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Elks Picnic Group Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · AZ · 34.70897, -111.10260
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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 Elks Picnic Group Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,495 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Elks Picnic Group 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 Elks Picnic Group Campground · Coconino National Forest · AZ
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater12 mi
- FFuel17 mi
- GGrocery17 mi
- LLaundry25 mi
- @Mail25 mi
- ShShower26 mi
- +Urgent care26 mi
- DDump28 mi
- HHardware30 mi
- EVEV fast charger32 mi
- RxPharmacy35 mi
- MMechanic35 mi
- AAir-up36 mi
- OOutfitter39 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 17 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 32-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 — Elks Picnic Group Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,495 ft
State
AZ
Coordinates
34.70897, -111.10260
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Elks Picnic Group Campground · Coconino National Forest · AZ (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureTank in the Road (water) · nearby
- Nearest townHappy Jack · ~17.6 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~16.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~27.8 mi · customers only
- GroceriesClints Well store · ~16.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicCamp Geronimo health lodge · ~25.8 mi
EV charging — from Elks Picnic Group Campground · Coconino National Forest · AZ — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger32.2 mi straight-line NE — Flying J 612, Winslow, AZ · eVgo Network · CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-15 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 13 within 50 · 79 within 100 · 144 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)34.6 mi — Payson, AZ - Tesla Supercharger, Payson
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO32.3 mi — Walmart 1328 (Winslow, AZ), Winslow
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)31.4 mi — WIHCC WEST STATION, Winslow, AZ · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- 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 319648 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Elks Picnic Group Campground · Coconino National Forest · AZ — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletElks · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletJacks Canyon Climbing Area · ~4.0 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLong Lake South · ~7.6 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMoqui · ~9.5 mi SW · USFS
Open Elks Picnic Group Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Elks Picnic Group Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Jack's Canyon Camping and Climbing Area~3.9 mi
- Long Lake Dispersed Camping~7.6 mi
- Soldier / Long Lakes~8.5 mi
- Moqui Group Campground~9.5 mi · fee
The unit that manages Elks Picnic Group Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Elks Picnic Group Campground are set by Coconino National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Elks Picnic Group 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
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
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 Elks Picnic Group 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 — Elks Picnic Group Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →
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