Patagonia Lake State Park Boat-In Campsites are located near Nogales, AZ, offering a setting surrounded by desert terrain and a lake. Temperatures range from 40°F in winter to 90°F in summer. Nearby attractions include Patagonia Lake for boating and fishing, as well as the Sonoita Creek State Natural Area for hiking and wildlife viewing.

Patagonia Lake State Park Boat-In Campsites

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Rio Rico

The Best Camping Near Rio Rico, Arizona

Even when it's busy, it's not overwhelmingly so. Visit the beach, walk the bridge, rent a boat, or fish the lake during your camping trip. I love this place. Different ambiance than most AZ lakes. Plenty of RV parking or for tent campers preferring privacy, make sure to book a boat-in site. If you book early enough, you can snag site 38! It's technically a boat-in site but you can park in the parking lot and walk a short distance down the stairs to your own private little area. Of course, you'll have passersby looking for a great fishing spot or just walking the lake but otherwise this is your best bet for privacy without actually having a boat. Bathrooms and showers have always been clean during my trips. Convenient store always had necessities and ice cream cones to top it off. There is cell phone service but check your roaming! At times service providers will detect your in Mexico! I love this place.

Perfect Little Oasis  in the Southwest

We have camped here for probably close to 20 years. Always at a boat in site because there is very little privacy in the main tent camping area. At a Boat site you, the kids and the dog can all be loud. It’s a small lake but worth the drive to escape the heat to fish, float, boat, hike or hang out at the camp. Has a small marina with rentals.  Hot as hell in the summer but the water is there. Watch out for ants, they are everywhere.

Nice escape, nice drive

When we arrived I wish the park rangers would have been more Informative on where to park, boat ramps, FIREWOOD, things to help out people who have never been. We had a great campsite that we boated to and camped which we loved. Company wasn’t as friendly as expected people would come in and fish right at our campsite, we didn’t mind but just be prepared people are not as warm and inviting to a simple hello. I wish when we arrived that the site was cleaned up. Trash was over full the table was extremely dirty and the fire pit was filled with so much ash we had to shovel it out just to utilize the pit. I get it but dang we paid over $65 dollars to camp for a dirty site not my favorite but it was beautiful! 
It’s a busy lake so be sure to book ahead best of luck. Bring your own wood because you can’t collect wood at the sites which we found out. Oops. Also hope your prepared to have company we had a couple of cows and a bull at our site and scared the crap out of us and the dogs had a hard time sleeping. To be honest Mo (which I named our cow) made things interesting through the night. Great memories. 

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