Potato Patch Campground in AZ -- Campground & RV Camping

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Potato Patch Campground in AZ

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6.2 mi from Clarkdale

Maps 6,973 ft

Official campground & reservations ↗

(928) 567-4121 DURING OFFICE HOURS 0800 -0430 M-F

VerizonWEAK
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkGOOD

Road Access

Rough
  • Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
  • Recorded as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt, pitching to 8%.
  • Overhead clearance here is posted at 9 ft, set by the tightest site.

Rig fit

  • Maximum published vehicle length: 40 ft.
  • Longest published RV site: 40 ft.
  • Longest published trailer site: 40 ft.
  • 12 pull-through sites.
  • Driveway grade: slight.
Drinking waterElectric at some sitesReservations offered

Campground details

41 sitesFires allowed

Setting

Little privacy

Situated at 7,200 feet between Mingus Mountain and the Woodchute Wilderness, Potato Patch Campground sits in a ponderosa pine forest. Standard sites offer paved parking, picnic tables, tent pads, and fire rings, while Loop B provides 12 RV-only sites with 30-amp electric hookups. Amenities include potable water, composting toilets, and trash collection. Hikers access the Woodchute and Great Western trails directly from camp, while anglers fish stocked Mingus Lake across the highway. The historic mining town of Jerome is located down the mountain.

Getting there: From Prescott, take U.S. Highway 89 north past Granite Dells, turn right on Hwy 89A and travel approximately 20 miles to the top of Mingus Mountain on steep, mountainous grade. Potato Patch Campground entrance will be to your left (across from the Summit Picnic Area) on Forest Road 106. From the Verde Ranger Station in Camp Verde, travel approximately 20 miles northwest on Hwy 260 (toward Cottonwood). Turn left on Hwy 89A. Stay on Hwy 89A (watch for a second left turn), then follow the paved and winding mountain road through the town of Jerome and up to the summit on Mingus Mountain. This road is steep with tight hairpin turns and few pull-offs in Jerome or on the roadway. The turn-off to Potato Patch is on the right, across from the Summit Picnic Area.

  • Little separation from through roads or other sites here, a 41-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
  • A pond lies 0.2 mi off.
  • Most of them shaded.
  • Mingus Mountain stands 841 ft above the map pin, 2.1 miles east.

Rules

  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 40–64°F, 1.4″ 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 76 of 100.

Tree cover32%30m sat. est.
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