Camping near McNary, Arizona

Camping near McNary at a glance

Public campgrounds

2 (2 Tribal Land)

Getting a site

2 first-come

Cost

Lowest posted fee at Hawley Lake Campground: "$15 per vehicle per day (Daily Camping Permit); $350 per vehicle for 30 days"

Distance from McNary

7.1 miles (Shush Be Tou Campground) to 9 miles (Hawley Lake Campground) in a straight line; 2 within 15 miles

Elevation

7,843 ft (Shush Be Tou Campground) to 8,200 ft (Hawley Lake Campground), 2 of 2 on record

Season

2 seasonal with posted dates

Distances are straight-line miles from McNary'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 McNary

• Los Burros, 5.5 miles from McNary in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (There is no fee); listed under camping near Pinetop-Lakeside.
• Brown Creek Campground, 7.4 miles from McNary in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Pinetop-Lakeside.
• Ditch Camp Campground, 13 miles from McNary in a straight line , Tribal Land , first-come ($15 per vehicle per day (Daily Camping Permit); $350 per vehicle for 30 days); listed under camping near Greer.
• Fool Hollow Lake Recreation Area, 17 miles from McNary in a straight line , State Park , reservable ($50/night with hookups, $75 oversized, $25 non-electric; extra vehicle $15); listed under camping near Show Low.
• Winn Group, 23 miles from McNary in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (North and South Group Sites $125.00 per night each (14 vehicles / 50 people); no Interagency/Senior discount); listed under camping near Greer.
• Winn Campground, 23 miles from McNary in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $20 per night; North and South Group Sites: $125 (up to 50 people)); listed under camping near Springerville.
• Rolfe C. Hoyer Campground, 23 miles from McNary in a straight line , National Forest , first-come ($24 per vehicle per night; Interagency/Senior $12; additional camp unit $24); listed under camping near Greer.
• Benny Creek, 23 miles from McNary in a straight line , National Forest , first-come ($12 per vehicle per night; group sites $40 (small, 24 people) and $50 (large, 32 people)); listed under camping near Greer.
• Drift Fence Lake Campground, 26 miles from McNary in a straight line , Tribal Land , first-come ($15 per vehicle per day (Daily Camping Permit); $350 per vehicle for 30 days); listed under camping near Greer.
• Lewis Canyon Group Campground, 26 miles from McNary in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Group non-electric $40 per night, up to 150 people); listed under camping near Pinedale.
• Reservation Lake Campground, 26 miles from McNary in a straight line , Tribal Land , first-come ($15 per vehicle per day (Daily Camping Permit); $350 per vehicle for 30 days); listed under camping near Greer.
• Cutthroat Campground, 29 miles from McNary in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $20 per night); listed under camping near Springerville.
• Brookchar Campground, 29 miles from McNary in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $20 per night); listed under camping near Springerville.
• Apache Trout Campground, 29 miles from McNary in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $30 per night); listed under camping near Springerville.
• Grayling Campground, 29 miles from McNary in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $26 per night); listed under camping near Springerville.
• Rainbow Campground, 30 miles from McNary in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $26-$28 per night; Double Site: $90 per night); listed under camping near Springerville.

Things to do near McNary

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

• Shush Be Tou (Big Bear) Lake, at Shush Be Tou Campground (7.1 miles from McNary): Lake beside Arizona 260 east of McNary; its smaller neighbor Shush Be Zahze (Little Bear) Lake, also a designated campground on the tribe's map, is under a mile southeast.
• Scott Reservoir fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 8.4 miles from McNary; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Rainbow Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 8.6 miles from McNary; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Hawley Lake, at Hawley Lake Campground (9 miles from McNary): One of the largest and most popular lakes on White Mountain Apache land, open for boating and year-round fishing; boats are limited to a single electric motor (gas motors are allowed only on Sunrise Lake).
• Show Low Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 11 miles from McNary; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Fools Hollow Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 18 miles from McNary; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Mount Baldy Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 22 miles from McNary; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Bunch Reservoir fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 24 miles from McNary; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Big Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 29 miles from McNary; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.

Supplies and emergencies near McNary

Nearest emergency room: White Mountain Regional Medical Center, 118 S Mountain Ave, Springerville, AZ, 32 miles from McNary , (928) 333-4368. Next nearest: Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center, 5880 South Hospital Drive, Globe, AZ, 73 miles, (928) 402-1122. Both report emergency services in the CMS Hospital General Information dataset (accessed 2026-09-26) ; the location of Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center is from OpenStreetMap, the Census geocoder could not place its address. In an emergency, call 911.

Groceries

• McNary Food Store convenience store · 1.3 miles
• Circle K convenience store · 6.3 miles
• Safeway supermarket · 6.9 miles · (928) 367-6677

Fuel

• Chevron fuel station · 5.8 miles
• Circle K fuel station · 6.3 miles
• Circle K fuel station · 8.1 miles

Propane

• Griffin's Propane propane dealer · 14 miles
• Owen's Energy propane dealer · 15 miles

Pharmacy

• CVS Pharmacy pharmacy · 15 miles

Laundromat

• Black Jack Laundry laundromat · 15 miles · Hours Mo-Su 06:00-22:00
• Laudromat laundromat · 19 miles

Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of McNary: RV dump station, 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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