Brown Creek Campground
Its sites are first-come, first-served (no reservations), and camping is free. Brown Creek Campground is a National Forest campground near Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona.
First-come, first-served
- Managed by
- National Forest
Brown Creek Campground sits inside Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests. Its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com.
Getting a site
- Managed by
- National Forest
- Reservations
- None, first-come
- Fee
- Free
Sources: recreation.gov, accessed 2026-09-29; apps.fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29; campendium.com, accessed 2026-09-29; hipcamp.com, accessed 2026-09-29
What's there
- ✕ Potable water
- ✕ Toilets
No potable water and no toilets.
Rules
- Stay limit
- 14 consecutive days within any 30-day period
Source: fs.usda.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Access and cell service
- Elevation
- 7,543 ft
Cell coverage by carrier (FCC map)
- AT&T
- No coverage at the campground; 4G LTE mapped about 0.1 mi away, 5G about 0.4 mi away
- T-Mobile
- No coverage mapped
- Verizon
- No coverage at the campground; 4G LTE mapped about 0.1 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.
34.1860, -109.7896 in Apache. Open in OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Around Brown Creek Campground
The nearest lake with a fishing page is Scott Reservoir, whose mapped center point is 9.7 miles away in a straight line. Stocking record and species: Scott Reservoir fishing on fishypedia.com.
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Sources
- recreation.gov (name, coordinates, manager), accessed 2026-09-29
- fs.usda.gov (all fields), accessed 2026-09-29
- fs.usda.gov (toilets, water), accessed 2026-09-29
- epqs.nationalmap.gov (elevationFt), accessed 2026-09-29
- broadbandmap.fcc.gov (cellCoverage), accessed 2026-09-27
- apps.fs.usda.gov (fee), accessed 2026-09-29
- fs.usda.gov (stayLimit), accessed 2026-09-29
- campendium.com (fee, reservationSystem), accessed 2026-09-29
- hipcamp.com (reservationSystem), accessed 2026-09-29