Aspen Campground
- Right now
- OpenInside the published season, our reading
- A night
- $34From, per site
- Season
- April 29Opens April 29. No closing date published.
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there
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. Facilities: Aspen Campground is a large facility with 148 campsites. It is composed of four loops in alternating meadow and wooded areas, and campsites are spaced well apart from each other. Keep reading
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. 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
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Firewood
- Mentioned
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, Meadow
Phone before you drive
recreation.gov publishes no availability for a campground you can’t reserve, so there’s no thirty-night reading to draw here. The season bar above is what the agency does publish.
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What you actually pay
“$12.00 extra vehicle charge payable upon arrival.” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own fee record
Derived by CAMPANAC: the lowest per-night amount the agency’s fee record states ($34), and no booking fee, because this campground takes no reservations. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
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record Aug 24, 2026 · How we know all this
Getting there
the map and the coordinate
Where it is
Aspen (AZ)Sitgreaves National Forest · 0.0 mi
Woods Canyon Lake GroupSitgreaves National Forest · 0.4 miSpillway 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 miThe weather
the next four days
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Christopher Creek, AZ
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
Roadless country, and what’s coming for it
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Aspen Campground 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 →