About this place
The campground sits among large ponderosa pine and Gambel oak on the Coronado Trail, US Highway 191, about 26 miles south of Alpine. It is six miles below the Mogollon Rim, and it stays cool and shady.
It's a trailhead as well. The Highline Trail, number 47, runs along the foot of the Rim. The Raspberry Trail, number 35, heads into the Blue Range Primitive Area.
The highway has a past. It used to be numbered US 666. People called it the Devil's Highway, until the road got a new route number.
There is a vault toilet. Drinking water runs only in season, so check before you count on it.
The facts
- Cost
- Free to camp
- Roads around it
- Not maintained for ordinary cars
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Toilet
- Yes
- Type
- Specific campsite
- Managed by
- Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest
The roads around this place are not maintained for a regular car. That comes from the US Forest Service, who grade every road by the kind of vehicle it is looked after for. Those records cover the roads nearby. They do not cover the last stretch in to the campsite, and nobody has checked that part. Treat this as a warning. We are not promising what you will find when you get there. If you have driven it, tell us what it was like and we will say so here.
Getting there
Coordinates 33.550262, -109.317987
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What is near here
Nothing nationally famous is close. These are the landmarks nearby.
- Escudilla Mountain Directions
- Big Lake Directions
- Mount Baldy Directions
- Sunrise Park Resort Directions
Every distance on this page is the driving distance. A short distance can still take a long time. The road may be closed for the season, covered in snow, or washed out. Many of these roads are dirt. Plan your route before you leave home. Out here there is often no phone signal to look it up on the way.
Nearest town and supplies
- Alpine, AZ Directions
- Morenci, AZ Directions
Morenci is big enough that you’d normally expect fuel and somewhere to buy food. Nobody from here has been to check, so don’t count on it if you’re running low.
Why the drive to town is usually twice what the map says — what we found measuring every campsite in this guide.
When it’s time to move on
On most public land you can camp for 14 days before you have to move on. Check this site’s own limit before you plan a long stay. This is Forest Service land, and each forest sets its own rule for how far you have to go, so check before you travel.
The nearest other free campsite in this guide is Granville Campground, Arizona — 26 miles in a straight line, but a 41 mile drive. Seven more sit closer than 25 miles, if the rule here allows them.
This guide covers five states and does not list every free campsite, so there may be something closer that we do not hold. Check this site’s own rule before you rely on it.
Have you been here?
Fees and access change, and the records do not always keep up. If you have been, tell us what you found.
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The thing we cannot get from any government record is what the drive in is actually like. If you have done it, this is the most useful thing you can leave behind. We read everything before it appears, and we print a first name with it if you give one.
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Where this information comes from
The description on this page is ours. The facts in it, and the fee and facility details below it, come from the Forest Service’s own records, read in August 2026.