Hot Well Dunes Recreation Area
It has 10 sites, and camping costs $3 per vehicle; $30 annual pass from the Safford Field Office. Hot Well Dunes Recreation Area is a BLM campground near Safford, Arizona.
1 / 4Sound like a day at the beach? The sands at the Hot Well Dunes Recreation Area were a beach surrounding a lake approximately two million years ago. Wh. Photo: Bureau of Land Management Arizona, Public domain (US federal government work, 17 U.S.C. 105)
- Managed by
- BLM
- Hookups
- None
Hot Well hot tubs and dunes: An artesian well struck by oil drillers in 1928 fills two hot tubs with 106-degree water; beside them, 2,000 acres of sand dunes are open to off-highway vehicles. (blm.gov)
Getting a site
- Managed by
- BLM
- Fee
- $3 per vehicle; $30 annual pass from the Safford Field Office
Source: blm.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Sites and hookups
- Total sites
- 10
- Hookups
- None
- ✓ Toilets
- ✓ Fire rings
- ✓ Pets allowed
- ✕ Potable water
On site: Toilets, fire rings, and pets allowed. No potable water.
Source: blm.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Rules
- Stay limit
- 14 days within a 28-day period
- Pets
- Allowed
Source: blm.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Access and cell service
- Elevation
- 3,365 ft
Cell coverage by carrier (FCC map)
- AT&T
- 4G LTE
- T-Mobile
- 4G LTE
- Verizon
- 4G LTE
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.
32.5205, -109.4407 in Graham. Open in OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Around Hot Well Dunes Recreation Area
The nearest lake with a fishing page is Dankworth Pond, whose mapped center point is 21 miles away in a straight line. Stocking record and species: Dankworth Pond fishing on fishypedia.com.
More campgrounds: camping near Safford and campgrounds in Graham.
Sources
- blm.gov (all fields), accessed 2026-09-29
- epqs.nationalmap.gov (elevationFt), accessed 2026-09-29
- broadbandmap.fcc.gov (cellCoverage), accessed 2026-09-27
Photo credits
- Photo 1: Bureau of Land Management Arizona, Public domain (US federal government work, 17 U.S.C. 105)
- Photo 2: Bureau of Land Management Arizona, Public domain (US federal government work, 17 U.S.C. 105)
- Photo 3: Lamoni Mora, Bureau of Land Management Arizona, Public domain (US federal government work, 17 U.S.C. 105)
- Photo 4: Bureau of Land Management Arizona, Public domain (US federal government work, 17 U.S.C. 105)