Mingus Mountain Campground
Its 30 sites are reservable through Recreation.gov, camping costs Single Site with electric hook-up: $14 per night, and it is open from May 1 to October 31. Mingus Mountain Campground is a National Forest campground near Jerome, Arizona.
Alert Reservable: Recreation.gov
1 / 3Meadow and pine forest at the Mingus Mountain campgrounds, Prescott National Forest. Photo: Zereshk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Managed by
- National Forest
- Max RV length
- 22 ft
Mingus Mountain Campground sits inside Prescott National Forest. Its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com.
Mingus Lake: Small lake on Mingus Mountain periodically stocked with rainbow trout; motorized boats prohibited. (fs.usda.gov)
Getting a site
- Managed by
- National Forest
- Reservations
- Recreation.gov
- Fee
- Single Site with electric hook-up: $14 per night
Source: fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Sites and hookups
- Total sites
- 30
- Tent sites
- 11
- RV sites
- 19
- Max RV length
- 22 ft
- ✓ Toilets
- ✓ Potable water
- ✓ Fire rings
- ✓ Pets allowed
On site: Toilets, potable water, fire rings, and pets allowed.
Source: fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Rules
- Stay limit
- 14 days in 30-day period
- Quiet hours
- 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
- Pets
- Allowed
Sources: apps.fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-28; fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Access and cell service
- Elevation
- 7,623 ft
Cell coverage by carrier (FCC map)
- AT&T
- 4G LTE
- T-Mobile
- 4G LTE and 5G (35/3 Mbps)
- Verizon
- 4G LTE and 5G (35/3 Mbps)
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.
34.6926, -112.1205 in Yavapai. Open in OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Season and winter services
Mingus Mountain Campground is open from May 1 to October 31 , at 7,623 ft.
Source: epqs.nationalmap.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Current conditions
Alert Agency notice, as of 2026-09-29: No electricity at the campground (hookups not working) due to lightning damage; no restoration date given.
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Around Mingus Mountain Campground
The nearest lake with a fishing page is Lower Goldwater Lake, whose mapped center point is 23 miles away in a straight line. Stocking record and species: Lower Goldwater Lake fishing on fishypedia.com.
Public land within 15 miles: Jerome State Historic Park (4.2 miles to its center) , Verde River Greenway State Natural Area (7.4 miles to its center) , and Dead Horse Ranch State Park (7.4 miles to its center) ; publiclandsdb.com has each unit's camping rules and boundary.
Swimming nearby
Nearest to Mingus Mountain Campground, in straight-line miles: Watson Lake (swimming hole, 18 miles), Crescent Moon (swimming hole, 20 miles), Grasshopper Point (swimming hole, 26 miles), The Crack (swimming hole, 26 miles), and Slide Rock (swimming hole, 27 miles). Each has its own page on swimholesmap.com.
Reservable Mingus Group 
Reservable Playground Group Campground 
Reservable Potato Patch Campground 
Reservable Dead Horse Ranch State Park More campgrounds: camping near Jerome and campgrounds in Yavapai.
Sources
- apps.fs.usda.gov (all fields), accessed 2026-09-28
- fs.usda.gov (all fields), accessed 2026-09-29
- fs.usda.gov (reservationSystem), accessed 2026-09-29
- fs.usda.gov (maxRvLengthFt), accessed 2026-09-29
- fs.usda.gov (notableFeature), accessed 2026-09-29
- epqs.nationalmap.gov (elevationFt), accessed 2026-09-29
- broadbandmap.fcc.gov (cellCoverage), accessed 2026-09-27