Cholla Campground
- Right now
- OpenThe agency lists it open
- A night
- $25–$50Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 167133 on recreation.gov
- Season
- Year-roundOpen year-round
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 1 notices
In the agency’s own words
Cholla Campground at Roosevelt Lake, is one of several campgrounds on the shores of the largest lake/reservoir located entirely in the State of Arizona. It is situated within a lush sonoran desert landscape at an elevation of 2168'. Each of its 206 campsites have shade ramadas, firepits, grills, and picnic tables. Playgrounds, showers and toilet facilites are scattered throughout the campground. The area around Cholla Campground is often alive with abundant wildlife such as mule deer, coyotes, geese, fox, javalina, and the occasional bald eagle. Keep reading
Recreation
Recreation opportunities abound at Cholla Campground. Launch your bass boat, ski boat, or pontoon boat from the developed boat ramps within the recreation site and play on the water all day long. If motorsports aren't your thing, there's an abundance of places to explore from your kayak, canoe, or paddleboard. While you're visiting, you can also hike a portion of the Arizona Trail, visit the Tonto National Monument cliff dwellings, explore endless miles of jeep trails or drive a portion of the Apache Trail or Spines to Pines Highway. If if you're looking for a day in town, consider the easy 45 minute drive Globe or Payson where you can shop for antiques, buy ice cream and learn about Arizona's rich mining and timber history. Roosevelt Lake is a landscape photograhers dream so don't forget your camera (and sunscreen).
Facilities
Cholla Campground has 206 campsites. Each site has shade ramadas, firepits, grills, and picnic tables. Scattered throughout the campground are playgrounds, showers and toilet facilites. Highly developed boat ramps with accessible boat boarding ramps are also available within the Campground.
Natural Features
Roosevelt Lake was dedicated by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1911 and boasts 112 miles of shoreline and peaceful coves. When full, the lake provides 21,500 acres of surface water for your recreating pleasure. Cholla Campground is situated within a Sonoran Desert Landscape along the lakes shorelines. Views of the blue water and sunsets against the Sierra Ancha, Salome, and Superstition Wilderness' are a sight that keep many visitors coming back year after year.
Nearby Attractions
Two National Scenic Byways (AZ Hwy 88 Apache Trail and AZ Hwy 288 Spines to Pines Highway). Roosevelt Dam, Tonto National Monument, the Arizona Trail, endless miles of jeep trails, Towns of Payson and Globe, Superstition, Sierra Ancha, and Four Peaks Wilderness'. Don't forget to stop by the Tonto Basin Environmental Center learn about the history of the area.
What the agency tells you
- Maximum stay limit is 14 days within 30 consecutive days on the Tonto National Forest including dispersed areas. - Check in time is 2:00pm and check out time is 11:00am. Quiet Hours are from 10:00pm to 6:00am. - During June, July, and August temperatures reach well over 100° and many RV air conditioners cannot keep up. - Maximum trailer length is 32'. - Extra (second) vehicle charge of $8 per night is required. An RV towing a car counts as one vehicle and a vehicle pulling a trailer counts as one vehicle. There is a maximum of two vehicles at a single family campsite and four vehicles at a double family campsite. An RV towing a car counts as one vehicle and a vehicle pulling a trailer counts as one vehicle. Fee can be bundled with online reservation or purchased on-site at fee machine. Maximum of 2 vehicles per single campsite and 4 for double campsites. - Boat ramps are usable when water elevations are higher then 2,110 feet. - Fireworks are always prohibited on National Forest Land.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 167
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 55 ft
- Paved pads
- 19 of 167
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- ACCESSIBLE VAULT TOILETS on 167 of 167 campsite records
- Showers
- Accessible Showers
- ACCESSIBLE SHOWERS on 167 of 167 campsite records
- Drinking water
- Yes
- DRINKING WATER on 167 of 167 campsite records
- Dump station
- Yes
- recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Playground
- Yes
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir, Lake, Beach
- Biking
- Boating
- Canoeing
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Kayaking
- Paddling
- Picnicking
- Scenic drives
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 204th darkest of 262 in AZ
- Bortle 4
Something open on 14 of the next 14 bookable nightsread 16:52 UTC
recreation.gov lists 133 of the 167 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
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What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $25–$50 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.
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 · 5
recreation.gov availability, read 16:52 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
167 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 132 mapped sitesAll 167 sites
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 167 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| BUCKHORN | 34 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 51 ft | 1,192 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 35 | standard nonelectric | 38 ft | 51 ft | 1,145 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 36 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 69 ft | 1,089 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 37 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 43 ft | 1,044 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 38 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 43 ft | 1,042 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 39 | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | 35 ft | 1,016 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 40 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 35 ft | 982 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 41 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 96 ft | 1,018 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 42 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 121 ft | 895 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 43 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 84 ft | 965 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 44 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 78 ft | 875 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 45 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 78 ft | 936 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 46 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 67 ft | 854 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 47 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 87 ft | 791 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 48 | standard nonelectric | 23 ft | 60 ft | 795 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 49 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 87 ft | 708 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 50 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 68 ft | 686 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 51 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 128 ft | 581 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 52 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 94 ft | 581 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 53 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 94 ft | 611 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 54 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 68 ft | 683 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 55 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 55 ft | 779 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 56 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 55 ft | 781 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 57 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 63 ft | 891 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 58 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 63 ft | 861 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 59 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 88 ft | 963 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 60 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 96 ft | 905 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 61 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 83 ft | 998 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 62 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 83 ft | 946 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 63 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 81 ft | 1,055 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 64 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 58 ft | 1,033 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 65 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 58 ft | 1,089 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 66 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 92 ft | 1,064 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 67 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 72 ft | 1,154 ft | $25–$50 |
| BUCKHORN | 68 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 72 ft | 1,142 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | 162 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 236 ft | 906 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | 163 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 73 ft | 626 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | 164 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 58 ft | 603 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | 165 | standard nonelectric | 23 ft | 58 ft | 553 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | 166 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 68 ft | 532 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | 167 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 72 ft | 436 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | 168 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 68 ft | 506 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | 169 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 72 ft | 408 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | 170 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | $25–$50 | ||
| CANE | 171 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 54 ft | 464 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | 172 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 85 ft | 372 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | 173 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 54 ft | 482 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | 174 | standard nonelectric | 37 ft | 73 ft | 345 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | 175 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 77 ft | 423 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | 176 | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | 73 ft | 334 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | 177 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 78 ft | 520 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | 178 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 70 ft | 518 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | 179 | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | 76 ft | 587 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | 180 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 57 ft | 552 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | 181 | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | 48 ft | 620 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | 182 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 48 ft | 578 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | 183 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 52 ft | 645 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | 184 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 52 ft | 598 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | 185 | standard nonelectric | 47 ft | 64 ft | 672 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | 186 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 59 ft | 610 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | 187 | standard nonelectric | 47 ft | 67 ft | 714 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | 188 | standard nonelectric | 47 ft | 67 ft | 668 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | T14 | standard nonelectric | 10 ft | 112 ft | 341 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | T15 | standard nonelectric | 15 ft | 105 ft | 389 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | T16 | standard nonelectric | 10 ft | 71 ft | 344 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | T17 | standard nonelectric | 10 ft | 71 ft | 280 ft | $25–$50 |
| CANE | T18 | standard nonelectric | 10 ft | 125 ft | 274 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | 73 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 194 ft | 898 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | 75 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 173 ft | 718 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | 76 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 84 ft | 685 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | 77 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 94 ft | 779 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | 78 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 84 ft | 705 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | 79 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 80 ft | 815 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | 80 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 80 ft | 748 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | 81 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 82 ft | 764 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | 82 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 82 ft | 758 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | 83 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 87 ft | 678 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | 84 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 93 ft | 613 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | 85 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 93 ft | 584 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | 86 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 132 ft | 477 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | 87 | type not stated | 22 ft | 441 ft | ||
| CHRISTMAS | 88 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 68 ft | 656 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | 89 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 68 ft | 659 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | 90 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 49 ft | 612 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | 91 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 49 ft | 566 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | 92 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 54 ft | 616 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | 93 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 54 ft | 563 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | 94 | standard nonelectric | 55 ft | 62 ft | 557 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | 95 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 62 ft | 619 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | 96 | standard nonelectric | 42 ft | 86 ft | 617 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | T1 | standard nonelectric | 10 ft | 49 ft | 413 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | T10 | standard nonelectric | 10 ft | 103 ft | 285 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | T11 | standard nonelectric | 10 ft | 85 ft | 396 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | T12 | standard nonelectric | 10 ft | 85 ft | 404 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | T13 | standard nonelectric | 10 ft | 103 ft | 482 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | T2 | standard nonelectric | 10 ft | 49 ft | 422 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | T3 | standard nonelectric | 10 ft | 93 ft | 413 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | T4 | standard nonelectric | 10 ft | 76 ft | 406 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | T5 | standard nonelectric | 10 ft | 76 ft | 356 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | T6 | standard nonelectric | 10 ft | 81 ft | 293 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | T7 | standard nonelectric | 10 ft | 81 ft | 248 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | T8 | standard nonelectric | 10 ft | 142 ft | 282 ft | $25–$50 |
| CHRISTMAS | T9 | standard nonelectric | 10 ft | 103 ft | 265 ft | $25–$50 |
| JUMPING | 100 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,557 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 101 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,625 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 102 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,732 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 103 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,809 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 104 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,877 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 105 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,980 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 106 | type not stated | 32 ft | 2,147 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 107 | type not stated | 32 ft | 2,006 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 108 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,903 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 109 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,817 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 110 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,749 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 111 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,666 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 112 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,623 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 113 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,506 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 114 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,451 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 115 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,445 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 116 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,576 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 117 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,590 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 118 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,679 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 119 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,706 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 120 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,813 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 121 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,868 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 122 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,939 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 123 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,985 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 124 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,916 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 125 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,802 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 126 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,641 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 127 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,547 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 128 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,473 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 129 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,561 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 98 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,453 ft | ||
| JUMPING | 99 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,510 ft | ||
| TEDDYBEAR | 1 | type not stated | 32 ft | 1,227 ft | ||
| TEDDYBEAR | 10 | standard nonelectric | 52 ft | 66 ft | 636 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 11 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 59 ft | 649 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 12 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 52 ft | 603 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 13 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 52 ft | 557 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 14 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 51 ft | 498 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 15 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 51 ft | 451 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 16 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 79 ft | 437 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 17 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 79 ft | 358 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 18 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 49 ft | 346 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 19 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 49 ft | 337 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 2 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 52 ft | 1,162 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 20 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 108 ft | 468 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 21 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 101 ft | 563 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 22 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 46 ft | 602 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 23 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 46 ft | 641 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 24 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 81 ft | 656 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 25 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 80 ft | 764 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 26 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 80 ft | 723 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 27 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 66 ft | 833 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 28 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 66 ft | 892 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 29 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 73 ft | 958 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 3 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 52 ft | 1,127 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 30 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 73 ft | 1,027 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 31 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 73 ft | 975 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 32 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 83 ft | 1,048 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 4 | standard nonelectric | 52 ft | 110 ft | 1,001 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 5 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 49 ft | 890 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 6 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 49 ft | 881 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 7 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 53 ft | 817 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 8 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 53 ft | 775 ft | $25–$50 |
| TEDDYBEAR | 9 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 68 ft | 755 ft | $25–$50 |
25 of 167 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Frazier Horse CampgroundTonto National Forest · 6.2 mi
Frazier Group CampgroundTonto National Forest · 6.2 mi
Burnt Corral CampgroundTonto National Forest · 7.2 mi
Windy Hill CampgroundTonto National Forest · 8.0 mi
Grapevine Group CampgroundTonto National Forest · 11 miCholla Campground is 5 miles north of Roosevelt Dam. From Mesa: Take State Hwy. 87/Beeline Highway north for about 60 miles to its junction with State Hwy. 188. Turn right and follow State Hwy. 188 south for 28 miles to the site. From the Globe area: Take State Hwy. 188 north for 30 miles to its junction with State Hwy. 188. Continue on State Hwy. 188 across the bridge for 6 miles to the site.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Tonto Basin, AZ
Typical weather
Typical October night 59°F, day 85°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 40°F. Bring the bag rated for it.
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.
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
Cholla 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 →