Picnicking

Ashurst Lake Campground (and its sister site, Forked Pine Campground) rests on the shores of Ashurst Lake, which has good opportunities for fishing and watersports.

Few places offer a more scenic setting for a picnic than Oak Creek Canyon. Home of a bubbling brook that flows through a lush green oasis framed by towering red rock cliffs and buttes, this…

Once listed as a campground, Beaver Creek is now a day-use site popular for picnicking and birding year round, and water play in the summer.  The area has limited space and can get over-crowded on…

Bonito Campground is named for the Bonito Lava Flow which oozed across this high desert plain some 900 years ago.

At this creekside picnic area you'll have a fishing hole and that's not all. Add spectacular scenery, clear water swimming holes, picturesque hiking trails and excellent wildlife watching (in other…

This popular day-use area is the trailhead for several trails.

This picturesque picnic area pulls double duty as the trailhead for the West Fork Trail. The trail runs alongside a stream into a stunning side canyon brimming with splendid maple trees and other…

Canyon Vista Campground is located near Walnut Canyon and Lower Lake Mary.

Campsites at Chavez Crossing are located in a grove of Arizona sycamores and Arizona cypress.

This is a day use site with a toilet. No overnight camping. Operating hours: 8am - 6pm.