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U.S. Forest Service · Sitgreaves National Forest · AZ

Aspen (AZ)

ReservableOut of season, no booking; November 7 opens May 7.

Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book

Right now: Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
A night: $35From, per site
Sites: 133132 on recreation.gov

Photos · unknown

69 ftLongest rig

7,620 ftElevation

2,470 ftWater · an unnamed pond

12.7 miNE of Star Valley, AZ

23%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 10 notices

In the agency’s own words

Aspen Campground is a scenic hideaway for anglers, boaters, families and photographers, located in north central Arizona near Heber and Payson. It sits in a dense pine and aspen area forest near the shore of Woods Canyon Lake at an elevation of 7,000 ft. With spacious campsites, calm and scenic lake waters, a marina, boat ramp and many amenities, Aspen is one of the most popular camping spots in Arizona. Keep reading

Recreation

Popular activities include trout fishing, hiking, boating and photography. Woods Canyon Lake is one of seven lakes in the Rim Lakes Recreation Area, and one of the most visited. Two other lakes are within a short drive. Woods Canyon Lake only allows electric boat motors. An easy hiking trail meanders around the lake, and the campground's paved roads make for great bike rides. Families might also enjoy attending educational programs given by Forest Service rangers on the weekends.

Facilities

Aspen Campground is a large facility with 136 campsites. It is composed of four loops in alternating meadow and wooded areas, and campsites are spaced well apart from each other. The nearest showers are 10 miles away at Canyon Point Campground. A marina with a full service store with groceries, boat rentals and firewood is available at the lake. Gas, phone and groceries are also available in nearby Forest Lakes.

Natural Features

The large and rambling campground offers several camping experiences and environments from marshy meadows to a rocky forest. Wildlife viewing includes birds, squirrels, deer and elk. Deer, skunks and bears are common campground visitors. Summer temperatures can be very pleasant because of the elevation. However, the rainy season often brings afternoon thunderstorms from late June through August. Visitors should come prepared for rain and cool nighttime temperatures. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (928) 535-0181.

Nearby Attractions

Visitors can explore endless vistas and take part in many outdoor activities in the surrounding Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, which encompasses 2 million acres of magnificent mountain country in east-central Arizona and New Mexico. The Mogollon Rim Visitor Center, open weekends from Memorial Day through Labor Day, is only a short drive from Aspen Campground. Visitors can find an informative staff as well as books and gifts related to the local area. The nearest towns are Heber and Payson.

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

What the agency tells you

Rule

One (1) vehicle is included with each campsite reservation. RVs and their tow vehicles, as well as vehicles towing camper trailers, are considered one vehicle when they arrive as a single unit. Vehicles beyond that would be subject to the additional vehicle fee ($12.00/night) collected at the campground upon arrival.

Rule

Check-in time is 2 p.m. Check out time is 11:00 am

Rule

Walk-in season dates (end-April to mid-May) are weather permitting only.

Everything else this campground posts · 7

Rule

If this campground is full, several other facilities are in the area

Rule

This is a high elevation facility; please use caution when traveling from lower elevations

Rule

Click here for more information on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest

Rule

Don't Move Firewood: Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood near your destination and burning it on-site. For more information visit dontmovefirewood.org.

Rule

Well behaved dogs on leashes or leads are welcome. Dogs must be attended at all times - do not leave unattended dogs in campsites. Visitors who bring aggressive or nuisance dogs may be asked to leave - no refund will be given.

Rule

Availability of walk-in (first come, first served) sites are determined at the campground kiosk. Sites marked as first come, first served on the website are not indications of availability.

Rule

Only quiet generators are permitted in campground.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Source: recreation.gov facility notices, quoted verbatim · Sep 9, 2026

Tents and rigs

Sites: 133
Hookups: None
Longest rig: 69 ft
Paved pads: 129 of 133
Accessible sites: None listed
Pets: Allowed
Campfires: Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade: Every site

Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets: Vault Toilets; VAULT TOILETS on 1 of 136 campsite records, ACCESSIBLE VAULT TOILETS on 1 of 136 campsite records
Dump station: Yes; recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
Boat ramp: Yes
Firewood: Mentioned
Stay limit: 14 nights; recreation.gov facility rule maxStay

Source: Stated in the agency description · Aug 23, 2026

Water, toilets and showers: counted from this campground’s own campsite records, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water: Lake, Meadow; Amphitheater; Boating; Canoeing; Evening Programs; Guided Interpretive Walks; Hiking; Ranger programs; Paddling; Picnicking
Night sky · 76th darkest of 262 in AZ: Bortle 2

Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Nothing on the booking system for the next 30 nightsread 15:51 UTC

recreation.gov lists 132 of the 133 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.

Every one of the next thirty nights is in recreation.gov’s record and not one site is being offered on any of them. That’s a campground closed or not yet released for booking, not a sold-out one.

Booking windowOut of seasonOut of season, no booking. On November 7, 2026 at 10 AM ET, availability opens through May 7, 2027.recreation.gov Add to calendar (.ics)

Max stay14 nightsthe facility record

A night$35plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

A weekend$78DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above

If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservationrecreation.gov’s schedule

Runs itU.S. Forest ServiceBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record

Watch for a cancellation

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We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Tell me when the season opens

Watch for the season to open

One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Book on recreation.gov

We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.

Every line of the receipt · 13

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Forest Service

A night$35

Standard Nonelectric$35

Rates for the season the campground is in now, May 8, 2026 to Oct 11, 2026.

The booking feerecreation.gov

Reservation fee, booked online$8

One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.

Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.

What this campground addsits own record

Extra vehicle$12

“Vehicles beyond that would be subject to the additional vehicle fee ($12.00/night) collected at the campground upon arrival.” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own agency notice

What a stay costs

One nightDerived$43

A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$78

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $35 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.

If your plans changerecreation.gov

Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10

Cancellation fee$10

Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night

No-show$20 + your first night

Who keeps the booking fee

The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →

How we know this receipt · 6

Sign price: recreation.gov facility rate schedule, quoted as the agency publishes it · Sep 10, 2026

Booking fee, change fee, cancellation fee, no-show: Rules and Reservation Policies, Recreation.gov, the published fee schedule, curated by hand into lib/reservation-fee-schedule.json (9 rows, each carrying its own verbatim sentence). The publisher states these policies were last updated September 2019. · Sep 9, 2026

What this campground adds: The U.S. Forest Service’s own fee record and notices for this campground, quoted verbatim. An extra-vehicle charge is set locally and appears on no national schedule, so it’s never assumed. · Sep 9, 2026

The two totals: Derived by CAMPANAC by adding the agency’s own published nightly rate to recreation.gov’s own published reservation fee. Both components are cited above; the addition is ours and is shown only where every component is known. · Sep 9, 2026

Who keeps the booking fee: Recreation.gov facility policy text, Dead Swede Campground (facility 234221) · Not on the national policy page. This is agency policy text recreation.gov publishes on individual campground pages; this site holds it verbatim on 45 active campgrounds (campground_rules.cancellation_description, scripts/load-facility-rules.mjs). · Sep 9, 2026

The contract: Reservation Gods: Who Stole Our Campsites and Sold Them Back to Us, More Than Just Parks, April 2025 · Apr 1, 2025

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

recreation.gov availability, read 15:51 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

136 records · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 132 mapped sites

102 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomLoop ASPE 088 157 ftLoop ASPE 023 154 ftLoop ASPE 064 149 ftLoop ASPE 021 145 ftLoop ASPE 067 139 ft

Least roomLoop ASPE 083 60 ftLoop ASPE 085 60 ftLoop ASPE 111 73 ft

Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor distance) · Oct 12, 2026

All 136 records

135 of 136 records located

Standard130Type not stated3Host pad2

003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028-HOST SITE 029 030 - HOST SITE 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050 051 052 053 054 055 056 057 058 059 060 061 062 064 065 066 067 068 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 080 081 082 083 084 085 086 087 088 089 090 091 092 093 094 095 096 097 098 099 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 001 002 0063

Aerial · Esri World Imagery

Sites: recreation.gov (RIDB), coordinates as published · Aug 23, 2026

Imagery: Esri World Imagery

SleepsTakes aUp to

Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 135 of the 136 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 133 of the 136 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.


ASPE	003	standard nonelectric	51 ft	137 ft	1,217 ftWoods Canyon Lake	116 ft	$35
ASPE	004	standard nonelectric	46 ft	123 ft	1,353 ftWoods Canyon Lake	155 ft	$35
ASPE	005	standard nonelectric	48 ft	102 ft	1,453 ftWoods Canyon Lake	205 ft	$35
ASPE	006	standard nonelectric	51 ft	123 ft	1,476 ftWoods Canyon Lake	261 ft	$35
ASPE	007	standard nonelectric	42 ft	102 ft	1,554 ftWoods Canyon Lake	306 ft	$35
ASPE	008	standard nonelectric	48 ft	122 ft	1,642 ftWoods Canyon Lake	412 ft	$35
ASPE	009	standard nonelectric	48 ft	122 ft	1,672 ftWoods Canyon Lake	361 ft	$35
ASPE	010	standard nonelectric	43 ft	101 ft	1,820 ftWoods Canyon Lake	216 ft	$35
ASPE	011	standard nonelectric	44 ft	137 ft	1,831 ftWoods Canyon Lake	267 ft	$35
ASPE	012	standard nonelectric	25 ft	101 ft	1,920 ftWoods Canyon Lake	120 ft	$35
ASPE	013	standard nonelectric	45 ft	132 ft	2,007 ftWoods Canyon Lake	146 ft	$35
ASPE	014	standard nonelectric	55 ft	111 ft	1,977 ft	163 ft	$35
ASPE	015	standard nonelectric	48 ft	114 ft	2,095 ft	95 ft	$35
ASPE	016	standard nonelectric	60 ft	99 ft	2,016 ft	225 ft	$35
ASPE	017	standard nonelectric	60 ft	99 ft	2,114 ft	207 ft	$35
ASPE	018	standard nonelectric	46 ft	85 ft	2,060 ft	318 ft	$35
ASPE	019	standard nonelectric	54 ft	99 ft	2,157 ft	305 ft	$35
ASPE	020	standard nonelectric	52 ft	85 ft	2,067 ft	402 ft	$35
ASPE	021	standard nonelectric	48 ft	145 ft	2,201 ft	385 ft	$35
ASPE	022	standard nonelectric	60 ft	122 ft	2,007 ft	453 ft	$35
ASPE	023	standard nonelectric	45 ft	154 ft	2,139 ft	411 ft	$35
ASPE	024	standard nonelectric	50 ft	138 ft	1,968 ft	294 ft	$35
ASPE	025	standard nonelectric	45 ft	105 ft	2,088 ft	260 ft	$35
ASPE	026	standard nonelectric	45 ft	105 ft	2,070 ft	162 ft	$35
ASPE	027	standard nonelectric	43 ft	125 ft	1,915 ft	148 ft	$35
ASPE	028-HOST SITE	host pad	56 ft	90 ft	1,894 ft	116 ft	$35
ASPE	029	standard nonelectric	55 ft	125 ft	1,822 ft	165 ft	$35
ASPE	030 - HOST SITE	host pad	44 ft	90 ft	1,883 ft	194 ft	$35
ASPE	031	standard nonelectric	53 ft	135 ft	1,748 ft	280 ft	$35
ASPE	032	standard nonelectric	48 ft	139 ft	1,887 ft	324 ft	$35
ASPE	033	standard nonelectric	50 ft	102 ft	2,056 ft	235 ft	$35
ASPE	034	standard nonelectric	45 ft	102 ft	2,026 ft	321 ft	$35
ASPE	035	standard nonelectric	45 ft	109 ft	2,165 ft	328 ft	$35
ASPE	036	standard nonelectric	51 ft	113 ft	2,141 ft	224 ft	$35
ASPE	037	standard nonelectric	44 ft	115 ft	2,202 ft	223 ft	$35
ASPE	038	standard nonelectric	47 ft	115 ft	2,295 ft	317 ft	$35
ASPE	039	standard nonelectric	54 ft	86 ft	2,340 ft	369 ft	$35
ASPE	040	standard nonelectric	51 ft	86 ft	2,266 ft	309 ft	$35
ASPE	041	standard nonelectric	42 ft	96 ft	2,391 ft	458 ft	$35
ASPE	042	standard nonelectric	51 ft	96 ft	2,301 ft	394 ft	$35
ASPE	043	standard nonelectric	55 ft	101 ft	2,443 ftWoods Canyon Lake	408 ft	$35
ASPE	044	standard nonelectric	47 ft	133 ft	2,340 ft	391 ft	$35
ASPE	045	standard nonelectric	54 ft	99 ft	2,342 ftWoods Canyon Lake	328 ft	$35
ASPE	046	standard nonelectric	54 ft	126 ft	2,251 ftWoods Canyon Lake	240 ft	$35
ASPE	047	standard nonelectric	51 ft	99 ft	2,243 ftWoods Canyon Lake	234 ft	$35
ASPE	048	standard nonelectric	40 ft	98 ft	2,125 ftWoods Canyon Lake	118 ft	$35
ASPE	049	standard nonelectric	51 ft	105 ft	2,138 ftWoods Canyon Lake	140 ft	$35
ASPE	050	standard nonelectric	60 ft	82 ft	2,036 ftWoods Canyon Lake	93 ft	$35
ASPE	051	standard nonelectric	60 ft	82 ft	1,973 ftWoods Canyon Lake	150 ft	$35
ASPE	052	standard nonelectric	63 ft	84 ft	1,862 ftWoods Canyon Lake	166 ft	$35
ASPE	053	standard nonelectric	42 ft	96 ft	1,884 ftWoods Canyon Lake	225 ft	$35
ASPE	054	standard nonelectric	42 ft	106 ft	1,779 ftWoods Canyon Lake	268 ft	$35
ASPE	055	standard nonelectric	36 ft	110 ft	1,784 ftWoods Canyon Lake	330 ft	$35
ASPE	056	standard nonelectric	60 ft	122 ft	1,637 ftWoods Canyon Lake	440 ft	$35
ASPE	057	standard nonelectric	60 ft	99 ft	1,515 ftWoods Canyon Lake	335 ft	$35
ASPE	058	standard nonelectric	63 ft	110 ft	1,640 ftWoods Canyon Lake	383 ft	$35
ASPE	059	standard nonelectric	60 ft	99 ft	1,417 ftWoods Canyon Lake	251 ft	$35
ASPE	060	standard nonelectric	57 ft	123 ft	1,366 ftWoods Canyon Lake	312 ft	$35
ASPE	061	standard nonelectric	60 ft	105 ft	1,217 ftWoods Canyon Lake	190 ft	$35
ASPE	062	standard nonelectric	60 ft	105 ft	1,314 ftWoods Canyon Lake	168 ft	$35
ASPE	064	standard nonelectric	57 ft	148 ft	1,217 ftWoods Canyon Lake	49 ft	$35
ASPE	065	standard nonelectric	69 ft	109 ft	2,267 ft	373 ft	$35
ASPE	066	standard nonelectric	69 ft	91 ft	2,361 ft	403 ft	$35
ASPE	067	standard nonelectric	69 ft	140 ft	2,407 ft	519 ft	$35
ASPE	068	standard nonelectric	69 ft	96 ft	2,450 ft	502 ft	$35
ASPE	070	standard nonelectric	69 ft	105 ft	2,601 ft	688 ft	$35
ASPE	071	standard nonelectric	48 ft	95 ft	2,680 ft	552 ft	$35
ASPE	072	standard nonelectric	45 ft	95 ft	2,759 ft	488 ft	$35
ASPE	073	standard nonelectric	66 ft	103 ft	2,790 ftWoods Canyon Lake	407 ft	$35
ASPE	074	standard nonelectric	57 ft	111 ft	2,786 ftWoods Canyon Lake	445 ft	$35
ASPE	075	standard nonelectric	60 ft	87 ft	2,693 ftWoods Canyon Lake	321 ft	$35
ASPE	076	standard nonelectric	48 ft	111 ft	2,685 ftWoods Canyon Lake	404 ft	$35
ASPE	077	standard nonelectric	51 ft	87 ft	2,614 ftWoods Canyon Lake	279 ft	$35
ASPE	078	standard nonelectric	45 ft	105 ft	2,585 ftWoods Canyon Lake	414 ft	$35
ASPE	079	standard nonelectric	51 ft	105 ft	2,482 ftWoods Canyon Lake	403 ft	$35
ASPE	080	standard nonelectric	51 ft	108 ft	2,400 ftWoods Canyon Lake	290 ft	$35
ASPE	081	standard nonelectric	48 ft	113 ft	2,357 ftWoods Canyon Lake	399 ft	$35
ASPE	082	standard nonelectric	51 ft	75 ft	2,343 ftWoods Canyon Lake	217 ft	$35
ASPE	083	standard nonelectric	69 ft	60 ft	2,275 ftWoods Canyon Lake	231 ft	$35
ASPE	084	standard nonelectric	42 ft	95 ft	2,141 ftWoods Canyon Lake	341 ft	$35
ASPE	085	standard nonelectric	69 ft	60 ft	2,236 ftWoods Canyon Lake	235 ft	$35
ASPE	086	standard nonelectric	40 ft	95 ft	2,113 ftWoods Canyon Lake	331 ft	$35
ASPE	087	standard nonelectric	57 ft	118 ft	2,024 ftWoods Canyon Lake	368 ft	$35
ASPE	088	standard nonelectric	48 ft	157 ft	2,013 ftWoods Canyon Lake	253 ft	$35
ASPE	089	standard nonelectric	48 ft	118 ft	1,932 ftWoods Canyon Lake	392 ft	$35
ASPE	090	standard nonelectric	69 ft	112 ft	1,827 ftWoods Canyon Lake	346 ft	$35
ASPE	091	standard nonelectric	48 ft	94 ft	1,863 ftWoods Canyon Lake	232 ft	$35
ASPE	092	standard nonelectric	48 ft	94 ft	1,771 ftWoods Canyon Lake	308 ft	$35
ASPE	093	standard nonelectric	48 ft	84 ft	1,823 ftWoods Canyon Lake	200 ft	$35
ASPE	094	standard nonelectric	45 ft	110 ft	1,692 ftWoods Canyon Lake	333 ft	$35
ASPE	095	standard nonelectric	45 ft	96 ft	2,702 ft	705 ft	$35
ASPE	096	standard nonelectric	42 ft	83 ft	2,798 ft	695 ft	$35
ASPE	097	standard nonelectric	40 ft	83 ft	2,881 ft	707 ft	$35
ASPE	098	standard nonelectric	45 ft	120 ft	2,942 ftWoods Canyon Lake	605 ft	$35
ASPE	099	standard nonelectric	42 ft	120 ft	3,001 ft	725 ft	$35
ASPE	100	standard nonelectric	45 ft	121 ft	2,974 ftWoods Canyon Lake	715 ft	$35
ASPE	101	standard nonelectric	42 ft	121 ft	2,853 ftWoods Canyon Lake	618 ft	$35
ASPE	102	standard nonelectric	45 ft	122 ft	2,839 ftWoods Canyon Lake	703 ft	$35
ASPE	103	standard nonelectric	48 ft	122 ft	2,730 ftWoods Canyon Lake	593 ft	$35
ASPE	104	standard nonelectric	48 ft	111 ft	2,733 ftWoods Canyon Lake	736 ft	$35
ASPE	105	standard nonelectric	48 ft	118 ft	2,560 ftWoods Canyon Lake	670 ft	$35
ASPE	106	standard nonelectric	45 ft	104 ft	2,655 ftWoods Canyon Lake	770 ft	$35
ASPE	107	standard nonelectric	45 ft	91 ft	2,568 ftWoods Canyon Lake	794 ft	$35
ASPE	108	standard nonelectric	39 ft	91 ft	2,501 ftWoods Canyon Lake	836 ft	$35
ASPE	109	standard nonelectric	45 ft	98 ft	2,402 ftWoods Canyon Lake	832 ft	$35
ASPE	110	standard nonelectric	42 ft	86 ft	2,362 ftWoods Canyon Lake	736 ft	$35
ASPE	111	standard nonelectric	45 ft	74 ft	2,308 ftWoods Canyon Lake	802 ft	$35
ASPE	112	standard nonelectric	42 ft	74 ft	2,239 ftWoods Canyon Lake	781 ft	$35
ASPE	113	standard nonelectric	42 ft	83 ft	2,179 ftWoods Canyon Lake	733 ft	$35
ASPE	114	standard nonelectric	48 ft	88 ft	2,244 ftWoods Canyon Lake	663 ft	$35
ASPE	115	standard nonelectric	42 ft	84 ft	2,127 ftWoods Canyon Lake	685 ft	$35
ASPE	116	standard nonelectric	45 ft	109 ft	2,223 ftWoods Canyon Lake	504 ft	$35
ASPE	117	standard nonelectric	48 ft	109 ft	2,120 ftWoods Canyon Lake	580 ft	$35
ASPE	118	standard nonelectric	42 ft	113 ft	2,245 ftWoods Canyon Lake	379 ft	$35
ASPE	119	standard nonelectric	45 ft	113 ft	2,142 ftWoods Canyon Lake	472 ft	$35
ASPE	120	standard nonelectric	69 ft	91 ft	2,516 ft	548 ft	$35
ASPE	121	standard nonelectric	69 ft	91 ft	2,433 ft	460 ft	$35
ASPE	122	standard nonelectric	69 ft	104 ft	2,587 ft	489 ft	$35
ASPE	123	standard nonelectric	69 ft	94 ft	2,496 ft	500 ft	$35
ASPE	124	standard nonelectric	69 ft	114 ft	2,653 ft	376 ft	$35
ASPE	125	standard nonelectric	69 ft	91 ft	2,538 ft	410 ft	$35
ASPE	126	standard nonelectric	69 ft	101 ft	2,637 ftWoods Canyon Lake	265 ft	$35
ASPE	127	standard nonelectric	69 ft	101 ft	2,560 ftWoods Canyon Lake	178 ft	$35
ASPE	128	standard nonelectric	69 ft	91 ft	2,589 ft	323 ft	$35
ASPE	129	standard nonelectric	69 ft	76 ft	2,366 ftWoods Canyon Lake	18 ft	$35
ASPE	130	standard nonelectric	69 ft	92 ft	2,525 ftWoods Canyon Lake	222 ft	$35
ASPE	131	standard nonelectric	69 ft	76 ft	2,292 ftWoods Canyon Lake	93 ft	$35
ASPE	132	standard nonelectric	69 ft	92 ft	2,446 ftWoods Canyon Lake	138 ft	$35
ASPE	133	standard nonelectric	69 ft	92 ft	2,338 ftWoods Canyon Lake	126 ft	$35
ASPE	134	standard nonelectric	69 ft	92 ft	2,251 ftWoods Canyon Lake	157 ft	$35
ASPE	135	standard nonelectric	69 ft	81 ft	2,193 ftWoods Canyon Lake	223 ft	$35
ASPE	136	standard nonelectric	69 ft	127 ft	2,142 ftWoods Canyon Lake	241 ft	$35
ASPEN (AZ)	XXX	unnamed record	45 ft				$35
MANAGEMENT SITES	001	type not stated			911 ftWoods Canyon Lake	370 ft	$35
MANAGEMENT SITES	002	type not stated			1,049 ftWoods Canyon Lake	231 ft	$35
MANAGEMENT SITES	0063	type not stated			1,128 ftWoods Canyon Lake	136 ft	$35

The agency files 3 more records here that aren’t sites for the night: 2 it names a host pad and 1 it types MANAGEMENT rather than a campsite. They’re in the table above, marked for what they are, and none of them is counted as a site.

The records with no site name: Derived by CAMPANAC from the agency’s own campsite records: recreation.gov files some overnight records with no site name, only a row of X characters. A block is read as the campground’s own sites, filed without names, only where the agency types those records as campsites rather than MANAGEMENT, gives each one a coordinate, and their numbering continues the campground’s own numbered sites with no gap. Everything else is left uncounted, and where the evidence doesn’t decide the record is counted as no kind of site rather than guessed at · Sep 12, 2026

Price: Derived by CAMPANAC: each site takes the per-night rate this campground publishes for the site’s own site type (recreation.gov rate schedule). recreation.gov publishes no per-campsite fee, and a site whose type carries no published rate is left blank rather than called free · Sep 11, 2026

25 of 136 listed

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number

Coordinate34.32667, -110.94583

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phone928-535-9859

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near hereAspen CampgroundSitgreaves National Forest · 0.0 mi

Woods Canyon Lake GroupSitgreaves National Forest · 0.4 mi Spillway Group CampgroundSitgreaves National Forest · 0.5 mi

Spillway (AZ)Sitgreaves National Forest · 0.7 mi

Mogollon CampgroundSitgreaves National Forest · 0.7 mi

Crook CampgroundSitgreaves National Forest · 0.7 mi

Getting there

From Payson, take Highway 260 northeast toward Heber. Take a left at the sign for Woods Canyon Lake (Rim Road/Forest Road 300). Follow for about 5 miles and turn right onto the paved road at the sign toward Woods Canyon Lake (there is no road sign). Aspen Campground is about 1 mile down the road on the left.

Directions: Driving directions as the agency wrote them · Sep 9, 2026

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

The weather

the next four days

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Today54°Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers21% rain

Tonight40°Chance Rain Showers48% rain

Sunday53°Chance Rain Showers44% rain

Sunday Night43°Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Chance Rain Showers39% rain

NWS forecast for Christopher Creek, AZ

Source: National Weather Service, FGZ forecast office · Oct 17, 2026

The land, and who answers for it

what threatens it · who answers for it

Roadless country, and what’s coming for it

Roadless

Chevelon Canyon5,573 acres · 8 mi · inventoried roadless area

You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.

Source: USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas via MTJP Roadless Map · Jul 29, 2026

Who answers for this land

Aspen (AZ) is in Arizona’s 2nd congressional district. Its representative, Eli Crane (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →

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Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score

How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from

Right now: U.S. Forest Service publishes no season and no closure for this campground, and it takes no bookings we can read. That’s a gap in the record and not a locked gate: the number below is the only way to be sure.

Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026, November 2026 and July 2027. It names 132 of the 133 campsites the agency files here, and every one of them carries an answer either way. A campground nobody has read carries no answer at all, never a no. · Oct 11, 2026

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this campground’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026

Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate, taken as the median across the 135 campsites here that carry a reading · Sep 9, 2026

Water: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest perennial lake, reservoir, river or stream to this campground’s coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate: 0.08 mcd/m² of artificial all-sky glow, ranked against the 262 rated federal campgrounds in Arizona · Sep 8, 2026

Sky-glow model: Duriscoe, Anderson, Luginbuhl and Baugh (2018), a simplified model of all-sky artificial sky glow derived from VIIRS Day/Night band data, the National Park Service sky-glow model

Cell signal: the Forest Service’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.

Nearest place of any size: Christopher Creek, AZ, 2.5 mi E (a census designated place). Straight line.

Nearest town: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 places, measured by CAMPANAC to the town boundary; population is the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimate · Sep 9, 2026