Best Tent Camping near Seligman, AZ

Camping in the time of COVID-19 changes things.  The CG hosts were friendly, however, and campers kept their distance.  Vault toilet was clean and sites were comfortably spaced apart.  Most sites are in a fairly open pine forest.  Our loop had more RVs than anything else, but everyone observed quiet hours.  It would have been wholly peaceful, but SR-64, which heads north to Grand Canyon Village, lies only 400 yards to the east and carries traffic all night long, if sporadically.  Maybe in an RV you wouldn't notice, but we were tent camping and were awakened several times by larger vehicles.  Still, the meadows surrounding the campground were (in early June) thick with wildflowers.

A very clean, accommodating campsite. The rangers who maintain the area are incredibly kind and welcoming, and treated us so kindly even when we were buying wood at 8PM.

Firstly, the bathrooms were very clean and accessible, and I happened to see at least 3 of them around our campsite (the loop nearest to the lake). They have fresh spring water that is free to all campers available at these bathrooms. You can also dump your accumulated trash at a dumpster near the main ranger’s camp, rather than the bathrooms however.

On the way to Dogtown, there are cattle that sometimes occupy the road. You can’t smell them however. Your car may also become very dusty on the way here, due to primitive road conditions. There’s also a picnic area in the opposite direction from the campground when you arrive. The lake has two hiking trails, one being 1 mile long, and the other is 6. The lake itself is open to boats (more of the smaller variety) and is very clean. When fishing, we happened to get bites within 2 minutes of casting a pole (we fished at 10pm, no rain), so I’m assuming there is quite a lot of fish.

Sleeping in the campsite, there is not much noise at all except for a single train that may pass in the distance, but it’s not much at all. There’s a lot of stars and even a hint of the Milky Way in the sky. The weather is only slightly chilly (we went in August 1st) and was quite comfortable.

As for wildlife, although there are no bear boxes, we found that some wildlife (either squirrels, crows, or coyotes) came and stole our cornbread, at night mostly. There’s a lot of crows here in the morning and they caw to each other and hop around. So be aware of that I suppose. There’s also a lot of yellow flowers in the area that makes everything even nicer.

Accommodation: 10/10 Views: 9/10 Cleanliness: 10/10 Weather: 8/10 Safety: 11/10 Accessibility: 9.5/10

This KOA is a few minutes drive into famous Seligman, AZ which was the town on route 66 that inspired the Disney Movie CARS, and you can see that everywhere in the town. The town has lot's of tourist type shopping, great places to eat like Roadkill Cafe, and west side Lido's, as well as a neat Thrift store, I always visit. There's not much in the area, but a 20 minute drive west on route 66 will get you to the Grand Canyon Caverns, my review of their campground can be found on the Dyrt site.

This KOA we tent camped at, our site was on a grassy area, with gravel car parking for one car. We had an electrical outlet but didn't use it. The site was well shaded with trees and had a fire ring, about a 2 minute walk to the restrooms and showers. on site they have a store and a pool. It's a small KOA but to camp with our tent was under $25 a night. We happened to camp during monsoon season and had some very awesome lighting storms from far away to watch..

We plan to camp here again, the owners were vert helpful and super friendly, the only issues was a train run all night pretty close to the campground, but I found the noise very calming and there were a lot of bugs in the restroom at night, but again it's camping, so I understood.

What a great little campground nestled in the Williams forest area, about a 20 mile drive from downtown Williams and 15 of those miles are on a well kept dirt road. Super nice camp Host was very helpful.The campsite is very well maintained, a very simple campground surrounding White Horse lake. Clean and well stocked Toilets and water are the basic amenities. We tent camped at what I'm going to say is the best site on the grounds Loop C 58.The campsite had a gravel tent pad, fire ring with grill insert, and a picnic table. The view of the lake was wonderful and we were sourrounded by tall pine trees. A bit of a walk to haul your stuff in, but well worth the extra effort of doing so. We walked around the campground and were impressed on how tiddy it is, and for $25 a night a good deal to be sure. There's some good things to do like 2 hiking trails, fish the lake, you can bring a no motorized boat, paddle broad, or canoe and spend some time on the lake, if you wanna take a drive you are about 1.5 hours away from the Grand Canyon, 20 Mintues from Downtown Williams or Bearizona and 25 mintues from the Deer Farm, all great family fun. While we were their they had an food vendor selling all kinds of food and renting paddle boards, they even sold a few " I FORGOT ITEMS" (toothpaste, ice,bread, etc.) They have a spot till the end of the 2018 summer season, but not sure if they will be back as it all depends on the forestry department. It was nice to have a local vendor close by, instead of tracking into town, and the snowcone were awesome,,,