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Canyon Lake Marina & Campground, near Tortilla Flat, Arizona, is a lively spot that offers a mix of fun and relaxation right by the water. With sites that are practically on the lake, it’s a prime location for those who love boating, kayaking, or just soaking up the sun.

The campground features picnic tables and fire pits, making it easy to enjoy meals outdoors and gather around the fire at night. Many visitors appreciate the convenience of water and electrical hookups, although it’s worth noting that there are no sewer hookups available. As one camper mentioned, “You can launch your boat and then bring it to the campsite and tie off for easy access,” which is a big plus for water lovers.

If you’re looking for activities, you’re in luck. The nearby Dolly Steamboat offers scenic cruises around the lake, and there’s a restaurant and bar at the marina for when you want to grab a bite. Just be prepared for busy weekends, as this place can get packed, especially during the summer months. Some campers have pointed out that the campground can feel a bit crowded, but the vibrant atmosphere and beautiful views make it a popular choice for families and friends looking to enjoy the great outdoors.

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Canyon Lake Marina & Campground is located in Arizona

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33.53435937 N
111.42257482 W

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  • Tent Sites
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Features

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  • ADA Access
  • Trash
  • Picnic Table
  • Firewood Available
  • Phone Service
  • Reservable
  • Showers
  • Drinking Water
  • Electric Hookups
  • Toilets
  • Alcohol
  • Pets
  • Fires

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  • Sanitary Dump
  • Sewer Hookups
  • Water Hookups
  • Pull-Through Sites
  • 50 Amp Hookups
  • Big Rig Friendly

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Reviewed Apr. 24, 2025

Beautiful site -off season

We went in November, the week of Thanksgiving. It was amazing. Had a spot right on the water. For sure take paddle boards and kayaks, there is an amazing little canyon to explore. The only downside was the birds are very friendly, you can't leave food out.

Site129
Month of VisitNovember
  • Review photo of Canyon Lake Marina & Campground by Tj R., April 24, 2025
  • Review photo of Canyon Lake Marina & Campground by Tj R., April 24, 2025
  • Review photo of Canyon Lake Marina & Campground by Tj R., April 24, 2025
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Reviewed Dec. 29, 2024

Solid overall with awesome lake access

Enjoyed our December visit to Lake Marina campsite 201. Will say campsites are close together. Awesome families close to us made it fun. Need to show up with the mindset that you will be around a lot of people. The lake access is hard to beat. Awesome to sit and watch the kids play on the beach. Can fish 30 ft from your campsite.

Site201 - Tent
Month of VisitDecember
  • Review photo of Canyon Lake Marina & Campground by Spencer A., December 29, 2024
  • Review photo of Canyon Lake Marina & Campground by Spencer A., December 29, 2024
Reviewed Jun. 3, 2024

Fun lake, weekends exceptionally busy

Been staying here off and on for over a decade. Great place to hang out with the family. Water hookup and electrical hookup. No sewer. They have a truck that will come pump your tank for a small fee. You can launch your boat and then bring to the campsite and tie off for easy access. Lots of parking available. You have to pay for extra vehicles. Dolly the Steamboat is available to ride around the lake and ticket purchase is at the marina. There is also a restaurant and bar at the marina. The campground has a mix of available sites. Day use also. Large grassy area for kids to play. Drive in can seem daunting if you haven’t experienced it before. Not bad, however. Hauled a 32’ 5th wheel with no problems at all.

Site112
Month of VisitMarch
  • Review photo of Canyon Lake Marina & Campground by Shane W., June 3, 2024
  • Review photo of Canyon Lake Marina & Campground by Shane W., June 3, 2024
  • Review photo of Canyon Lake Marina & Campground by Shane W., June 3, 2024
Reviewed Mar. 13, 2024

Not worth it

Came with my girlfriend's friend for her b-day. She specifically chose this spot for the Porta-potties and the flushable toilets. The porta-potties were full when we arrived on a Saturday and even after numerous complaints/inquiries they were never emptied even after being told they were supposed to be cleaned on Sunday. As well as the flushable toilets clogged one night so for one night there was no where to go to the bathroom at a campground that is a public area where you can't just pop a squat in the bushes. As well as if you don't want to be around kids, this is NOT the place for you. A lot of kids especially ill-behaved little demons running around like they are entitled to the place. Also at 66-ish dollars a night it is very expensive considering that you may have no amenities they offer to you in the first place.

Month of VisitMarch
Reviewed Sep. 26, 2023

3 Star Place

You are RIGHT on the lake but not worth it to me. It’s quite pricey! (& minimum of a two night stay!) All the tent campsites are side-by-side; no privacy whatsoever. A lot of RVs & generator near by. (I don’t want to listen to that.) The “bathrooms” are porta potties that don’t look like they are cleaned often. The guy at the front gate only knows how to check people in, nothing else (aka: can’t tell you if you can’t get a site or not). He told us to go online but the website doesn’t allow you to do same day booking. We didn’t end up staying because I can’t see spending over $100 for that spot.

Month of VisitSeptember
Reviewed Apr. 22, 2023

Right on lake

Amazing camping with sites right on the water. Trees for shade table and fire grills and pits. Parking is on cement parking lot but the area within you site is large and easy to launch your kayak and small boat ramp close.

Site118
Month of VisitApril
Reviewed Apr. 9, 2022

Overpriced

Paid $55 dollars a night and it’s a two night minimum. The campsites are all connected side by side no privacy whatsoever and the worst part of all is they kept the street lamps on all night.. the only way to stay out the light is to camp all the way at the end.

Month of VisitFebruary
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2021

Loud but beautiful

The campground itself was decent. Clean, basic spots with fire pit and picnic table. Fairly level, very little shade. We were in spot 135 which was a higher price because it was "waterfront" but all of the spots were pretty much waterfront so really not worth the extra money. The spots on the west end had grass and trees so they were actually nicer. If you're into kayaking or paddle boarding this is a great place to go. If you go to the east it's super quiet and calm and it goes back quite far. No boats go back there, it's peaceful and gorgeous. That was our favorite part of the trip. The drive to get there was a little scary in the RV, the turns on the 88 were very tight so you have to go super slow, but it's doable. We have a 25 ft motorhome, but there were much bigger rvs there too. At night there was a lot of noise from the road,seems like the 88 is the place to go on a motorcycle and they fly by at high speeds until about 10:30 at night. Super annoying cause it's loud but it at least didn't go too late. We also did the Dolly Steamboat dinner cruise and the food was amazing and the scenery was beautiful. No sewer hookup or dump station but you can pay $20 for a pump out. All in all a good place to stay.

Site135
Month of VisitDecember
  • Review photo of Canyon Lake Marina & Campground by Pam A., December 6, 2021
  • Review photo of Canyon Lake Marina & Campground by Pam A., December 6, 2021
  • Review photo of Canyon Lake Marina & Campground by Pam A., December 6, 2021
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Reviewed Nov. 24, 2020

Noise all night long and not from Campers

I don’t know why they bother be so strict with noise from campers after 10:00. You can’t see it, but your 20 feet off the main road and if you are there on a weekend the road noise from the motorcycles and cars racing up and down the road to and from the bar will keep you up until 3:00 in the morning. If you manage to fall asleep finally by 3:00 and you are in a tent, be prepared to be woken up again at 4:30 when the boaters start launching their boats 5 feet from the tent area. I did not find the camp staff helpful, including the fact that we got there at 2:00 which is check in time and had to wait 30 minutes for someone to show up to open the gate. We had very little interaction other than that. Obviously the noise is not their fault, but if you are planning on tent camping there you need to be aware. It may be a good spot for RVs that have some insulation from the road noise and are further away from the boat docks, but if your tent camping, find other places. Note - no water available at all to tent sites. Not even a shared spigot. The bathrooms were not working while we were there. They did provide a temporary trailer for showers and toilet but it was poorly stocked and filthy the entire weekend.

  • Review photo of Canyon Lake Marina & Campground by Pat P., November 24, 2020
Reviewed Sep. 8, 2020

Not good...

All of the campsights and rv sights feel like they are inches apart. The campground has a $25 "cleaning" fee if you leave it dirty. however, we water bottles in the stand up grill and multiple tent spikes sticking half way out of the ground. The bathrooms were atrocious. You could smell them at least 40 feet out and there was vomit in the sink.... Only reason this gets two stars is for the lake. You can get a waterfront sight and spend the weekend just fishing.

Reviewed May. 27, 2019

Safe and awesome

I just was at this campground and a issue with showers happened. The security on duty told us he had.a.call into his management. Within an hour the general manage showed and and things were fixed. At 10pm a security guard and the general manager had things operational. I will add that at checked in the guard pointed oit the phone for problems and it worked to perfection. Thanks management! Guard also told us not to have a sleepless because of trouble or.noise especially after 10pm. Those things would.be takin care of ASAP. So if you had sleepless because of noise and did not call for assistants shame.on you not canyon lake. The gentleman i checked in with would corrected the situation.

Reviewed Jul. 30, 2018

Worst camp spot I have ever visited

Kudos to the wonderfully friendly guard at check-in. However, Canyon Lake Campground was easily the worst stay I have ever encountered at a camp site and I was quickly reminded why I do not stay at shared campgrounds very often. But the temptation of sleeping next to a lake and the gentle lapping of waves on the shore lured us in. There was no gentle lapping, and because our site was full of trash and because the trash bins themselves for the grounds were overflowing, there was a swarm of bees hovering around the trash can area. And what I later realized was likely a sugar high from their regular soda consumption from the cans strewn around, the jacked up bees hovered around our morning breakfast, coffee, and dinner and buzzed us regularly. One truck down the row of tightly crammed tent sites blared loud music over his speaker (yes just one, the other side was already blown out) for most of the sunset, and the site across from us allowed their chihuahua to bark obsessively at every passerby for quite some time. The group directly next to us slept split between a small tent, the truck bed, and inside of their truck. Hardly the "camping" experience most people generally consider. I highly doubt anyone in that camp ground was out to "experience nature" quite the same way that we were.

The more manicured RV sites were on a grass lawn and all led right up to the water, so I imagine their experience, aside from the shared bees and trash cans, could be quite different than ours.

We couldn't run away fast enough in the morning.

SiteTent Site 9
Month of VisitJuly
  • Review photo of Canyon Lake Marina & Campground by Kaysha R., July 30, 2018
  • Review photo of Canyon Lake Marina & Campground by Kaysha R., July 30, 2018
  • Review photo of Canyon Lake Marina & Campground by Kaysha R., July 30, 2018
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Reviewed Jul. 6, 2018

My new favorite spot, close to Phoenix.

There are 28 RV spots and 18 tent sites. There are restrooms and showers, although on a holiday weekend, they can get gross. The view from site C, D, 1-14 is the closest to the water and in my opinion, the nicest sites. There is a beautiful hike just across the road. The views from the top of the mountain are amazing. The water and the views are breathtaking. We had several RV's side by side which helps as the sites are close to one another so if you have noisy neighbors, I could see that being an issue. We had a wonder trip and will be returning in October.

SiteSite 8
Month of VisitMarch
  • Review photo of Canyon Lake Marina & Campground by Julie A., July 6, 2018
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Reviewed Jun. 12, 2018

Great little place

This is a nice little gem. Clean and well maintained. We have camped there a few times and stayed right on the water. Fun for boating and kayaking. Most of the year you can enjoy fires at night. There is a restaurant on site that’s having renovations right now. Will be heading back for a 4-day weekend in October!

Month of VisitMarch
Reviewed May. 29, 2018

Right on the water!

We got a site right on the water. It was amazing! Kind of a beachy water front. We able to kayak right from our site! The campground is kind of small and fill up fast. I believe there is a two car per site limit.

There is the restaurant right there also! This is a great place to camp but it cost a bit more than most campgrounds.

Reviewed May. 20, 2018

Close quarters! Limited space between sites.

We camped there last weekend for our daughter's birthday. Campsites were close and neighbors were partying, drunk, and got in physical and verbal altercations whilst taking over our campsite. My daughter was scared about the fighting and asked to leave as well as her friends left and went home. We called security and they never came nor dealt with the problem. We ended up leaving the sites and it wrecked her party. We didn't even spend the night. We had reserved two sites for two nights and never even stayed to sleep. Poor management if this facility. We will problem never try to camp there again. But it's to bad because the sites are lake front. We wasted a lot of money and never got to camp.

Site4&5
Month of VisitMay
  • Review photo of Canyon Lake Marina & Campground by Loyal B., May 20, 2018
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Frequently Asked Questions

Where can I find a map of Canyon Lake Campground?

Maps of Canyon Lake Campground can be obtained at the security guard station during check-in. The campground has 28 RV spots and 18 tent sites, with sites C, D, and 1-14 being closest to the water. For better planning, call the campground office directly to request map information before your visit. Maps may also be available on the official Tonto National Forest website or at the marina office. The campground's layout is relatively compact, making navigation straightforward once you arrive.

What do reviews say about Canyon Lake Marina and Campground?

Canyon Lake Marina and Campground offers beautiful waterfront sites with direct lake access, making it excellent for water activities like kayaking and boating. The facilities are generally clean and well-maintained with cement parking pads, fire pits, and picnic tables. On the downside, sites are very close together with minimal privacy, and noise can be an issue from both fellow campers and nearby road traffic. The campground can get busy, especially during summer weekends. Bathroom cleanliness varies, particularly during peak times. Street lights remain on throughout the night, which some campers find disruptive to the outdoor experience.

What watercraft rental options are available at Canyon Lake Marina?

Canyon Lake Marina offers various watercraft rental options for enjoying the lake. Visitors can rent kayaks for exploring the shoreline and coves at their own pace. The marina is an excellent launch point for water activities, with some campsites allowing you to kayak directly from your site if you bring your own equipment. For those interested in motorized options, boat rentals are also available. The marina has a small boat ramp near the campground for easy launching. Contact the marina office directly for current rental rates, availability, and reservation requirements.

Can I bring my RV to Canyon Lake Campground?

Yes, Canyon Lake Campground accommodates RVs with 28 dedicated RV spots featuring cement parking pads. The sites are fairly level and include basic amenities like picnic tables and fire pits. Most RV sites offer minimal shade, so consider bringing awnings or shade structures in summer. Sites are described as close together with limited privacy. There's a two-vehicle limit per site. For the best lake views, request spots on the western side of the campground. Be aware that the compact nature of the campground may make maneuvering larger rigs challenging, so calling ahead to confirm suitable space for your specific RV size is recommended.

How much does it cost to camp at Canyon Lake Marina and Campground?

Canyon Lake Marina and Campground prices range from $55 per night with a two-night minimum for standard sites. Waterfront sites command premium prices, though many campers note that most sites have good water views. There's also a $25 refundable cleaning deposit. Sites labeled as "waterfront" (like spot 135) cost more, though regular visitors suggest the price difference may not be justified since most spots offer decent water access. For current rates and any seasonal specials, contact the campground directly.

How do I make reservations for camping at Canyon Lake in Arizona?

To reserve a campsite at Canyon Lake in Arizona, call the campground office directly. Reservations are strongly recommended, especially for summer weekends when the campground fills quickly. The campground has a two-night minimum stay policy for reservations. When booking, specify if you prefer a waterfront site (C, D, 1-14 are closest to the water) or want to be positioned away from the street lights. Have your preferred dates, group size, and equipment details ready when calling. During peak season, book well in advance to secure your spot.