Really nice campground close to restaurants and stores. Very clean and well maintained. Prices…read morewere reasonable too.

Great family-friendly campground. We stayed here for a fall family camping weekend with another…read morefamily. The host called us after our booking and suggested two other sites that would work better for us, which we appreciated. We all appreciated the clean full bathrooms with warm showers, and the well maintained-sites. There is an office and store on-site that sells firewood. Very close to stores, restaurants, etc. We made a great choice!

Saw complainers about some camp host from several years ago. We've camped here 7-8 times and never…read moremet anyone like the hosts described . Clean vault toilets , privacy campsites , water usually on but dump station closed. Beautiful pine tree filled location. For RV's seems many of the aprons are fairly level side to side.

NEW Where to start…read more Female host was on us before we were done backing in the camper. She told us we were "cock-eyed" ( HELLO... we were still trying to back in !) .. " keep your dog on a leash" ( my dog was on a leash when she said it). Said two dogs were killed there and one mutilated , then she passive aggressively said "Would you like to know why?" " because some dogs are good with people but not with other dogs" (well duh) as she walked away. She said (grumbling ) ."AND CLEAN UP AFTER YOUR DOG! " ( yeah lady always have) We stayed at camp A16. Horse on the site and on road (and she's worried about my dogs dumps?) . Litter somewhat scattered. Bathrooms were unkept and unsanitary. The floors were atrocious. Must've been over a week since they were cleaned. Bottom line; I felt like I was walking on eggshells instead of enjoying the great outdoors. Won't be back.

The Tonto National Forest is a large territory of preserved lands northeast of Phoenix ideally…read moresuited for recreation. There is a lifetime of official and unofficial trails in the Forest. Most of them are in the desert, with little shade and oppressive heat, but if you live in Arizona that probably doesn't stop you. Based on its size and preservation, there are stunning vistas of the Forest even a short drive from the Phoenix area. Describing it as a "forest" is a deceptive term. It is more of a National Desert. Acknowledging that point does not make it a less impressive place to explore. Arguably, the panoramic views are even more impressive in the desert because there are no trees blocking your line of sight. One of the more surprising aspects of the forest is how few Arizona citizens take advantage of the recreation opportunities. Phoenix is a megacity, but if drive 30 minutes away, you can have a 10 mile trail all to yourself. This means either Phoenix citizens are not into the outdoors or there are enough trails for everyone to spread out. One trail in particular that my brother, wife, and I were able to explore by ourselves was the Ballantine Trail. It's halfway between Mesa and Payson on highway 87. The first couple of miles suffered significant burn damage a year earlier. This was quite disappointing at first. As we continued hiking, we were able to appreciate the signs of transition from burned and blackened landscape to fresh grass and bush rejuvenation. The return hike along the side of the mountain, rather than over the top, yielded one of the most stunning views of grass and saguaro cacti that I have seen.

I was in town in Show Low staying at my friend's place and decided to take my dog to Tonto National…read moreForest (specifically the two sixty trail area) so we could enjoy the weekend day. It was an hour ride, but I think it was so worth it! My dog really enjoyed it! What I loved was that the facility and trail were clean and well maintained. There was a restroom station and a marker/direction for a subtrail at the entrance from a parking lot. The trail itself was clear and not crowded at all. There were just 2 other people we met during a weekday late morning during our visit for an hour there. My dog really enjoyed roaming around the trail and we loved that we didn't see any trash at all. While the trail was a bit unleveled, the path was clear! Bonus too that it was a free hike/walk for us, including parking! The only minus was that there was no cell phone signal (T-mobile/Mint Mobile), so I was very wary that we might get lost if we didn't keep track of ourselves well enough..so we mostly stayed on the trail and didn't go in too far. But...it is a wonderful place to enjoy the nature for sure!

First of all. When you book for a stay they offer showers and restrooms. Big lie. Restrooms are ok…read morebut some of them don't even have lights. So if you wan to go at night forget get it. Very disappointed about the campground not having the showers. We went hiking and we were all sweaty and hot but. Thanks to them. We stayed for three days dirty. I don't recommend this place.

The showers have been closed since Covid-19, but the restrooms are open and have running water…read more They have fire rings, so you can have a campfire even with burn restrictions. The fire rings have a grill grate, and the camp sites have a picnic table. Bundles of wood are available for $7/ea. The tent sites are very close to each other, so if you've envisioned the whole "getting away" experience, think again. "Houston, we have a problem..." Be prepared for sounds of traffic, small aircraft, shoveling gravel, children crying/screaming/shrieking, horns honking, inconsiderately loud people incessantly cackling/laughing/arguing/talking, wake up alarms that sound the full 10 minutes, bells, buzzers, tea kettles, music and general malaise at all hours of the night and morning. But if you're cool with that, then this should be on your short list of campgrounds. And if you can look past it all, and slow dance with your sweetie to the radio broadcasted from an adjoining site, then you've really won, haven't you? Lots of trees, so bring a hammock.

I LOVE THIS CAMPGROUND…read more ONE STAR: We have young kids and so we only get a chance to go camping once or twice a year. We've had a reservation to go camping 6-18/6-21 for a couple months. Out of no where, a week from the trip we get an email that our reservation has been cancelled for maintenance.... excuse me? No phone call, or attempt to rebook us elsewhere. WOW. All other campgrounds are booked and we have NO IDEA when we will be able to go again. I'm extremely disappointed and would like to be contacted regarding this ASAP

This is an incredibly clean, well maintained and peaceful campground. The friendly camp hosts made…read moreus feel welcome during our weekend retreat.

Loved this 8 miles round trip trail…read more Easy access by a regular car to the parking. Be sure to arrive early as a parking is limited. We arrived around 7am and it was about a half full. When we were ready to go home around noon, this place was packed. Most part of the trail has tree shades, with nice water sound, I felt pretty cool in the hot summer. Trail is mostly flat. Less than 1,000 feet in elevation gain. Trail has access to the creek throughout, you don't have to hike all 4 miles to enjoy cool water. Bring lots of water. I carried almost a gallon of water with me and I think I consumed 2/3 of them. I saw a camper hiking down in the morning. They said they packed everything including water and spent a night in the woods. That sounded really intriguing, I think I should really thinking about camping here someday.

I have been hiking here for 30 years. It's a great place however as the population grows here the…read moretrail is also packed all the time now. Try to go off season (fall I think is best) to have the best experience. If you have kids, they will love to play in the creek in the hot weather.

We just have returned from another beautiful camping trip outside of Payson at the camping grounds…read moreat the Washington Park trail . This trail will lead you right up to the rim if you have the equipment , endurance and motivation to get to the top. Our family enjoys camping here when the weather allows for campfires. We like this area because: We have a stream/ creek right behind our campsite. We can hike / walk / explore without difficulties The area has primitive campsites We can drive back to Payson if we need something we have forgotten W e can pull a popup trailer right into the woods with little problem The trees provide shade when it's hot or sunny The weather is generally not too extreme from March to November Dogs are tolerated

Great place for a day hike to the rim or tunnel. The signs for the tunnel are a bit hard to see if…read moreyou aren't looking so keep a good eye out to head west off the path toward the tunnel. From the top you can head 0.5 miles to General Springs Cabin.

Nice little RV park. Managers Nora and Sam are very accomodating. Clean showers, clean laundry…read moreroom. Spaces are close together and there are full time residents you will be camping around. Riding for wheelers up the hill and lots of trails. The only thing negative I have to say about the place is people not leashing their dogs when on walks. A lady with a med sized black and white unleashed dog was walking (as she did the last three days we were here) when I was going to the laundry and the dog started barking and coming closer to me while she is yelling at it to come to her (it wasn't listening). Not acceptable. Dogs can't be doing that to customers. Other than that all was great. Suggest signs to keep animals leashed to be everywhere.. Thank you! We plan on staying again next time thru!

We stayed here this last weekend for a couple days and it was very quite and relaxing. It is a…read moresimple park and the bulk of people are long term people. The one thing I did notice is a number of the long term RV were a bit messy so it left the feeling of dirty. The owners are very nice and hard working. Nora came by to make sure we were all set. Nora and Sam have not owned it long and are making quite a bit of improvements. My husband loved the nature sounds of the deer, coyotes and other sounds at night as this one is out of town so you get the nature part of camping.

I brought the family to the Aspen Campground after researching places to camp near Woods Canyon…read moreLake. When I arrived I was greeted with," do you have an orange tag?" I let the host know that I had researched the sites online and that I would like a specific site # that was first come first serve; she quickly advised me snarkily that the website is not up to date or accurate and," we only have 5 sites left... Do you want one of them?" Ok so, they have a website to reserve sites but it's not accurate - got it. I asked the host if I could drive and check out the sites to make sure it is what my family wanted and she said no and that we had to choose a site right now. Who wants to choose a camping spot before looking at it? Regardless, I picked a random one since I didn't have a choice. As I drove through the loops looking for our site, I counted 14 open and available first come sites, which were marked by the giant OPEN tag. Weird that we were told that they only had 5. Lastly on the hosts, I attempted to purchase wood from them twice. We waited both times at the front for over 20 minutes both times and the hosts never came out of their RV. I have a 2 rating due to the close access to the lake. The campgrounds are for you if: - You dont care about loud noises, music and generators that run all through the night. We finally had some quite around 230am. - Don't mind hosts that are not very available and give inaccurate information. - You don't mind a site where there are no rules. Examples - People flying camera drones into your campsites and people screaming around the camp loop with their ATVs and electric bikes non stop. All this to say that there are far better sites in the area where the hosts really do know how to create a good experience and enforce basic noise rules late at night.

Was vacationing / healing in and around the Verde Valley for about a month. I found this place…read moresomewhat by accident but so grateful I did. I attended several yoga classes as well as a few yoga shred classes. Each class was slightly different and addressed whatever needs we had for each session. Christine was very knowledgeable and always accommodating. Great setting and easily accessible location with many options for classes and products...! Ron (from Michigan)

Monthly Arts & Crafts Fair plus treasure trove of fun and exciting gift ideas throughout the shop…read more Owner gave a very warm inviting welcome.