Dispersed Camping in Greenlee County, Arizona
Showing 55 locations in Greenlee County.
Bear Track Campground
A quiet and scenic national forest campground located off Martinez Ranch Road. Perched on a ridge, it offers expansive mountain views, level clearings, picnic tables, and fire rings.
Big Pine Canyon Road Dispersed
A scenic dirt corridor winding through the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests near Clifton, offering dispersed forest camping on native material surfaces.
Black Hills Backcountry Byway (Old Safford Road)
A scenic desert corridor along the Black Hills Backcountry Byway (Old Safford Road). This route offers several dispersed camping pullouts on BLM land with scenic mountain views and opportunities for rockhounding. While the southern entrance near the highway is manageable for most vehicles, the road becomes progressively rougher, winding, and narrow as you travel further north, making it unsuitable for large trailers and long RVs.
Black Jack Campground
A free, spacious US Forest Service campground set in a tall pine forest off Highway 78. It features large, shaded sites with picnic tables, fire rings, BBQ grills, and two vault toilets. While there is no drinking water or trash service, the campground offers scenic mountain views and convenient access to the Maverick Trailhead.
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BLM Primitive Road - Bonita Creek Corridor
These dispersed sites are situated on BLM land along the old Bonita Creek Road corridor, just north of the Gila River. Positioned on dirt turnouts off the paved road, they offer expansive canyon views and quiet surroundings, with water and toilets accessible a half-mile away at Riverview Campground.
BLM Primitive Road Corridor
A primitive dirt road corridor on BLM land near Clifton, Arizona, offering quiet, dispersed desert camping with expansive views of the surrounding hills.
BLM Primitive Road Corridor
A remote primitive BLM road near Morenci, offering opportunities for secluded dispersed camping. High-clearance vehicles are recommended due to the rough, unmaintained dirt surface.
BLM Primitive Road Dispersed
A quiet and remote dispersed camping corridor along a primitive BLM road near Clifton, Arizona. It is ideal for self-contained, high-clearance vehicles seeking seclusion in a rugged desert environment.
BLM Primitive Road Dispersed
Remote dispersed camping opportunities along a primitive BLM road near Morenci, Arizona. This high-desert setting offers primitive, isolated sites with several natural springs located within hiking distance.
BLM Primitive Road Dispersed
A rugged desert camping corridor along a primitive Bureau of Land Management road near Morenci. Suitable for high-clearance vehicles seeking quiet solitude near Quail Spring.
BLM Primitive Road
A remote primitive road on BLM land near Morenci, offering opportunities for dispersed camping in a rugged desert landscape.
BLM Primitive Road
This BLM primitive road near Clifton provides rustic, dispersed camping opportunities within Greenlee County. The surrounding desert landscape offers high privacy and quiet remote stays, though access requires navigating a rough dirt surface.
BLM Primitive Roads (Morenci Area)
Rugged desert dispersed camping along primitive BLM roads near Morenci. This area features open terrain with opportunities for quiet isolation.
Blue Creek Well Forest Road
A scenic forest road corridor within the Gila National Forest offering dispersed camping opportunities. The area features a native-surface dirt road that winds through a quiet wooded environment suitable for multiple rig sizes.
Charlie Moore Mesa Dispersed Camping
Dispersed camping along Charlie Moore Mesa road, providing quiet, remote camping opportunities with native surface turnouts.
Coal Creek Campground
A peaceful, free developed campground shaded by trees off Arizona Highway 78. Offering around a dozen spaced-out sites equipped with fire rings and picnic tables, this quiet spot is an excellent staging area near the New Mexico border. A vault toilet is available on-site, and the surrounding ponderosa forest offers frequent wildlife sightings.
East Bonita Rim Road Dispersed
Dispersed camping corridor along East Bonita Rim Road on Bureau of Land Management land near Morenci. The area offers access to several nearby natural springs in a remote setting.
Forest Road 4056 A Dispersed
A quiet dispersed camping corridor located along Forest Road 4056 A within the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests. The route features a native dirt surface winding through high-desert vegetation.
Forest Road 4075 U Dispersed
A quiet dispersed camping corridor along Forest Road 4075 U. The native dirt road winds through scenic wooded territory on public forest lands, offering several pull-offs suitable for overnight stays in a natural environment.
Forest Road 4075D Dispersed Camping
Dispersed camping corridor along Forest Road 4075D in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests. This route features native dirt surfaces and provides access to secluded woodland areas.
Forest Road 4075X Dispersed
A remote dispersed camping corridor situated along Forest Road 4075X in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests. The native dirt route provides opportunities for peaceful roadside stays surrounded by pine and juniper woodland near the Arizona-New Mexico border.
Forest Road 4076V Dispersed
A remote dirt corridor winding through the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest near the Hell Hole Wilderness Study Area. This route offers peaceful dispersed camping opportunities along its native dirt track with minimal traffic.
Forest Road 4221 H Dispersed
A quiet dispersed camping corridor situated along Forest Road 4221 H within the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. The road features a native dirt surface that remains passable for most vehicles in dry conditions.
Forest Road 4221W Dispersed
Dispersed camping sites along Forest Road 4221W on the edge of the Gila National Forest, featuring a native material dirt surface. This corridor offers quiet and spaced-out natural clearings suitable for self-contained rigs.
Forest Road 4222 Corridor
Dispersed camping corridor off Highway 180, leading toward the Leopold Vista area. This zone features small dirt pullouts suitable for standard vehicles and self-contained rigs, offering a peaceful wooded setting with minimal traffic.
Forest Road 519A Dispersed
A scenic dispersed camping corridor along Forest Road 519A, offering quiet wooded sites close to the San Francisco Hot Springs trailhead.
Forest Road 68 Dispersed Corridor
A series of quiet, shaded dispersed campsites branching off Forest Road 68. The graded dirt surface is easily accessible for standard vehicles and smaller rigs, with several established spots featuring fire rings. Perfect for a quick overnight stop close to local trailheads.
Forest Spur Dispersed
A quiet dispersed camping corridor situated along an unpaved Forest Service spur road, offering dry-weather access for standard vehicles and motorhomes within a peaceful forested setting.
Gila River Camping
A rustic campsite situated on private property with direct access to the Gila River. The site features basic amenities including picnic tables and a portable toilet. Prior contact with the property owners is required to coordinate access and guide you to the riverfront camping area.
Granville Recreation Area
A scenic, quiet Forest Service recreation area nestled under mature shade trees just off the Coronado Trail. It offers several designated camping sites with basic amenities in a serene forest setting.
Holliman River Road Dispersed Camping
A dirt forest road winding through the Gila River region within the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, providing dispersed camping opportunities on native dirt surfaces.
Honeymoon Campground
A quiet, remote developed campground situated next to Eagle Creek, shaded by sycamore, cottonwood, pinyon, and juniper trees. The setting is highly peaceful and ideal for fishing and wildlife viewing.
Lower Juan Miller Campground
A quiet, rustic US Forest Service campground nestled in the woods with shaded, level-ish pull-through sites. Features picnic tables, fire pits, and a modern vault toilet.
No Permit Tank Road Dispersed
This forest road provides quiet, dispersed camping opportunities within the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests. The route features a native dirt surface and passes through peaceful wooded surroundings.
Norris Tank Road Dispersed Corridor
A scenic dispersed camping corridor along Norris Tank Road in the Gila National Forest. The route offers several roadside spots starting near the San Francisco Hot Springs trailhead, where a clean vault toilet is available. Continuing past the trailhead, the road becomes rougher and leads to a turnaround point with scenic views of the surrounding canyon and valleys. Lower sites are accessible for most rigs, while the upper section past the trailhead is best suited for high-clearance or four-wheel-drive vehicles.
North Clifton RV Park
A municipal RV park situated along the San Francisco River in Clifton, offering basic amenities including electric hookups, water, showers, and laundry. Bighorn sheep are frequently spotted grazing in the area, and the historic mining town is within walking distance.
North Pine Corral Dispersed
This forest road corridor offers peaceful dispersed camping opportunities within the national forest. The route features a native dirt surface that is generally accessible to most passenger vehicles and motorhomes under dry conditions.
One Horn Corral Dispersed Camping
One Horn Corral offers scenic dispersed camping along a dirt road in the Gila region of Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests. The area is easily accessible for most vehicles, including motorhomes.
Owens Tank Road Dispersed
Secluded dispersed camping options along Owens Tank Road, located in the scenic National Forest near the Hell Hole Wilderness Study Area.
Owl Creek Campground
A developed Bureau of Land Management campground located within the scenic Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area. Situated along the Black Hills Back Country Byway, it features shaded picnic shelters, barbecue grills, fire rings, and a vault toilet, though there is no potable water on-site. Visitors can enjoy canyon vistas, wildlife viewing, and access to a trail leading down to the Gila River boat launch and picnic area.
Partnership Tank Road Dispersed
A quiet dispersed camping corridor located along the Partnership Tank forest road within the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. The dirt road is accessible to most vehicles and offers secluded spots in a peaceful pine forest setting.
Petmaker Tank Road Dispersed
A quiet dispersed camping corridor along Petmaker Tank road within the Gila National Forest. The dirt route is accessible for most vehicles, providing easy access to rustic sites surrounded by natural forest scenery.
Radar Brushy Powerline Road
This forest corridor along the Radar Brushy Powerline road offers remote dispersed camping options within the Gila National Forest. The road is composed of native dirt and is generally passable by most vehicles under dry conditions.
Riverview Campground
Riverview Campground is a scenic developed camping area situated on a bluff overlooking the Gila River within the Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area. It features 13 spacious, first-come, first-served sites equipped with covered picnic tables, fire grills, and potable water. While the access road is paved, it is highly narrow and winding, requiring careful navigation for trailers and medium-sized RVs.
S.i. Mountain Road Dispersed Camping
A quiet dispersed camping corridor along S.i. Mountain Road in the scenic Gila region. This native dirt road winds through natural forest terrain, offering peaceful, rustic spots for self-contained travelers.
Soldier Hill Road Dispersed
A quiet forest corridor winding through the scenic Soldier Hill area of the national forest. The dirt road offers multiple native-surface pullouts suitable for dispersed camping, surrounded by pinon-juniper and pine woodlands near the Arizona and New Mexico border.
Steeple Rock Road (BLM 3106)
This Bureau of Land Management corridor along Steeple Rock Road provides access to dispersed camping opportunities in a rugged desert landscape near the Arizona-New Mexico border.
Strayhorse Campground
A free US Forest Service developed campground located just off scenic US Highway 191. Features clean vault toilets, picnic tables, fire rings, and shelters at individual sites. Offers scenic views in a tranquil pine forest setting, making it an excellent stopover along the Coronado Trail.
Table Top Tank Dispersed Camping
A quiet dispersed camping corridor along Table Top Tank within the national forest. The native-surface road offers rustic, spaced-out sites suitable for a variety of rigs in dry conditions.
Upper Juan Miller Campground
An old, quiet US Forest Service campground offering secluded sites with historic stone picnic tables and fire pits. Best suited for campervans, truck campers, and tent camping due to limited level parking.
Upper Sawmill Canyon
A remote forest corridor within the national forest, offering quiet dispersed camping options along a native-surface dirt road.
Upper Sawmill Canyon
Upper Sawmill Canyon offers rugged dispersed camping along a native-material dirt road within the Clifton Ranger District. Located near the Hell Hole Wilderness Study Area, this corridor provides scenic views of the surrounding mesas and pine-dotted canyon country. The road is generally accessible to most vehicles under dry conditions, offering a peaceful, secluded retreat with plenty of space to find a quiet site.
Watkins Wood Road Dispersed
Watkins Wood Road offers remote dispersed camping along a dirt corridor in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest near Clifton. The native dirt road is open year-round to all vehicles under dry conditions.