Camping near Prescott, Arizona

Camping near Prescott at a glance

Public campgrounds

10 (10 National Forest)

Getting a site

8 reservable and 2 first-come

Cost

1 free; lowest posted fee at Lower Wolf Creek Campground: "Single Site: $10 per night"

Distance from Prescott

5.4 miles (Yavapai Campground) to 9.5 miles (Upper Wolf Creek Group Campground) in a straight line; 10 within 15 miles

Elevation

5,500 ft (Lynx Campground) to 6,400 ft (Groom Creek Horse Camp), 9 of 10 on record

Season

1 open all year, 4 seasonal with posted dates

Campsites

205 across the 9 campgrounds that state a count

RVs

8 take RVs; no hookups on record; longest stated RV length 60 ft (White Spar Campground)

Drinking water

5 of 10

Distances are straight-line miles from Prescott'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 Prescott

• Potato Patch Campground, 19 miles from Prescott in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site: $14 per night; with electric hook-up: $18; Group Site: $28 (4 vehicles)); listed under camping near Jerome.
• Playground Group Campground, 19 miles from Prescott in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Group Site: $75 to $150 per night by group size (1 to 100 people)); listed under camping near Jerome.
• Mingus Group, 20 miles from Prescott in a straight line , National Forest , reservable ; listed under camping near Jerome.
• Mingus Mountain Campground, 20 miles from Prescott in a straight line , National Forest , reservable (Single Site with electric hook-up: $14 per night); listed under camping near Jerome.
• Powell Springs Campground, 22 miles from Prescott in a straight line , National Forest , first-come (free); listed under camping near Dewey-Humboldt.
• Dead Horse Ranch State Park, 27 miles from Prescott in a straight line , State Park , reservable ($50/night electric, $25 non-electric/tent; extra vehicle $15); listed under camping near Cottonwood.

Things to do near Prescott

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

• Watson Lake, a swimming hole whose mapped point is 1.7 miles from Prescott; swimming details on swimholesmap.com.
• Prescott National Forest, all 10 campgrounds here sit inside this national forest, the nearest Yavapai Campground at 5.4 miles from Prescott; publiclandsdb.com has its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary.
• Lower Goldwater Lake fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 6.5 miles from Prescott; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Groom Creek Loop Trail #307, at Groom Creek Horse Camp (8.8 miles from Prescott): The trailhead for Groom Creek Loop Trail #307 sits just across Forest Road 52 from the horse camp, giving riders direct access to equestrian trails.
• Granite Mountain Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 9 miles from Prescott; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Woodchute Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 19 miles from Prescott; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Jerome State Historic Park, a state park whose mapped point is 22 miles from Prescott; its hours, entrance fee, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Verde River Greenway State Natural Area, a state park whose mapped point is 27 miles from Prescott; its hours, entrance fee, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Dead Horse Ranch State Park, a state park whose mapped point is 27 miles from Prescott; its hours, entrance fee, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Tuzigoot National Monument, a National Park Service unit whose mapped point is 27 miles from Prescott; its entrance fees, current alerts and fire restrictions, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.

Supplies and emergencies near Prescott

Nearest emergency room: VA Northern Arizona Healthcare System, 500 Highway 89 North, Prescott, AZ, 2.7 miles from Prescott , (928) 445-4860. Next nearest: Yavapai Regional Medical Center, 1003 Willow Creek Rd, Prescott, AZ, 3.1 miles, (928) 445-2700. Both report emergency services in the CMS Hospital General Information dataset (accessed 2026-09-26) ; the location of VA Northern Arizona Healthcare System is from OpenStreetMap, the Census geocoder could not place its address. In an emergency, call 911.

Groceries

• Fry's Fuel Center convenience store · 0.8 miles
• Fry's Food and Drug supermarket · 0.9 miles · (928) 778-3717 · Hours Mo-Su 06:00-22:00
• Twin Lakes Market convenience store · 1.2 miles

Fuel

• Fry's Fuel Center fuel station · 0.8 miles
• Circle K fuel station · 1.1 miles
• 76 fuel station · 1.2 miles

Pharmacy

• CVS Pharmacy pharmacy · 0.7 miles · Hours Mo-Sa 08:00-21:00; Su 10:00-19:00
• Walgreens pharmacy · 2.7 miles · (928) 227-9965 · Hours Mo-Su 08:00-20:00
• Walgreens pharmacy · 3.4 miles

Laundromat

• Iron Springs Plaza Laundry laundromat · 3.1 miles

Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Prescott: propane, 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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