Windy Hill Campground in AZ -- Campground & RV Camping

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Windy Hill Campground in AZ

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17 mi from Tonto Basin

22 mi off US 60 (straight line)

Maps Reviews 2,171 ft

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$25 per nightOpen year-roundStay limit: 14 days

TONTO BASIN RANGER DISTRICT (602) 225-5395

VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkEXCELLENT

Road Access

Easy
  • Road difficulty 1 of 5: an easy drive in.
  • Recorded as maintained for passenger-car comfort, paved, pitching to 4%.

Rig fit

  • Maximum published vehicle length: 45 ft.
  • Longest published RV site: 45 ft.
  • Longest published trailer site: 45 ft.
  • 81 pull-through sites.
  • Driveway grade: slight.
Drinking waterVault toiletsReservations + first come

Campground details

137 sitesShowersFires allowedFire rings / grillsTrash service

Setting

Limited privacy

Lakeside campground 6 miles southeast of Roosevelt Dam on central Arizona's largest lake. Vault toilets, potable water, and picnic tables at each site. Sewage dump available 8 miles north at Cholla Campground. Elevation 2,100 feet. Open year-round with 14-day stay limit. Fishing, motorized and non-motorized boating, and hiking available. Reservations available November through March ($25–50/night).

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.

  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, a 137-site campground with the nearest through road 1.3 miles off.
  • The Theodore Roosevelt Lake shoreline is 0.1 mi off.
  • 20 hike-in sites, with 137 on the water and most of them shaded.
  • Honey Butte stands 1,342 ft above the map pin, 2.4 miles southwest.

Rules

  • Amenities: Listed amenities · showers.
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 57–86°F, 0.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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Starlink Radar

Open sky · Terrain & buildings · Tree canopy

Estimated horizon in eight compass directions, using 10 m USGS elevation. Sky clearance 99 of 100.

Tree cover0%30m sat. est.