Cottonwood, Arizona
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Top Camping Spots in and near Cottonwood
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Happy Jack, Arizona
Car Camp the Mogollon Rim
4.8The Mogollon Rim is part of the Colorado Plateau in eastern Arizona above Payson. The rim stretches across the Coconino National Forest and at some parts drops off nearly 2,000ft. This area is ideal for over-night car-camping. The expansive vistas above thousands of acres of national forest land ...Read more -
Flagstaff, Arizona
Humphreys Peak Summit
5.09.57 mi / 2759 ft gainIf you think you might only get one chance to hike Humphreys Peak in your life, I recommend this hike so that you can have a unique view experience of the east and west sides of the Peaks. This is a shuttle hike of Humphreys Peak which combines the Humphreys Peak Trail and the Humphreys via Inner...Read more -
Payson, Arizona
Cabin Loop Trail
18.82 mi / 2028 ft gainPeople think Arizona is all just desert, but this hike will show you otherwise. Up on the Mogollon Rim, this trail takes you past old cabins, through lush forest, and near many creeks. Day 1: (10 miles) Drive on Rim Road to the General Springs Trail Head. The cabin marks the start of the tr...Read more -
Payson, Arizona
Mogollon Rim via Washington Park
4.04.32 mi / 1138 ft gainThis trail begins at the Washington Park Trailhead which meets up with passage #27 of the AZT. You begin traveling northbound as you ascend the great Mogollon Rim. The trail takes you through a gorgeous forest and rewards you with an awesome cliff side view at the summit. 2.25 miles into the tra...Read more -
Payson, Arizona
Hike the Colonel Devin Trail
4 mi / 1116 ft gainThe hike will begin at Washington Park in Payson, Arizona. To reach Washington Park, take AZ87 to Forest Road 199 (Houston Mesa Road) and turn east. Continue for 10 miles until you reach Forest Road 64 and turn west. Traveling less than a mile you will turn north on Forest Road 32 and in 3 miles ...Read more -
Flagstaff, Arizona
Camp in the Coconino National Forest
3.8The free camping in the Coconino (as well as the many other national forests) is generally along the old Fire Roads, and old Forest Service Roads. You can tell if a road is one of these by a brown sign with an FS 123 or any other number, FS meaning Forest Service Road. There are many of these roa...Read more -
Flagstaff, Arizona
Abineau-Bear Jaw Loop
5.07.04 mi / 2031 ft gainThis trail is slightly more hidden on the northern slope of the San Francisco Peaks, but well worth the drive just outside of Flagstaff. Do it during the last week of September, when summer gives it’s last wave goodbye in a spectacle of electric yellow aspen groves. With the exception of occasion...Read more