Margies Cove West Campground
It has 3 sites, and camping is free. Margies Cove West Campground is a BLM campground near Gila Bend, Arizona.
1 / 4Margies Cove Trail is a near level, 9-mile route through the heart of the 63,200-acre North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness within the Sonoran Desert Na. Photo: Bureau of Land Management Arizona, Public domain (US federal government work, 17 U.S.C. 105)
- Managed by
- BLM
- Access road
- Dirt
Margies Cove West Campground sits inside Sonoran Desert National Monument. Its camping rule, field office, and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com. It sits right at the edge of North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness; its permit and camping rules and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com.
North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness: The campground sits beside the Margies Cove West Trailhead at the edge of the North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness, in the Sonoran Desert National Monument. (blm.gov)
Getting a site
- Managed by
- BLM
- Fee
- Free
Sources: gis.blm.gov, accessed 2026-09-28; blm.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Sites and hookups
- Total sites
- 3
- ✓ Toilets
- ✓ Fire rings
- ✕ Potable water
On site: Toilets and fire rings. No potable water.
Sources: gis.blm.gov, accessed 2026-09-28; blm.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Rules
- Stay limit
- Dispersed camping is allowed for no more than 14 days within a 28 consecutive day period.
Source: recreation.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Access and cell service
- Access road
- Dirt
- Elevation
- 1,114 ft
Cell coverage by carrier (FCC map)
- AT&T
- No coverage mapped
- T-Mobile
- No coverage mapped
- Verizon
- No coverage at the campground; 4G LTE mapped about 0.5 mi away
Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection, data as of December 31, 2025
Outdoor coverage each carrier reports to the FCC at this campground's map point, and the nearest mapped coverage within about half a mile. The FCC map only includes 4G LTE at 5/1 Mbps or better and 5G; a weaker signal, a text, or an emergency call may still get through, but don't count on it. These are carrier predictions, not measurements, and can be wrong either way: real service in canyons, under trees, and inside a tent or vehicle is often weaker. 5G speeds are the FCC's 7/1 and 35/3 Mbps tiers. This product uses the FCC Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the FCC.
33.1264, -112.5821 in Maricopa. Open in OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Around Margies Cove West Campground
More campgrounds: camping near Gila Bend and campgrounds in Maricopa.
Sources
- gis.blm.gov (all fields), accessed 2026-09-28
- blm.gov (all fields), accessed 2026-09-29
- epqs.nationalmap.gov (elevationFt), accessed 2026-09-29
- recreation.gov (stayLimit), accessed 2026-09-29
- broadbandmap.fcc.gov (cellCoverage), accessed 2026-09-27
Photo credits
- Photo 1: Bureau of Land Management Arizona, Public domain (US federal government work, 17 U.S.C. 105)
- Photo 2: Bureau of Land Management Arizona, Public domain (US federal government work, 17 U.S.C. 105)
- Photo 3: Bureau of Land Management Arizona, Public domain (US federal government work, 17 U.S.C. 105)
- Photo 4: Bureau of Land Management Arizona, Public domain (US federal government work, 17 U.S.C. 105)