Best Campgrounds near Lake Havasu City, AZ

To be clear, this is basically a parking lot at a junction of 2 roads. The scenery is wonderful, and the local wildlife make regular appearances. Burros frequent the area looking for food from travelers and often stand in the middle of the road. They also gather among the campers. My biggest complaint is the vehicles that use the lot as a shortcut to avoid turning ahead at the Y intersection. Only 2.5 miles from downtown Oatman.

We arrived early in the afternoon. We stopped at Alamo Lake State Park to fill our water and have a shower before heading the 20 minutes or so to the dispersed camping area. The dirt road in, is in good condition. There are a lot of choices when it comes to places to camp. We first chose a spot beside the lake and then the next night headed up to a ridge spot. The sunsets are beautiful and there are burros kicking around and yelling at each other. Nice Place.

I absolutely love camping here. There's not a lot of light pollution so you can get great stars and moon pictures. Right near the I 40 if you want a quick stay passing through and want a quick stop in Lake Havasu City.

This is just a patch of dirt at the Y just ourside Oatman. No frills. Traffic runs on both sides but its pretty quiet at night. Just beware the coyotes are hunting your little dogs. An occasional Donkey will walk thru & your dog looks like there enemy, Wile E Coyote!

Nice spot , pretty close to the main road but plenty of room to drive further away from road noise

Easy to get to with my MeerKat and toyota highlander. Huge area. It's 5 PM and I'm the only one here. Perfect.Apr

Good flat spot to spend the night on the way to another destination. There’s some light noise from the highway but otherwise a decent spot.

Small rv park but beautiful view of lake full hookups great prices!

Second time staying here  since Nov 2024.  First time we stayed in the free camping area on the casino parking lot. This time in the RV park.  We stayed on the top level, but next time I would ask for a lower level space as the wind blew one night mercessley with nothing but open desert behind us. Bathrooms and laundry are spotless and an easy walk from our campsite #522. The casino shuttle is only a phone call away and very quick to respond. Full hookups with 30 or 50 amp.  Really big spaces that can accomodate any size rig and a p/u or towed vehicle and then some.  Propane on site but it's cheaper in Bullhead city if you have an excuse to go there.   We will return next year.

We are all about sleeping for free! We roof top a lot with our boat. If you are looking for a place to stay while fishing the Parker strip you can safely bring your boat down this road and there are places to turn around. Right past the second cattle guard is a big opening. Perfect place to catch some quick zzzz’s

This is BLM land, there are many places to pull off the dirt road and camp. It is in the mountains above the Colorado River. The further you go into the area, the quieter it becomes. The road is good, no problem with bigger rigs. Most sites can be pull through.

This park is located adjacent to a KOA on a road that used to be a section of the old Route 66.  Our GPS vectored us in circles until it got it right.  So be warned.  We like this park better than the KOA because for many reasons including more privacy between your neighbor, better aesthetic's in plantings and arrangements, and just a smaller park.  We found all of the spaces extremely clean.  They have very nice oleander shrubs planted between the spaces, and they make it known that they are poisonous to your pets.

We used the laundry room.  They had 4 washers and 4 dryers.  The washers were $2.50 a load, and the dryers were $2.00 a load.

We also used a dog washing station that was very handy.  Most of the guests are not full time residents, but there appeared to be some.

The couple that helps manage the park were very welcoming, and thanked us for staying there.  However, she did charge me an extra $15 for arriving at 1130 in the morning.  The check-in time is 1400.

I couldn't get their internet to work, but I had enough bars with Verizon to use my cell phone for a hotspot.

There will be highway noise throughout the park as I-40 is around .5 miles away.  

You can buy propane at the Nextdoor KOA, and there is a Walmart just up the road in Mojave Valley, AZ.  Fuel prices are about $1.50  to $2 a gallon less in AZ, about 2 miles away on the road.  

We dined one evening at the Wagon Wheel, about a mile from the park and it was quite good, with excellent service.  I recommend the chicken fried steak.

I would certainly stay here again!

Straight shot access gravel-sand road to the concrete pad. In good shape enough to feel my AWD cargo van could do it. Beware Giant Osprey's flying over at night and landing in the daytime. I was paid a visit and told to use the corners of the concrete pad only as they might land on me! Beautiful location for sky viewing and photography.

Only minutes from Lake Havasu City. Lots of room to find a semi level spot. You can park far enough off the highway no highway noise. Lots of big rigs. No issue for 40’ pusher and 24’ car hauler

Nice spot to come after boondocking to fill water, laundry and shower. Sites are close with little privacy. Staff is helpful. Laundry $2.50 per wash and dry.

Dusty when it blows, burros come to water once or twice a day. They don't like dogs, but tolerate our cat. Hosts are very good, clean pit toilet, Good dump & water at Parker, "Boondockers" . Walmart is best for drinking & coffee water. Good cheap base for exploring the area. Very old history for past 100 years.

I stayed here for a week and loved it. Gorgeous views of the lake and lots of camping spots with fire rings. The ATVs aren't ideal, but the birds and wild burros make up for it IMO. I'd definitely stay here again. Had cell reception on T mobile and Verizon.

GPS: 34.264834, -113.560813

Very clean, well maintained RV park.  Spaces are large and separated by bushes.  Club house and pool.  Bathrooms/showers are clean.  If you check in before 2pm, they will charge you extra.