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Camping & Cabins

Cabin Rental Program

Portal Bunkhouse

The "Rooms with a View" cabin rental program offers a unique opportunity for adventurous folks who enjoy spending time in wild places but prefer a roof over their head. 

Developed Campground

Developed campground at Molino Basin

Amenities at developed sites include toilets, picnic tables, and sometimes even bear boxes or lamp posts. Scroll down to see all campgrounds in the Coronado National Forest or search by the mountain range under Recreation Regions.

Dispersed Camping

Backpacking

There are dozens of beautiful developed campgrounds, but you can also camp for free in dispersed or undeveloped areas of the forest. 

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Arcadia Campground

Site Open
Hiking
 When early settlers ventured up Mount Graham, the Arcadia area was usually as far as they got on the first day. A little later in the history of the Pinalenos, Arcadia was the site of one of…

Bog Springs Campground

Site Open
Hiking
 Bog Springs offers some exceptional scenery, either right from your campsite or a short walk away. Many visitors unfamiliar with Arizona will be surprised by the high grasslands that climb the…

Cochise Stronghold Campground

Site Closed
Hiking
 This campground is in a magnificent, rugged canyon that served the famous Chiricahua Apache leader, Cochise, as a refuge against his enemies. As you enter the East Stronghold Canyon, you pass in…

Columbine Corrals Campground

Site Open
Hiking Horse Riding and Camping
This campground, nestled in mixed-conifer forest at 9,440 feet, has six sites with picnic tables and fire pits. There are vault toilets, bear-proof trash cans, and public corrals. There is also…

Cunningham Campground

Site Open
Horse Riding and Camping
Located high in the Pinaleno Mountains in an open, grassy stand of aspen and fir, this campground was constructed to provide a more primitive camping experience than most forest campgrounds.…

General Hitchcock Campground

Site Open
 This small, sheltered campground is tucked away just off the Catalina Highway, along the rocky streambed that forms the floor of upper Bear Canyon. Campsites are nestled under a canopy of ponderosa…

Gordon Hirabayashi Campground

Site Closed
Horse Riding and Camping Hiking
This site is also known as Prison Camp .The site was a Federal Honor Camp beginning in 1937 to house federal prisoners supplying labor to build a road for access into the Santa Catalina Mountains.…

Herb Martyr Campground

Site Open
The Herb Martyr trailhead, located near Herb Martyr campgound, is one of the popular birdwatching and overall hiking areas in Cave Creek Canyon.Though South Fork is known for its trogons, there are…

Hospital Flat Campground

Site Open
Hospital Flat is so named because in the 1880s it served as a site for a field hospital for ailing soldiers from Fort Grant. That frontier outpost is located along Grant Creek on the south slope of…

Idlewilde Campground

Site Open
 Idlewilde Campground is the first campground you encounter as you enter Cave Creek Canyon from the east.Cave Creek Canyon is well known for its spectacular scenery and excellent birding. In…