Prescott Basin - Ponderosa Park Road Dispersed Camping

Lot of pull offs to pick from but it’s very limited spacing. You’re going to be mere feet from the road so it’s not a long or wide open pull off. The area was quiet though and clean. Fellow campers passing by were friendly and mindful of noise as they drove down the nearby road. I had Verizon signal, two bars. There were two fire pits ready for use, be sure to bring your own wood!

Perfect weather even in summer 63°tonight and 78° in the day time. Lots laying around to burn. Bring water and food but Prescott is like 3miles away

Rough road, wouldn't recommend for trailers!

This area is inundated with squatters There was only one spot available and there is a LOT of trash. It’s too bad because otherwise this is a very nice place! Excellent trees, and excellent scenery. Make sure that when you choose a dispersed camping location that you choose one that is far from nearest town/city.

Dispersed camping close to Prescott. Coords bring you pretty close to camping. Camping is in marked established sites only - per sign at entrance, down a dirt road that gets pretty rough pretty quickly. Allowed to stay 7 days max. We stayed in one of the first sites as the road got too gnarly for our G20 van. The down side is the GARBAGE! 😡 There was trash and toilet paper and discarded clothes everywhere! So gross. Wish folks were respectful and cleaned up after themselves bc places like this could be super awesome and we all deserve to enjoy them - natural and safe and clean. There’s also some ATV noise and dust but wasn’t bothersome to us.

The coordinates worked well for finding the spot. We got here super later in the night so we didn't venture to far in looking for a spot. It did start to get pretty bumpy and muddy (recent rains). There are lots of deer out here so expect to be freaked out by noises and moving bushes like I was.

only 20 min from downtown Prescott, with several nicely cleared designated camping spots. Nice level spots for parking our RTT rig. lovely to wake to nature's alarm clock of yipping coyotes.

We stayed at site 2 for 7 days and besides the bees , mosquitos and GOLIATH FLYS it was a great stay. Good privacy , we were able to set up a solar shower on the tree and shower everyday we stayed . There was alot of trash when we got here but we cleaned it up and made it look alot better then it did . Site 1 & 2 were easily accessible to any car I would say, from lot 3 and on it does get kind of bumpy and rocky but nothing you can’t maneuver if you really wanted too , we were going to and the driver decided on site 2 ! Great weather as well , relatively quite and overall a great experience . I recommend it to those looking to get in tune with what nature has to give

Moderate privacy, amenities close in downtown Prescott, no water power or bathrooms so be prepared. Very relaxed and peaceful area.