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Lake Pleasant Regional Park Campground

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Lake Pleasant Regional Park offers 148 sites for RV and tent camping within the campgrounds (does not including primitive camping sites)

Each "Developed Site" has water, electricity, dump station, a covered ramada, a picnic table, a barbecue grill and fire ring.

Each "Semi-Developed Site" and tent site has a covered ramada, a picnic table, a barbecue grill and fire ring, unless otherwise acknowledged in the description or camping map.

Restroom and/or shower facilities are available at both types of campsites. All sites in the campground may be reserved online at www.maricopacountyparks.org/. Campgrounds

Desert Tortoise Campground has 74 campsites: 25 Developed Sites, 39 Semi-Developed Sites, and 10 Tent Sites.

Roadrunner Campground offers 71 sites for RV and tent camping. All sites are Developed.

Large groups can reserve the Desert Tortoise Group Campground. The Group Campground includes a parking area for RVs, picnic tables, and ramadas. The use of this area is by reservation only and requires a minimum commitment of 10 camping units.

Shoreline Camping

Lake Pleasant Regional Park also has shoreline/primitive camping during most of the year, depending on water levels. Shoreline camping is only permitted within designated areas for such use, when available. Day-of availability will be on a first-come, first-served basis and can only be reserved during business hours at the park. For information on camping fees, click on this link to be redirected to the "Fees" page.​

The first phase or re-introducing primitive/shoreline camping will be rolled out in late January 2021, with the area of the Dirt Spillway. Future areas will be included in phases at later dates.

Campers must park in designated parking areas. Tent camping will be permitted along the shoreline within the designated area. No vehicles will be permitted to park along the shoreline within the area.

Check-in time the day of arrival shall occur no earlier than 2 p.m. Campers must check out the day of departure by 12 p.m. (noon). Boat-In Camping

Boat-in camping is now available at the 10 Lane Parking Lot. Roughly 30 assigned parking spaces have been designated for such use. Each camping/parking space is approximately 45 feet long by 12 ft. wide to accommodate most boat trailers and towing vehicles. Reservations are required. Day-of availability is on a first-come, first-served basis, and can only be reserved during business hours at the park.

Boaters must camp on the waters of Lake Pleasant – no shoreline camping available at this time. Camping is not permitted within the parking lot/camp space. Boat-in camping is a great option for fisherman looking to fish in the late evening/early morning hours. Boat-in campers must arrive and check-in before the park closes at night (8 pm).

Reservation Info

CAMPING RESERVATIONS

Campers are required to enter the park between 1 pm and 8 pm the day of their arrival.
No entry access available between 8 pm and 5 am.
NOTICE: ALL campsites and restrooms in the Roadrunner Campground will be TEMPORARILY closed from July 5, 2022, to December 31, 2022. And, effective January 5, 2022, reservations for ANY date in that range will not be accepted online or in person.

Please see website for closures and alterations to the normal camping schedule.

You can make a reservation for one or more campsites at a time, and for up to 14 nights.

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Access

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  • Walk-In
    Park in a lot, walk to your site.

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Site Types

  • Tent Sites
  • RV Sites
  • Standard (Tent/RV)

Features

For Campers

  • Market
  • ADA Access
  • Trash
  • Picnic Table
  • Firewood Available
  • Phone Service
  • Reservable
  • Electric Hookups
  • Toilets
  • Alcohol
  • Fires

For Vehicles

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

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Reviewed Feb. 28, 2024

Desert Tortoise Campground

This review is for the Desert Tortoise Campground. Overall, I enjoyed my stay here. Campsites are decent but a couple of shortcomings.

PROS Campsites have covered pavilions with a picnic table, fire ring, and gravel drives. Bathrooms are dated but clean and in good working order. Portable water is available at the rest rooms. Dumpsters are available.

CONS No hot water in bathrooms. No showers. Other campgrounds within the park had showers that you could use, but there was only one functioning bathhouse. No dishwashing station available. Boat noise on the lake is sometimes a disturbance.

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Month of VisitMarch
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Reviewed Jan. 28, 2023

Great camp sots

It was great so clean and roomy

Site229 primitive
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Reviewed Apr. 22, 2022

Large county campground NW of Phoenix

We stayed at Lake Pleasant for 2 weeks.  Had a beautiful site facing west, beautiful sunsets!  Water and electric.  This is a large county park in Maricopa county.  It has a man-made lake that is fine for boaters, but no beach for swimming.  Everything is rocky.  There are lots of great trails for hiking in the park.  Love the saguaros and teddy bear chollas.  There are wild burros in the park.  

Our biggest complaint is that the showers are NOT warm enough!  They are lukewarm at best and if it is windy a cool wind blows through the building and it is not heated.  Most people with RV's use their own showers.  We were in the Roadrunner campground.  There are several other loops.  Some do not have electricity but campers can use generators.

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Location

Lake Pleasant Regional Park Campground is located in Arizona

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Directions

From central Phoenix, take I-17 north to Carefree Highway (SR 74). Exit Carefree Hwy. and travel west 15 miles to Castle Hot Spring Road. Travel north to Lake Pleasant Regional Park entrance.

Address

41835 North Castle Hot Springs Rd
Morristown, AZ 85342

Coordinates

33.84913615815311 N
112.27797646261573 W

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