Camping near Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona

Camping near Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona includes 2 public campgrounds on record, 2 first-come. All are run by the U.S. Forest Service. The nearest, Brown Creek Campground, is 10 miles from Pinetop-Lakeside in a straight line, and all 2 are within 15 miles. 1 is free. Another 5 public campgrounds filed under nearby towns are within 30 miles of Pinetop-Lakeside.

Brown Creek Campground

Los Burros

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Camping near Pinetop-Lakeside at a glance

Public campgrounds: 2 (2 National Forest)
Getting a site: 2 first-come
Cost: 1 free
Distance from Pinetop-Lakeside: 10 miles (Brown Creek Campground) to 11 miles (Los Burros) in a straight line; 2 within 15 miles
Elevation: 7,543 ft (Brown Creek Campground) to 7,900 ft (Los Burros), 2 of 2 on record

Distances are straight-line miles from Pinetop-Lakeside'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.

First-come Brown Creek Campground Pinetop-Lakeside · National Forest · 10.4 mi

Agency: National Forest
Sites: Not on record
Season: Not on record
Fee: Free

First-come Los Burros Pinetop-Lakeside · National Forest · 11 mi

Agency: National Forest
Sites: Not on record
Season: Not on record
Fee: There is no fee

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More campgrounds within 30 miles of Pinetop-Lakeside

Fool Hollow Lake Recreation Area, 10 miles from Pinetop-Lakeside 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.
Shush Be Tou Campground, 15 miles from Pinetop-Lakeside 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 McNary.
Hawley Lake Campground, 17 miles from Pinetop-Lakeside 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 McNary.
Lewis Canyon Group Campground, 18 miles from Pinetop-Lakeside in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Group non-electric $40 per night, up to 150 people); listed under camping near Pinedale.
Ditch Camp Campground, 21 miles from Pinetop-Lakeside 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.

Things to do near Pinetop-Lakeside

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

Rainbow Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 0.9 miles from Pinetop-Lakeside; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Scott Reservoir fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 1.7 miles from Pinetop-Lakeside; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Show Low Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 3.2 miles from Pinetop-Lakeside; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Fools Hollow Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 10 miles from Pinetop-Lakeside; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, all 2 campgrounds here sit inside this national forest, the nearest Brown Creek Campground at 10 miles from Pinetop-Lakeside; publiclandsdb.com has its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary.
Los Burros Ranger Station, at Los Burros (11 miles from Pinetop-Lakeside): Site of a former Forest Service ranger station whose old barn and corral are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Mount Baldy Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 30 miles from Pinetop-Lakeside; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.

Supplies and emergencies near Pinetop-Lakeside

Nearest emergency room: White Mountain Regional Medical Center, 118 S Mountain Ave, Springerville, AZ, 39 miles from Pinetop-Lakeside , (928) 333-4368. Next nearest: Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center, 5880 South Hospital Drive, Globe, AZ, 71 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: Speedway convenience store · 0.4 miles
Safeway supermarket · 1 mile · (928) 367-6677
Circle K convenience store · 1.6 miles
Fuel: Circle K fuel station · 0.3 miles
Speedway fuel station · 0.3 miles
Circle K fuel station · 1.6 miles
Propane: Griffin's Propane propane dealer · 7.7 miles
Owen's Energy propane dealer · 7.9 miles
Pharmacy: CVS Pharmacy pharmacy · 8.1 miles
Laundromat: Black Jack Laundry laundromat · 8.1 miles · Hours Mo-Su 06:00-22:00
Laudromat laundromat · 22 miles

Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Pinetop-Lakeside: 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.

Common questions

Where can I camp around Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ?

2 public campgrounds are on record near Pinetop-Lakeside. Nearest first, straight-line from town: Brown Creek Campground (10 miles) and Los Burros (11 miles). 2 are first-come, first-served with no reservations.

Is there free camping near Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ?

Yes: Brown Creek Campground charges no fee at the campground.

Where is the nearest emergency room to Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ?

White Mountain Regional Medical Center, 118 S Mountain Ave, Springerville, AZ, is 39 miles from Pinetop-Lakeside in a straight line and reports emergency services to CMS; phone (928) 333-4368. In an emergency, call 911.

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