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

Rainbow (AZ)

ReservableOut of season, no booking; November 15 opens May 15.

Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book

Right now: OpenInside the published season, our reading; a database flag says not open
A night: $34–$36Across the site types the agency prices
Sites: 164121 on recreation.gov
Season: May 15Opens May 15. No closing date published.

Photos · Conservation Legacy

180 ftLongest rig

9,120 ftElevation

1,676 ftWater · Big Lake

14.9 miSW of Eagar, AZ

35%Tree cover

Opens May 15. No closing date published.Today

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 11 notices

In the agency’s own words

Rainbow is the largest campground in the Big Lake Recreation Area in eastern Arizona. Because of its proximity to the lake, size and the many amenities it offers, Rainbow is a favorite for families. Popular activities include hiking, horseback riding and fishing. Keep reading

Recreation

The campground is adjacent to 450-acre Big Lake, one of Arizona's top fishing lakes. The lake is known for its trout fishing, with rainbow, cutthroat, brook and Apache being the most sought-after species. The recreation area is also popular for hiking, mountain biking, birding and wildlife viewing. Curious campers can attend educational programs at the recreation area's visitor center.

Facilities

The facility boasts 165 campsites organized into six loops. Four double sites are available for up to 16 people each, which is convenient for larger families, and two single unit accessible sites are also available. A small store nearby sells gas, food, boat rentals and firewood. A campground host is available on-site for visitor assistance.

Natural Features

Rainbow Campground sits at an elevation of 9,000 feet in the White Mountains. It is a very scenic area, forested with ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, spruce and aspen trees, which provide ample shade. Summer temperatures are pleasant and cool, a nice respite from the heat of the lower desert. Visitors should come prepared for cool nighttime temperatures and occasional summer thunderstorms.

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. Springerville, Arizona is the closest town to the campground.

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

What the agency tells you

Rule

Standard Single Family sites: Recreation Use Fee allows ONE camping unit ONLY. Double & Group sites: Refer to Specific Site # for capacity limits.

Rule

Extra Vehicles: Cannot be paid for in advance - upon arrival coordinate with the host for payment and where to park.

Rule

Late Arrivals: campers are not considered a "no-show" until 24 hours after arrival date check in time. Our policy is that your site will not be released before that.

Everything else this campground posts · 8

Rule

FIRST COME FIRST SERVE sites must be booked in person. DO NOT call to determine availability, as they are only available on-site.

Rule

No hookups available

Rule

Accessible Restroom #4 (near sites 48-67) is closed for the 2026 season.

Rule

Opening and closing dates are weather permitting, please call 928-537-8888 for more information.

Rule

Bears frequent the area; please obey all food storage rules and regulations. Check with your host for details.

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

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

Rule

This is a high elevation facility, use caution when traveling from lower elevations.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

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

Tents and rigs

Sites: 164 · 5 group
Hookups: None
Longest rig: 180 ft
Paved pads: 121 of 164
Accessible sites: 2
Pets: Allowed
Shade: Every site

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

Facilities

Firewood: Mentioned

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

Around the campground

On the water: Lake; Biking; Boating; Fishing; Hiking
Night sky · 22nd darkest of 262 in AZ: Bortle 2
Fall color · reported 13 days ago, 4.5 km away: Peak color

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

Fall color: More Than Just Parks foliage tracker, joined to this campground by distance (4.5 km) · Oct 4, 2026

No reading yet, book on recreation.gov

recreation.gov lists 121 of the 164 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.

No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.

Booking windowOut of seasonOut of season, no booking. On November 15, 2026 at 10 AM ET, availability opens through May 15, 2027.recreation.gov Add to calendar (.ics)

A night$34–$36plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

A weekend$76–$80DerivedFriday 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

Full? Watch it.

One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

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 · 15

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Forest Service

A night, per site$34–$36

Standard Nonelectric$34

Standard Nonelectric - Other$36

Group areas, a night$34–$110

Rates for the season the campground is in now, Sep 18, 2026 to Oct 31, 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 a stay costs

One nightDerived$42–$44

A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$76–$80

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $34–$36 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 · 5

Sign price: recreation.gov facility rate schedule, quoted as the agency publishes it · Oct 1, 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

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

rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

166 records · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 121 mapped sites

74 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomLoop QUAD 080 261 ftLoop PTHR 133 259 ftLoop PTHR 090 239 ftLoop RAIN 013 179 ftLoop RAIN 001 165 ft

Least roomLoop RAIN 095 31 ftLoop RAIN 096 31 ftLoop RAIN 083 46 ft

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

All 166 records

166 of 166 records located

Standard116Group5Type not stated43Unnamed record2

110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 XXX XXXX 003 008 017 019 029 031 032 037 039 046 049 058 064 067 078 087 090 092 093 094 098 133 002 047 080 106 001 004 005 006 007 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 018 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 030 033 034 035 036 038 040 041 042 043 044 045 048 050 051 052 053 054 055 056 057 059 060 061 062 063 065 066 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 079 081 082 083 084 085 086 088 089 091 095 096 097 099 100 101 102 103 104 105 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120

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 166 of the 166 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. 164 of the 166 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.


MANAGEMENT SITES	110	type not stated				2,504 ft	178 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	111	type not stated				2,507 ft	156 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	112	type not stated				2,622 ft	204 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	113	type not stated				2,639 ft	77 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	114	type not stated				2,725 ft	195 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	115	type not stated				2,776 ft	117 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	116	type not stated				2,834 ft	243 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	117	type not stated				2,869 ft	199 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	118	type not stated				2,949 ft	276 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	119	type not stated				2,940 ft	302 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	120	type not stated				3,041 ft	383 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	121	type not stated				3,023 ft	351 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	122	type not stated				3,068 ft	412 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	123	type not stated				2,972 ft	335 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	124	type not stated				2,881 ft	251 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	125	type not stated				2,869 ft	206 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	126	type not stated				2,809 ft	150 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	127	type not stated				2,773 ft	168 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	128	type not stated				2,682 ft	140 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	129	type not stated				2,508 ft	210 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	130	type not stated				2,425 ft	148 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	131	type not stated				2,469 ft	216 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	132	type not stated				2,508 ft	210 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	133	type not stated				2,671 ft	241 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	134	type not stated				2,635 ft	160 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	135	type not stated				2,805 ft	229 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	136	type not stated				2,798 ft	168 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	137	type not stated				2,906 ft	288 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	138	type not stated				2,969 ft	314 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	139	type not stated				3,019 ft	376 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	140	type not stated				3,097 ft	440 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	141	type not stated				3,051 ft	387 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	142	type not stated				3,117 ft	448 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	143	type not stated				2,925 ft	261 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	144	type not stated				2,957 ft	312 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	145	type not stated				2,854 ft	233 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	146	type not stated				2,795 ft	156 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	147	type not stated				2,769 ft	194 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	148	type not stated				2,572 ft	226 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	149	type not stated				2,468 ft	253 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	150	type not stated				2,481 ft	209 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	151	type not stated				2,385 ft	221 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	152	type not stated				2,344 ft	261 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	XXX	unnamed record	45 ft			1,561 ft	488 ft	$33.97–$34
MANAGEMENT SITES	XXXX	unnamed record				1,976 ft	799 ft	$33.97–$34
PTHR	003	standard nonelectric	99 ft		73 ft	1,236 ft	420 ft	$34–$36
PTHR	008	standard nonelectric	66 ft		63 ft	1,053 ft	504 ft	$34–$36
PTHR	017	standard nonelectric	99 ft		63 ft	1,244 ft	343 ft	$34–$36
PTHR	019	standard nonelectric	99 ft		152 ft	1,320 ft	149 ft	$34–$36
PTHR	029	standard nonelectric	99 ft		88 ft	1,753 ft	229 ft	$34–$36
PTHR	031	standard nonelectric	60 ft		73 ft	1,792 ft	240 ft	$34–$36
PTHR	032	standard nonelectric	66 ft		71 ft	1,770 ft	230 ft	$34–$36
PTHR	037	standard nonelectric	30 ft		80 ft	1,814 ft	388 ft	$34–$36
PTHR	039	standard nonelectric	85 ft		78 ft	1,903 ft	403 ft	$34–$36
PTHR	046	standard nonelectric	87 ft		53 ft	2,003 ft	288 ft	$34–$36
PTHR	049	standard nonelectric	125 ft		62 ft	2,092 ft	203 ft	$34–$36
PTHR	058	standard nonelectric	99 ft		85 ft	2,441 ft	452 ft	$34–$36
PTHR	064	standard nonelectric	99 ft		65 ft	2,485 ft	247 ft	$34–$36
PTHR	067	standard nonelectric	99 ft		86 ft	2,415 ft	155 ft	$34–$36
PTHR	078	group standard nonelectric	99 ft		59 ft	2,373 ft	114 ft	$34–$110
PTHR	087	standard nonelectric	155 ft		96 ft	2,106 ft	417 ft	$34–$36
PTHR	090	standard nonelectric	99 ft		239 ft	1,508 ft	265 ft	$34–$36
PTHR	092	standard nonelectric	99 ft		79 ft	2,630 ft	342 ft	$34–$36
PTHR	093	standard nonelectric	99 ft		79 ft	2,575 ft	299 ft	$34–$36
PTHR	094	standard nonelectric	99 ft		62 ft	2,750 ft	260 ft	$34–$36
PTHR	098	standard nonelectric	99 ft		93 ft	2,998 ft	107 ft	$34–$36
PTHR	133	standard nonelectric	99 ft		259 ft	2,587 ft	275 ft	$34–$36
QUAD	002	group standard nonelectric	130 ft		73 ft	1,228 ft	378 ft	$34–$110
QUAD	047	group standard nonelectric	180 ft		132 ft	2,057 ft	351 ft	$34–$110
QUAD	080	group standard nonelectric	99 ft		261 ft	2,333 ft	242 ft	$34–$110
QUAD	106	group standard nonelectric	99 ft		108 ft	2,787 ft	542 ft	$34–$110
RAIN	001	standard nonelectric	45 ft		165 ft	1,395 ft	288 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	004	standard nonelectric	40 ft		106 ft	1,103 ft	514 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	005	standard nonelectric	40 ft		97 ft	1,022 ft	553 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	006	standard nonelectric	30 ft		70 ft	1,056 ft	498 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	007	standard nonelectric	30 ft		63 ft	1,009 ft	543 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	009	standard nonelectric	45 ft		109 ft	1,014 ft	511 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	010	standard nonelectric	50 ft		54 ft	1,044 ft	429 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	011	standard nonelectric	40 ft		54 ft	1,097 ft	385 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	012	standard nonelectric	45 ft		84 ft	1,128 ft	328 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	013	standard nonelectric	50 ft		179 ft	1,540 ft	144 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	014	standard nonelectric	45 ft		53 ft	1,379 ft	177 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	015	standard nonelectric	51 ft		53 ft	1,327 ft	227 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	016	standard nonelectric	51 ft		63 ft	1,301 ft	281 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	018	standard nonelectric	45 ft		115 ft	1,266 ft	286 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	020	standard nonelectric	40 ft		69 ft	1,330 ft	143 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	021	standard nonelectric	45 ft		66 ft	1,390 ft	132 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	022	standard nonelectric	35 ft		66 ft	1,387 ft	197 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	023	standard nonelectric	45 ft		73 ft	1,493 ft	236 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	024	standard nonelectric	45 ft		73 ft	1,505 ft	218 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	025	standard nonelectric	30 ft		74 ft	1,647 ft	157 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	026	standard nonelectric	45 ft		74 ft	1,722 ft	146 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	027	standard nonelectric	57 ft		89 ft	1,771 ft	228 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	028	standard nonelectric	40 ft		121 ft	1,887 ft	255 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	030	standard nonelectric	40 ft		74 ft	1,730 ft	180 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	033	standard nonelectric	40 ft		71 ft	1,827 ft	297 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	034	standard nonelectric	40 ft		111 ft	1,854 ft	382 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	035	standard nonelectric	40 ft		81 ft	1,830 ft	433 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	036	standard nonelectric	51 ft		80 ft	1,884 ft	468 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	038	standard nonelectric	35 ft		78 ft	1,841 ft	396 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	040	standard nonelectric	45 ft		64 ft	1,867 ft	281 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	041	standard nonelectric	40 ft		64 ft	1,925 ft	299 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	042	standard nonelectric	40 ft		64 ft	1,891 ft	237 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	043	standard nonelectric	35 ft		73 ft	1,953 ft	265 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	044	standard nonelectric	48 ft		104 ft	1,916 ft	198 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	045	standard nonelectric	60 ft		53 ft	1,952 ft	241 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	048	standard nonelectric	35 ft		86 ft	2,006 ft	314 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	050	standard nonelectric	40 ft		62 ft	2,029 ft	265 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	051	standard nonelectric	50 ft		76 ft	2,056 ft	251 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	052	standard nonelectric	50 ft	yes	76 ft	2,131 ft	187 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	053	standard nonelectric	50 ft		99 ft	2,076 ft	287 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	054	standard nonelectric	35 ft		103 ft	2,180 ft	240 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	055	standard nonelectric	40 ft		103 ft	2,153 ft	342 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	056	standard nonelectric	40 ft		103 ft	2,240 ft	384 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	057	standard nonelectric	54 ft		97 ft	2,332 ft	345 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	059	standard nonelectric	50 ft		85 ft	2,430 ft	371 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	060	standard nonelectric	45 ft		94 ft	2,552 ft	436 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	061	standard nonelectric	48 ft		68 ft	2,498 ft	322 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	062	standard nonelectric	45 ft		68 ft	2,566 ft	380 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	063	standard nonelectric	50 ft		52 ft	2,549 ft	308 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	065	standard nonelectric	50 ft		52 ft	2,548 ft	283 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	066	standard nonelectric	99 ft	yes	128 ft	2,452 ft	163 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	068	standard nonelectric	35 ft		86 ft	2,482 ft	241 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	069	standard nonelectric	75 ft		76 ft	2,419 ft	252 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	070	standard nonelectric	50 ft		68 ft	2,477 ft	326 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	071	standard nonelectric	54 ft		68 ft	2,420 ft	326 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	072	standard nonelectric	54 ft		77 ft	2,411 ft	423 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	073	standard nonelectric	54 ft		77 ft	2,484 ft	437 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	074	standard nonelectric	60 ft		85 ft	2,467 ft	504 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	075	standard nonelectric	54 ft		67 ft	2,402 ft	448 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	076	standard nonelectric	50 ft		67 ft	2,460 ft	431 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	077	standard nonelectric	54 ft		115 ft	2,389 ft	325 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	079	standard nonelectric	45 ft		59 ft	2,431 ft	143 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	081	standard nonelectric	45 ft		157 ft	2,328 ft	91 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	082	standard nonelectric	45 ft		76 ft	2,351 ft	82 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	083	standard nonelectric	60 ft		46 ft	2,279 ft	94 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	084	standard nonelectric	70 ft		46 ft	2,260 ft	139 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	085	standard nonelectric	70 ft		51 ft	2,189 ft	241 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	086	standard nonelectric	50 ft		51 ft	2,220 ft	269 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	088	standard nonelectric	45 ft		59 ft	2,016 ft	434 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	089	standard nonelectric	45 ft		59 ft	1,983 ft	462 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	091	standard nonelectric	54 ft		92 ft	1,892 ft	373 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	095	standard nonelectric	30 ft		31 ft	2,728 ft	256 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	096	standard nonelectric	30 ft		31 ft	2,758 ft	224 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	097	standard nonelectric	50 ft		139 ft	2,887 ft	89 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	099	standard nonelectric	45 ft		60 ft	2,943 ft	180 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	100	standard nonelectric	45 ft		61 ft	2,999 ft	268 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	101	standard nonelectric	45 ft		60 ft	2,945 ft	239 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	102	standard nonelectric	45 ft		67 ft	2,978 ft	346 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	103	standard nonelectric	45 ft		67 ft	2,913 ft	363 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	104	standard nonelectric	45 ft		103 ft	2,907 ft	468 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	105	standard nonelectric	45 ft		103 ft	2,805 ft	500 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	107	standard nonelectric	40 ft		117 ft	2,678 ft	490 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	108	standard nonelectric	54 ft		116 ft	2,655 ft	397 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	109	standard nonelectric	30 ft		116 ft	2,543 ft	295 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	110	standard nonelectric	40 ft		67 ft	2,613 ft	187 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	111	standard nonelectric	54 ft		67 ft	2,595 ft	243 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	112	standard nonelectric	45 ft		67 ft	2,662 ft	252 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	113	standard nonelectric	42 ft		67 ft	2,679 ft	181 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	114	standard nonelectric	35 ft		87 ft	2,771 ft	283 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	115	standard nonelectric	45 ft		87 ft	2,794 ft	220 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	116	standard nonelectric	50 ft		89 ft	2,924 ft	326 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	117	standard nonelectric	48 ft		73 ft	2,898 ft	258 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	118	standard nonelectric	45 ft		73 ft	2,963 ft	305 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	119	standard nonelectric	45 ft		98 ft	3,057 ft	403 ft	$34–$36
RAIN	120	standard nonelectric	52 ft		110 ft	3,097 ft	425 ft	$34–$36

The agency files 2 more records here that aren’t sites for the night. It types every one of them 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 · Oct 1, 2026

25 of 166 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

Coordinate33.87639, -109.40389

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phone928-537-8888

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near here

BrookcharApache National Forest · 0.5 mi

GraylingApache National Forest · 0.6 mi

CutthroatApache National Forest · 0.9 mi

Apache Trout CampgroundApache National Forest · 0.9 mi Buffalo Crossing CampgroundApache National Forest · 6.4 mi Deer Creek CampgroundApache National Forest · 6.9 mi

Getting there

From Pinetop, Arizona, take Highway 260 east 25 miles to Highway 273 south. Follow Highway 273 south 19 miles to Forest Road 8115 (Big Lake Entrance). Turn right and travel 1 mile to the campground.

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 · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Tonight31°Mostly Clear1% rain

Saturday52°Partly Sunny8% rain

Saturday Night35°Chance Rain Showers30% rain

Sunday53°Chance Showers And Thunderstorms48% rain

NWS forecast for Greer, AZ

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

Typical weather

Typical May night 33°F, day 66°F.

Coldest night of the open season: typical May night 33°F. Bring the bag rated for it.

80°32°0°

Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or moreOutside the published season

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: GREER, AZ (USC00023683), 10 miles away and 845 ft lower

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, monthly normals · Sep 8, 2026

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

Rainbow (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 →

Seen something wrong here? Tell us.

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: Today falls inside the season the agency publishes, and it has posted nothing else. That reading is ours. The U.S. Forest Service’s own database, though, flags it not open with no reason or date; the flag is named under How we know all this.

Listed not open: USFS EDW Recreation Opportunities, openstatus field: a not-open flag in a database, with no reason and no date published; read there since Sep 9, 2026. A flag, not a notice, so this page doesn’t call it a closure. · Oct 16, 2026

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 121 of the 164 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

Season: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 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 166 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: 0.024 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

Fall color: More Than Just Parks foliage tracker, joined to this campground by distance (4.5 km) · Oct 4, 2026

Reported by: iNaturalist fall color observations, reported peak color · 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: Greer, AZ, 8.9 mi SSE (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