Central Camping

Blue Ridge Campground

Coconino National Forest, Pine You’ll fall asleep on top of a car at Blue Ridge Campground. Seriously. Smashed, recycled cars compose the renovated…
Northern Camping

Jacob Lake Campground

Kaibab National Forest, Fredonia Jacob Lake was named for Mormon pioneer Jacob Hamblin, who settled in the area in the 19th century. If you saw a…
Central Camping

Manzanita Campground

Coconino National Forest, Oak Creek Canyon It isn’t easy to stay at Manzanita Campground — not because it’s hard to get to or because bears have…
Northern Camping

Mather Campground

*/ South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park You won’t find a landscape more spectacular than the Grand Canyon anywhere in Arizona. Anywhere in the…
Northern Camping

Lockett Meadow Campground

Coconino National Forest, Flagstaff The clouds seem to hang low here, but maybe that’s because the San Francisco Peaks loom so large. The peaks, the…
Northern Camping

DeMotte Campground

Kaibab National Forest, North Rim, Grand Canyon It’s cold on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, and at an elevation of 8,700 feet, DeMotte…
Northern Camping

Ashurst Lake Campground

Coconino National Forest, Flagstaff Pine trees and juniper bushes. Up and down. Those are the best ways to describe the road to Ashurst Lake…
Western Camping

Kofa National Wildlife Refuge

Yuma and Quartzsite For a few reasons, this destination is different from any other in this book. First, there’s no designated campground. Second,…