Best Campgrounds near New River, AZ

This is my second time staying here. It is such a well-maintained campground with beautiful large sites. The bathrooms are super clean and modern. power and water at the sites in the Family Campground. Nice picnic tables and views. It was hot when I arrived so I hope to take advantage of the many hiking trails early in the morning before it gets hot! Friendly staff. There is a library and nature center as well as many picnic areas.

I usually go further north of the cove to great open space where you can really spread out. shoreline fishing is great and peaceful. Depending how far you go along the northwest shore you can get nearly a mile away from the hardstand toilets and trash. Lots of places to pull up or pull in.

It took a lot of maneuvering to get level in my spot. Beer cans in the firepit, which, how really hard is it to pack out beer cans...? I'm facing my neighbor, but far enough away that it still feels private. I really wish I could find actual dispersed camping in the Prescott area, though. This driving down bumpy dirt roads hoping there's a place to stop somewhat sucks. I'm going to sit for a week (or try to) and move on.

Notes about nudists are correct. If you have a large rig or trailer, do not cross the arroyo as the access road has some washout spots.  Adventure vans and off road capable will be fine.  A bit of road noise at night if you don't cross the arroyo.

Pretty clean, but some users seem to leave their trash behind.

Great overnight hang, but not a long term location at all.

Paid the $16 annual state land trust fee. Stayed a few nights. Was windy and dusty on our stay, but generally not much to complain about.

We absolutely love this campground. Close to everything, including some awesome Mountain Biking from green to double black diamond trails. Large spaces with water, power and super clean. Highly Recommend!!!!

Hidden away camp area. Only way to get to it is to boat in, but there is plenty of dock space

Beautiful camping area. The hot springs are a little hidden behind some bushes north of the bridge. I would recommend staying multiple nights here.

As noted here in other review, sites are close together, and ours was level enough for a night. I'm guessing a lot of Snowbirds are here. There are LOTS of big rigs, large 5th wheels (saw the biggest, longest 5th wheel we've ever seen here). Lots of rules/regs. to keep it orderly. It is safe. We did not use onsite bathrooms/showers but inside clubhouse was clean. There are laundry facilities. There is hwy noise from I-17 which is close. There is WiFi service, and pretty good food truck in mornings/lunch ("Fork in the Road").

An irksome issue: We booked a site on their website and in several places it says UNLESS you pay an extra fee they reserve the right to move you wherever they want. And, we were moved. For us it was not a big deal but it comes across as a nickle & dime issue.

Regarding day trip to Sedona from here: Per reviews we read online, be aware if you have a trailer/5th wheel or larger class C to check roads/hwy in and out of Sedona. We drove north on I-17 to the Hwy 179 exit to Sedona. To leave Sedona, we backtracked that same route and took I-17 to Flagstaff). Per reviews there are tight switchbacks on Hwy that goes directly from Sedona north to Flagstaff.

Stayed one night on thru-trip. Wow, seems like best of the Sonoran Desert. Beautiful. Well kept park, safe, quiet, with clean single shower/bathroom stalls that are spacious, but some do not have hooks to hang stuff. Cell service. Was 90 the day we left (~March 23rd), night temp was cool and windows left open.

Food: Chorizo & bacon mac & cheese with garlic and tortillas!

The Bloody Bath access road was an easy drive (F250 SD with a truck camper). Washboards were easy to navigate but watch your speed on the down hill turns. We initially selected the site closest to Bloody Bath Road but decided to move further back to a site about a 1/4 mile in. The road (trail) back to the final site was a bit washed out (dry) with some deep ruts but again easily navigated in our truck. A 2WD Van or a SUV could easily access the site. The site was quiet. The biggest bummer was the amount of trash and empty beer cans strewn around the site. Real bummer.

Great secluded campgrounds the best camp spot is 11 and 12 however it is kind of dirty people do leave things and don't take things to the garbage other than that it's a great place to fish to camp and not have a whole lot of people there there is no cell service so you're off the grid.

It was a fun dirt road. You might be able to get back there without 4x4 but certainly it is strongly recommended. Very rough road and about a 2 mile drive.