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

Windy Hill Campground

Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 16:43 UTC

Why it’s closed, and what’s open near here Tell me when it comes back

Right now: Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 16:43 UTC
A night: $25–$50When it reopens, per site
Sites: 137In the agency’s record
Season: Year-roundOpen year-round

Photos · Tonto NF

45 ftLongest rig

2,170 ftElevation

480 ftWater · Theodore Roosevelt Lake

12.7 miSE of Tonto Basin, AZ

0%Tree cover

Open year-roundToday

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 1 notices

In the agency’s own words

Located on central Arizona's largest lake, Windy Hill offers great water recreation opportunities to the public. Because of its close proximity to the Lake, Windy Hill allows fishing, non-motorized and motorized boating, along with hiking trails. There are plenty of developed campsites available at Windy Hill, which allows for an easy, quick escape during any time of the year for families and individuals. Keep reading

Recreation

Fishing is popular activity where anglers can expect to catch a variety of fish species, such as Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass; Crappie; Sunfish; Channel and Flathead Catfish. This campground is also situated right on the shore of Roosevelt Lake which is open to boating, kayaking, and other water-related activites.

Facilities

147 camp units with shade ramadas, fire rings with grills, picnic tables, and potable water hydrants. Toilets and showers are located throughout the camp loops. There are playgrounds and an amphitheater. Picnicking allowed only at the Blevins Picnic Site. Maximum occupancy per individual camp unit is 10. Maximum occupancy per double camp unit is 20. Single camp site includes 2 vehicles, double camp site includes 4 vehicles, all additional vehicles are $8.00 per vehicle. All vehicles must fit completely within the designated parking areas. Maximum of 3 vehicles in single sites, and 6 in double sites. Check-in time is 2:00 pm, and check-out time is 11:00 am 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.

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

What the agency tells you

Rule

- Maximum stay limit is 14 days within 30 consecutive days on the Tonto National Forest including dispersed areas. - Max trailer length is 32'. Length restrictions of 20 feet in Coati Loop. - Check in time is 2:00pm and Check out time is 11:00am. Quiet Hours are from 10:00pm to 6:00am. - 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 - Please use trash receptacles provided at each loop. - Sewage dump facilities are located within the campground area. - During June, July, and August temperatures reach well over 100° and many RV air conditioners cannot keep up. - Fireworks are always prohibited on National Forest Land.

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

Tents and rigs

Sites: 137
Hookups: None
Longest rig: 45 ft
Paved pads: 13 of 137
Accessible sites: 9
Pets: Allowed
Campfires: Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade: Every site

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

Facilities

Toilets: Vault Toilets; ACCESSIBLE VAULT TOILETS on 137 of 137 campsite records
Showers: Accessible Showers; ACCESSIBLE SHOWERS on 137 of 137 campsite records
Drinking water: Yes; DRINKING WATER on 137 of 137 campsite records
Playground: Yes
Stay limit: 14 nights; recreation.gov facility rule maxStay

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

Water, toilets and showers: counted from this campground’s own campsite records, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water: Lake; Boating; Canoeing; Fishing; Hiking; Kayaking; Paddling; Picnicking; Wildlife viewing
Night sky · 192nd darkest of 262 in AZ: Bortle 4

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

Nothing to book until it reopensread 16:43 UTC

recreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend

OpenBookedClosed

Max stay14 nightsthe facility record

A night, when it reopens$25–$50plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

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

What’s open near here

Tell me when it reopens

Watch for it to come back

One email when the agency reopens it, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We check the agency’s own record once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time it stops saying closed.

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.

Every line of the receipt · 11

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Forest Service

A night, when it reopens$25–$50

Single Campsite$25

Double Campsite$50

Rates for the season the campground is in now, Mar 16, 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.

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 · 4

Sign price: recreation.gov facility rate schedule, quoted as the agency publishes it · Sep 10, 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

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

Why this page can’t say why

recreation.gov lists every site at Windy Hill Campground closed this Friday and Saturday night. The U.S. Forest Service has published no closure notice we hold, so this page can’t say why, and it won’t fill the gap with a guess. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one: the reservations its record still carries were taken before the sites were closed.

Closure: U.S. Forest Service status record · Oct 17, 2026

There’s no notice to quote and no reason to argue with, so this page offers you the watch and the list below, and no letter.

Open within 60 miles · 4

The agency’s own word that these are open, not our reading of a season.

Frazier Group CampgroundTonto National Forest · 2.3 mi · 1 site
Schoolhouse Campground (AZ)Tonto National Forest · 4.5 mi · 40 sites
Burnt Corral CampgroundTonto National Forest · 7.2 mi · 79 sites
Cholla CampgroundTonto National Forest · 8.0 mi · 167 sites

Open near here: Agency-published status, in the CAMPANAC campground index · Oct 17, 2026

recreation.gov availability, read 16:43 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

137 sites

All 137 sites

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The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 137 of the 137 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.


CHIPMUNK	234	standard nonelectric	25 ft		$25–$50
CHIPMUNK	235	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
CHIPMUNK	236	standard nonelectric	25 ft		$25–$50
CHIPMUNK	237	standard nonelectric	32 ft	yes	$25–$50
CHIPMUNK	238	standard nonelectric	25 ft		$25–$50
CHIPMUNK	239	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
CHIPMUNK	240	standard nonelectric	25 ft		$25–$50
CHIPMUNK	241	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
CHIPMUNK	242	standard nonelectric	25 ft		$25–$50
CHIPMUNK	243	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
CHIPMUNK	244	standard nonelectric	25 ft		$25–$50
CHIPMUNK	245	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
CHIPMUNK	246	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
CHIPMUNK	247	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
CHIPMUNK	248	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
CHIPMUNK	249	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
CHIPMUNK	250	standard nonelectric	30 ft		$25–$50
CHIPMUNK	251	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
CHIPMUNK	252	standard nonelectric	30 ft		$25–$50
COATI	10	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	11	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	12	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	13	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	14	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	15	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	17	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	18	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	19	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	2	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	20	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	21	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	22	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	23	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	24	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	25	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	26	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	27	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	28	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	29	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	3	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	30	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	31	standard nonelectric	20 ft	yes	$25–$50
COATI	32	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	33	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	34	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	35	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	36	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	37	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	38	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	39	standard nonelectric	20 ft	yes	$25–$50
COATI	4	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	40	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	41	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	42	standard nonelectric	35 ft		$25–$50
COATI	43	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	44	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	45	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	46	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	47	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	48	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	49	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	5	standard nonelectric	35 ft		$25–$50
COATI	50	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	51	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	6	standard nonelectric	37 ft		$25–$50
COATI	7	standard nonelectric	35 ft		$25–$50
COATI	8	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COATI	9	standard nonelectric	20 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	254	standard nonelectric	30 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	255	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	256	standard nonelectric	40 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	257	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	258	standard nonelectric	40 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	259	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	260	standard nonelectric	40 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	261	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	262	standard nonelectric	40 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	263	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	264	standard nonelectric	40 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	265	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	266	standard nonelectric	40 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	267	standard nonelectric	32 ft	yes	$25–$50
COYOTE	268	standard nonelectric	45 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	269	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	270	standard nonelectric	35 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	271	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	272	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	273	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	274	standard nonelectric	32 ft	yes	$25–$50
COYOTE	275	standard nonelectric	32 ft	yes	$25–$50
COYOTE	276	standard nonelectric	35 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	277	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	278	standard nonelectric	45 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	279	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	280	standard nonelectric	35 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	281	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	282	standard nonelectric	45 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	283	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	284	standard nonelectric	45 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	285	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	286	standard nonelectric	45 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	287	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	288	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	289	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	290	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	291	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	292	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	293	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	294	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	295	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	296	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	297	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	298	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	299	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	300	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	301	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	302	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	303	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	304	standard nonelectric	32 ft	yes	$25–$50
COYOTE	305	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	306	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	307	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	308	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	310	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	311	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	312	standard nonelectric	32 ft	yes	$25–$50
COYOTE	313	standard nonelectric	32 ft	yes	$25–$50
COYOTE	314	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	315	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	316	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	317	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	318	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	319	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	320	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	321	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	322	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50
COYOTE	323	standard nonelectric	32 ft		$25–$50

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 · Sep 11, 2026

25 of 137 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

Coordinate33.66670, -111.08796

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phoneTONTO BASIN RANGER DISTRICT (602) 225-5395

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near here

Frazier Group CampgroundTonto National Forest · 2.3 mi

Frazier Horse CampgroundTonto National Forest · 2.4 mi

Grapevine Group CampgroundTonto National Forest · 2.9 mi

Schoolhouse Campground (AZ)Tonto National Forest · 4.5 mi

Burnt Corral CampgroundTonto National Forest · 7.2 mi

Cholla CampgroundTonto National Forest · 8.0 mi

Getting there

This site is 6 miles southeast of historic Roosevelt Dam. From Mesa: take State Route (SR) 87/Beeline Highway north for about 60 miles to its junction with SR 188. Turn right onto SR 188 for 33 miles to the junction of SR 88. Continue south on SR 188 for 4 miles to Forest Road (FR) 82 (Windy Hill Recreation Site entrance). Turn left and continue for 2 miles to the site. The entire route is paved.

From the Globe area: take SR 188 north for 25 miles to FR 82 (Windy Hill Recreation Site entrance), turn right and continue for 2 miles to the site. The entire route is paved.

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

Today73°Partly Sunny11% rain

Tonight63°Chance Rain Showers25% rain

Sunday74°Chance Rain Showers then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms28% rain

Sunday Night64°Chance Showers And Thunderstorms32% rain

NWS forecast for Roosevelt, AZ

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

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.

110°30°

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: ROOSEVELT 1 S, AZ (USC00027281), 2 miles away and 435 ft higher

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

Windy Hill 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 →

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: recreation.gov lists every site here closed on Friday and Saturday night (read 16:43 UTC). U.S. Forest Service has published no closure notice we hold, so the reason isn’t on this page. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one, and the reservations the record still carries predate the closure. That reading is ours, off the agency’s own booking record.

Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026 and November 2026. It names 137 of the 137 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 14, 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 · 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: 0.38 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

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: Roosevelt, AZ, 0.9 mi ENE (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