are on-site, and cell signal is absent. There is no shade, so visits work best in cooler months. Campers interested in places to camp near BLM Land — Tucson Field Office will find several dispersed options nearby, including BLM Ironwood Forest National Monument - Pipeline Rd Dispersed camping roughly 1.4 miles east. This site suits self-sufficient campers and cyclists exploring Silverbell Road who can pack in everything they need.
Description
The Silverbell Group Camp Site is located adjacent to Silverbell Road, north of Ragged Top Mountain. It is an excellent spot for recreational camping, providing a pull-through for larger vehicles and trailers. Road conditions to the site are highly variable and sometimes require high clearance vehicles. To get there you must travel approximately eight miles on a dirt road which is not regularly maintained. Volunteers have helped enhance this site by relocating vegetation and placing boulders to guide vehicle traffic. Volunteers also help maintain the site by making sure visitors remove all their trash and maintain primitive fire pits. To access the site, visitors take the paved Silverbell Road past the small town of Red Hill to where it turns into a dirt road. From there, it is eight miles around the bends and through the washes of Silverbell Road to arrive at the site. Please follow “Leave No Trace” principles for camping, don’t destroy any vegetation, and leave the site better than you found it.
RV Road Trip Guides
Map & DirectionsBLM Silverbell Group Campsite is located in Arizona near Picacho
Coordinates
32.47359282 N
111.49795055 W
Connectivity
- T-MobileNo Coverage
- VerizonNo Coverage
- AT&T5GGood CoverageLast on 7/15/26
Connectivity
- T-MobileNo Coverage
- VerizonNo Coverage
- AT&T5GGood CoverageLast on 7/15/26
Access
- Drive-InPark next to your site
- Walk-InPark in a lot, walk to your site.
Site Types
- Tent Sites
- RV Sites
- Standard (Tent/RV)
- Group
Features
For Campers
- Alcohol
- Pets
- Fires
For Vehicles
- Big Rig Friendly
FREE established camping
Enjoy camping on government land. Limited or no services at this camping area.
PERMIT might be REQUIRED
We curate permit requirements across the US for our PRO members. Try PRO to see if BLM Silverbell Group Campsite needs a permit.
Drive Time
- 59 min from Tucson, AZ
- 1 hr 53 min from Phoenix, AZ
- 1 hr 58 min from Sierra Vista, AZ
- 2 hrs 58 min from Prescott Valley, AZ







