Camping near Cibola, Arizona

Camping near Cibola at a glance

Public campgrounds

1 (1 BLM)

Cost

Lowest posted fee at Oxbow Recreation and Wildlife Area: "$15 overnight; $10 day use; $75 annual"

Distance from Cibola

2.3 miles in a straight line

Elevation

235 ft at Oxbow Recreation and Wildlife Area (the only one on record)

Distances are straight-line miles from Cibola'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.

Things to do near Cibola

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

• Oxbow Lake, at Oxbow Recreation and Wildlife Area (2.3 miles from Cibola): The area sits on an old channel (oxbow) of the Colorado River: slower boating such as fishing, kayaking and canoeing happens on Oxbow Lake, faster boating on the river itself.
• Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, a national wildlife refuge whose mapped point is 5.2 miles from Cibola; its hours, camping, hunting and fishing rules, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, a national wildlife refuge whose mapped point is 8.1 miles from Cibola; its hours, camping, hunting and fishing rules, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Palo Verde Mountains Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 10 miles from Cibola; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Milpitas Wash Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 12 miles from Cibola; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Trigo Mountain Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 13 miles from Cibola; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Imperial National Wildlife Refuge, a national wildlife refuge whose mapped point is 16 miles from Cibola; its hours, camping, hunting and fishing rules, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Imperial National Wildlife Refuge, a national wildlife refuge whose mapped point is 17 miles from Cibola; its hours, camping, hunting and fishing rules, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Buzzards Peak Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 18 miles from Cibola; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Indian Pass Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 20 miles from Cibola; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.

Supplies and emergencies near Cibola

Nearest emergency room: Yuma Regional Medical Center, 2400 S Ave A, Yuma, AZ, 48 miles from Cibola , (928) 336-7600. Next nearest: Exceptional Community Hospital Yuma, 2648 S Araby Rd, Yuma, AZ, 49 miles, (469) 341-7800. Both report emergency services in the CMS Hospital General Information dataset (accessed 2026-09-26) . In an emergency, call 911.

Groceries

• Wheelies Mini Mart convenience store · 5 miles
• J & J Market convenience store · 10 miles
• Oscar's Stop & Shop convenience store · 16 miles

Fuel

• Chevron fuel station · 5 miles
• Valero fuel station · 16 miles
• 76 fuel station · 16 miles

RV dump station

• Mule Mountain LTVA RV park · 14 miles
• Mule Mountain LTVA RV park · 15 miles

Pharmacy

• Rite Aid pharmacy · 17 miles

Laundromat

• Country Wash Coin Laundry laundromat · 17 miles

Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Cibola: propane, 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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