Best Campgrounds near Peach Springs, AZ

This is a cool little spot on the CO River. It's managed by the local tribe so before you start down the road to this campsite you need to get a Trespassing Permit from the Tribal Game Wardens Office which is located next to the store at the top of the trail. The roads easy with a few small water crossing that a minivan could pass through. They have roughly 10 sites all have very nice awnings and picnic tables. The sites are not level or very big. They had porta potties available on the grounds. There is quite a bit of traffic as the beach head is used as a boat launch for rafting companies so trucks early in the morning bring boats down. They have a separate little beach access for the campground if you can take the freezing CO river. All and all I would stay again.

This area is on both the north and south sides of the highway, and this review is for the north side. There's another separate Dyrt entry for that one, but this entry has the most reviews. We picked the north side because of the trains going by in the southern section.

It's just off old Route 66 and is a fairly flat area populated by a sparse juniper forest. Trees are short, not much shade, which is okay for those of us who want good solar. There are tons of sites to camp on, all spaced far apart, for a decent feeling of privacy and space. No water, toilets, tables, nothing. Just primitive camping in the desert.

Signage indicates that the primary usage might be hunting-camps, and the well-used sites suggest a lot higher population than we saw on a Monday overnighter. So if you're stopping by during hunting season, you may have more company than we did.

Hang on to your trash of course, and keep the gate closed. The area was pleasantly clean.

There are actually a couple of spots here. Heading east at the brow of the hill, there is a dirt track to the left that apparently leads to a spot.

We stayed at the second dirt road (this is a small dirt loop road, so take the third dirt road if you miss the second).

If you end at the bottom of the dip at a big open gravel pit on the left you have gone to for.

A couple of bays for RVs for others to get past if need be.

Very little traffic noise. There are regular trains with horn blasts coming from over the ridge on a regular basis.

It's disappointing in that there is a lot of rubbish over the edge (you can't see it from the Rav) and a lot of toilet paper from freedom campers in the bushes.

Found this lovely spot and I was the only one here. Went for a walk and ran into a local. She warned me that there was cartel activity on the train tracks and to be aware. She suggested camping on the north side of the road as that might be safer. Apparently the cartel use the roads that run right through the camping area to get down to the railroad tracks where they are looting the trains. I was skeptical, but googled it and sure enough there was some arrest in January in this area. I didn’t have any issues. Only spent one night. Truly, a gorgeous area right off of Route 66. Just be wary, I guess.