Camping near Cave Creek, Arizona

Camping near Cave Creek at a glance

Public campgrounds

1 (1 County)

Getting a site

1 reservable

Cost

Lowest posted fee at Cave Creek Regional Park Campground: "$40/night developed site (2026 rate), plus a $10 reservation fee"

Distance from Cave Creek

2.3 miles in a straight line

Elevation

1,932 ft at Cave Creek Regional Park Campground (the only one on record)

Campsites

55 across the 1 campground that state a count

RVs

1 take RVs; hookups at Cave Creek Regional Park Campground; longest stated RV length 60 ft (Cave Creek Regional Park Campground)

Drinking water

1 of 1

Distances are straight-line miles from Cave Creek's point in the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2025), not driving distances. Every other fact comes from each campground's own sourced record, linked from its page.

More campgrounds within 30 miles of Cave Creek

• Ccc Campground, 11 miles from Cave Creek in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $16 per night); listed under camping near Carefree.
• Cave Creek Group, 12 miles from Cave Creek in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Overnight Use:); listed under camping near Carefree.
• Roadrunner Campground, 17 miles from Cave Creek in a straight line , County , reservable ($40/night developed site (2026 rate), plus a $10 reservation fee); listed under camping near Peoria.
• E.I. Rowland Campground, 17 miles from Cave Creek in a straight line , County , reservable ($40/night developed site (2026 rate), plus a $10 reservation fee); listed under camping near Fountain Hills.
• Mesquite, 18 miles from Cave Creek in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $16 per night); listed under camping near Carefree.
• Horseshoe, 18 miles from Cave Creek in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $16 per night); listed under camping near Carefree.
• Ironwood Campground, 18 miles from Cave Creek in a straight line , County , reservable ($25/night semi-developed site (2026 rate), plus a $10 reservation fee); listed under camping near Fountain Hills.
• Desert Tortoise Campground, 19 miles from Cave Creek in a straight line , County , reservable ($40/night developed, $25/night semi-developed (2026 rates), plus a $10 reservation fee); listed under camping near Peoria.
• Riverside, 19 miles from Cave Creek in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $16 per night); listed under camping near Carefree.
• Hazlett Hollow Campground, 29 miles from Cave Creek in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (Single Site: $10 per night); listed under camping near Crown King.
• Turney Gulch Group Campground, 29 miles from Cave Creek in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Group Site: $75 per night (1-50 people); $150 per night (51-100 people)); listed under camping near Crown King.

Things to do near Cave Creek

Public land and water within 30 miles of Cave Creek, the public land its campgrounds sit in, and landmarks at those campgrounds, nearest first.

• Lake Pleasant fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 18 miles from Cave Creek; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Horseshoe Reservoir water level, a reservoir whose mapped point is 19 miles from Cave Creek; current water level on reservoirfinder.com.
• Bartlett Lake water level, a reservoir whose mapped point is 20 miles from Cave Creek; current water level on reservoirfinder.com.
• Bartlett Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 21 miles from Cave Creek; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Castle Hot Springs, a hot spring whose mapped point is 24 miles from Cave Creek; soaking details on swimholesmap.com.
• Hells Canyon Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 25 miles from Cave Creek; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Agua Fria National Monument, a BLM unit whose mapped point is 25 miles from Cave Creek; its camping rule, field office, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Castle Creek Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 30 miles from Cave Creek; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.

Supplies and emergencies near Cave Creek

Nearest emergency room: Honorhealth Sonoran Crossing Medical Center, 33400 N 32nd Ave, Phoenix, AZ, 9.1 miles from Cave Creek , (480) 882-4327. Next nearest: Mayo Clinic Hospital, 5777 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ, 12 miles, (480) 342-4201. Both report emergency services in the CMS Hospital General Information dataset (accessed 2026-09-26) . In an emergency, call 911.

Groceries

• Circle K convenience store · 2.6 miles
• Fry's Food and Drug supermarket · 2.7 miles
• 4 Sons convenience store · 2.8 miles

Fuel

• Circle K fuel station · 2.6 miles
• Chevron fuel station · 2.8 miles
• Shell fuel station · 3.4 miles

Propane

• Super Pumper propane dealer · 6.5 miles
• Costco Propane propane dealer · 14 miles
• Arizona Gas Products propane dealer · 15 miles

RV dump station

• Super Pumper RV dump station · 6.6 miles
• E. I. Rowland Campground campground · 17 miles

Pharmacy

• CVS Pharmacy pharmacy · 2.7 miles · (480) 595-6755 · Hours Mo-Su 08:00-21:00
• Walgreens pharmacy · 4.1 miles
• CVS Pharmacy pharmacy · 5.2 miles

Laundromat

• Laundry Room laundromat · 12 miles
• Country Clean Laundry & Dry laundromat · 18 miles
• Suntown Cleaners laundromat · 20 miles

Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Cave Creek: potable water fill and ice. Stores, fuel, propane, dump stations, water fill, laundromats, and pharmacies are the nearest few mapped within 25 miles, straight-line, © OpenStreetMap contributors (data as of 2026-09-29; this extract under the ODbL). Hours are as mapped; call ahead.

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