Knoll Lake Campground
This is how it should work.
- Right now
- Closed for the seasonOut of the season the agency publishes
- Season
- May 1 – September 8Open May 1 through September 8
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there
In the agency’s own words
This secluded forest camp offers easy access to two features of high visitor interest. The first is Knoll Lake , a medium-sized body of water tucked away in a picturesque setting. People come here to fish for trout and tour the lake in small boats. The second feature of interest near this campground is the spectacular Mogollon Rim, a two thousand foot escarpment that marks the southern edge of the Colorado Plateau. This picturesque plunge from cool highlands to low deserts extends across most of Arizona. The area around Knoll Lake, however, is the home of some of the Rim's most magnificent views. Keep reading
It provides a scenic setting for hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding or just sitting back and enjoying the panorama. Group Campouts and Events: This campground does not have facilities for large groups or group activities. If one campsite cannot accommodate your group (eight at a single site, 16 at a double site), please call the Mogollon Rim Ranger District at 928-477-2255 to plan your group camp-out at Elks, Moqui, or Long Valley group campgrounds . .noprint { display: none; } Hover mouse over photo to display slideshow controls. View album on Flicker
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake
Nothing to book, just show up
One of 1,623 federal campgrounds where the site still goes to whoever pulls in first. 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.
Every line of the receipt · 3
What you actually pay
How we know this receipt · 4
rules read Sep 7, 2026 · record Aug 23, 2026 · How we know all this
Getting there
the map and the coordinate
Where it is
Upper Tonto CreekTonto National Forest · 6.0 mi
Lower Tonto CreekTonto National Forest · 6.5 miPromontory Pit Road CampgroundSitgreaves National Forest · 7.0 miFr 169 CampgroundSitgreaves National Forest · 8.5 miFr 9350 CampgroundSitgreaves National Forest · 8.7 miThe weather
the next four days
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Mead Ranch, 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
Knoll Lake 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 →