Agency-listedUSFSUnpriced · confirm
Buffalo Crossing Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · AZ · 33.79100, -109.35800
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Buffalo Crossing Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,857 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Buffalo Crossing CampgroundNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Buffalo Crossing Campground · Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests · AZ
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater1 mi
- ShShower6 mi
- DDump6 mi
- GGrocery7 mi
- FFuel13 mi
- @Mail13 mi
- HHardware13 mi
- MMechanic13 mi
- LLaundry23 mi
- +Urgent care35 mi
- RxPharmacy50 mi
- EVEV fast charger50 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 7 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 50-mi run (and back).
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Buffalo Crossing Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
7,857 ft
State
AZ
Coordinates
33.79100, -109.35800
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Buffalo Crossing Campground · Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests · AZ (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSouth Horse Tank (water) · nearby
- Nearest townSprucedale · ~3.9 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~0.7 mi
- FuelShort Stop · ~22.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~6.5 mi
- GroceriesBig Lake Store & Marina · ~6.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicWhite Mountain Regional Medical Center · ~23.9 mi
- HardwareWoodland Building Center · ~24.0 mi
EV charging — from Buffalo Crossing Campground · Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests · AZ — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger49.6 mi straight-line NW — HT02038 ABB STATION 1, Show Low, AZ · ChargePoint Network · CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 1 within 50 · 7 within 100 · 124 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)90.1 mi — Holbrook, AZ, Holbrook
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO93.3 mi — Major Market Inc, Zuni
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)40.4 mi — CHARLIE CLARKS C.C. CHARGING 1, Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveLevel 2, restricted access — Hampton Inn & Suites Show Low-Pinetop, Show Low, 49.0 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; for guest use only; see front desk for access · AFDC lists it “Free”
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 450693 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Buffalo Crossing Campground · Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests · AZ — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletBuffalo Crossing Cg · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHorse Springs Group Cg · ~0.7 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHorse Springs Cg · ~0.8 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRaccoon Campground · ~1.7 mi E · USFS
Open Buffalo Crossing Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Buffalo Crossing Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Horse Springs Group Cg~0.7 mi · fee
- Horse Springs Cg~0.8 mi · fee
- Raccoon Campground~1.7 mi · fee
- Deer Creek (East Fork-Black River~2.5 mi · fee
The unit that manages Buffalo Crossing Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Buffalo Crossing Campground are set by Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Buffalo Crossing Campground
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
no road or trail found nearby — check manually
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Buffalo Crossing Campground
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Buffalo Crossing Campground
When the high country opens →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Picking a spot →All field notes →
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