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

Aspen Campground - East Fork Black River

First come, first servedNo reservation, and none to be had: the sites go to whoever pulls in first.

This is how it should work.

Right now
Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
A night
$14From, per site
Drawn from the record · 7,790 ft · 41% tree cover · North Fork East Fork Black River within reach · Bortle 2 sky
7,790 ftElevation
218 ftWater · North Fork East Fork Black River
18.9 miS of Eagar, AZ
41%Tree cover
Bortle 2Night sky · 15th darkest of 262 in AZ

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there

In the agency’s own words

Aspen Campground on the East Fork of the Black River is a small campground shaded by Ponderosa pines and hardwood trees located streamside at a bend of the East Fork of the Black River. The East Fork meanders through the forested valley shaded by tall ponderosa pines and bordered by grasses, alders, and streamside hardwoods. Campsites are located a few steps from the stream to protect the Black River's unique riparian zone, but access to the river is easy as the undergrowth serves more to enhance the river's picturesque nature than to obstruct easy passage. Sites are small and only a few can accommodate large motor homes or travel trailers. Sites are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Source: USFS Enterprise Data Warehouse · Aug 24, 2026

Around the campground

On the water
River, Creek
Fall color · reported 13 days ago, 7 km away
Peak color
Source: Stated in the agency description
Fall color: More Than Just Parks foliage tracker, joined to this campground by distance (7 km) · Oct 4, 2026

Nothing to book, just show up

One of 1,623 federal campgrounds where the site still goes to whoever pulls in first, and a night costs $14 with nothing added. Get there before noon on a summer weekend.

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.

BookingNo reservationsNothing to book, and no release date to wait forthe record
A night$14Per site, fromthe agency’s fee record
A weekend$28DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above
Runs itU.S. Forest Servicethe agency’s record
Every line of the receipt · 5

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Forest Service
A night, from$14
Per Camp Unit per night $14.00 *Additional Camp Unit $14.00 Interagency/Senior Discount $7.00​
The booking feerecreation.gov
Nothing. This campground takes no bookings, so there’s no reservation fee to pay.
What a stay costs
One night, fromDerived$14
A weekend, Friday and Saturday, fromDerived$28

Derived by CAMPANAC: the lowest per-night amount the agency’s fee record states ($14), 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.

How we know this receipt · 5
Source: USFS Enterprise Data Warehouse · Aug 24, 2026

record Aug 24, 2026 · How we know all this

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Getting there

the map and the coordinate

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Tonight29°Mostly Clear
Saturday56°Mostly Sunny7% rain
Saturday Night33°Chance Rain Showers27% rain
Sunday56°Chance Showers And Thunderstorms43% rain

NWS forecast for Alpine, AZ

Typical weather

Typical October night 30°F, day 64°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 15°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

90°32°10°

Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more

A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.

Measured at: ALPINE, AZ (USC00020159), 10 miles away and 260 ft higher

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

Eli Crane, official portrait

Aspen Campground - East Fork Black River 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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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.
Fall color: More Than Just Parks foliage tracker, joined to this campground by distance (7 km) · Oct 4, 2026
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: Alpine, AZ, 9.6 mi WSW (a census designated place). Straight line.