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Hilltop Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · AZ · 34.51055, -112.38181
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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.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Hilltop Campground · Prescott National Forest · AZ
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 000623A (Hilltop Campground), 70 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as bituminous surface treatment surface and maintenance level 5 – high degree of user comfort.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Hilltop Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,664 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Hilltop 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 Hilltop Campground · Prescott National Forest · AZ
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater0 mi
- FFuel3 mi
- GGrocery3 mi
- +Urgent care3 mi
- EVEV fast charger3 mi
- HHardware4 mi
- OOutfitter4 mi
- MMechanic5 mi
- @Mail5 mi
- RxPharmacy5 mi
- LLaundry7 mi
- DDump26 mi
- ShShower27 mi
- AAir-up33 mi
- PPropane58 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 3 mi out.
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 — Hilltop Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,664 ft
Ground slope
12.1% · noticeable
State
AZ
Coordinates
34.51055, -112.38181
Cost
Fee · priced on the land manager's own page (fs.usda.gov, read 2026-09-18)
Nearby & resupply — around Hilltop Campground · Prescott National Forest · AZ (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLynx Creek · ~0.2 mi · USGS: intermittent stream
- Also mapped (OSM)Lynx Lake (water) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- Nearest townGroom Creek · ~3.7 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~0.0 mi
- FuelCostco Gasoline · ~2.7 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~26.5 mi
- Groceriesampm · ~2.8 mi
- PharmacyYavapai Herbal Services Prescott Valley · ~5.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicHospital · ~3.3 mi
- HardwareThe Home Depot · ~3.8 mi
EV charging — from Hilltop Campground · Prescott National Forest · AZ — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger3.0 mi straight-line NW — Prescott, AZ - Tesla Supercharger (at a shopping center) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 12 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-04-21 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach7 within 25 mi · 19 within 50 · 116 within 100 · 166 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS3.4 mi — Casa Chevrolet Cadillac of Prescott, Prescott
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO46.1 mi — Walmart 5329 (Anthem, AZ), Anthem
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)2.8 mi — HAMPTON PRESCOT RIGHT STATION, Prescott, 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 — Residence Inn by Marriott Prescott, Prescott, 2.9 mi · J1772 · hours: 24 hours daily; customer 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 450029 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Hilltop Campground · Prescott National Forest · AZ — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletHilltop Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLynx Lake Recreation Area - South Shore · ~0.3 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletEagle Ridge Group Camp · ~0.4 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLynx Campground · ~0.6 mi NW · USFS
Coming out here — Hilltop Campground · Prescott National Forest · AZ
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Lynx Creek as an intermittent stream, ~0.2 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as intermittent — expect it dry for part of the year. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 12.1% — noticeable. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No rail line and no interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin. Checked against the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) and the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). Both are national files and both are maps of what is built, not counts of what moves on it.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Hilltop Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Hilltop Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Eagle Ridge Group Campground~0.3 mi · fee
- Lynx Campground~0.6 mi · fee
- Enchanted Forest Dispersed Camping~1.1 mi
- Fdr30-Bannie Mine Designated Disp~1.8 mi
The unit that manages Hilltop Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Hilltop Campground are set by Prescott National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Hilltop Campground
Fee note
$18 a night per the Forest Service page, read 18 Sep 2026: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r03/prescott/recreation/hilltop-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.
Agency page
fs.usda.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there) | Fee 2026-09-18: $18 per night, single site. Source: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r03/prescott/recreation/hilltop-campground (fee_backfill, figure verified on that page).
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
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 Hilltop 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.
- Whether that MVUM road is the way in, and the last stretch beyond it
- 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 — Hilltop Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →How to read this page →All field notes →