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Lakeside Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · AZ · 34.15762, -109.97877
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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 Lakeside Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,729 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Lakeside 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 Lakeside Campground · Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests · AZ
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail0 mi
- FFuel0 mi
- GGrocery0 mi
- LLaundry0 mi
- WWater3 mi
- HHardware4 mi
- MMechanic7 mi
- EVEV fast charger7 mi
- RxPharmacy7 mi
- DDump9 mi
- ShShower10 mi
- +Urgent care35 mi
- AAir-up39 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 0 mi out.
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 — Lakeside Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,729 ft
State
AZ
Coordinates
34.15762, -109.97877
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Lakeside Campground · Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests · AZ (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLake Of The Woods (water) · nearby
- Nearest townLakeside · ~0.4 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~2.7 mi
- FuelSpeedway · ~0.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~9.4 mi
- GroceriesSpeedway · ~0.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicChangepoint Psychiatric Hospital · ~0.6 mi
- HardwareHardware · ~12.5 mi
EV charging — from Lakeside Campground · Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests · AZ — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger7.1 mi straight-line NW — APS - Show Low (Show Low, AZ) · Electrify America · CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach2 within 25 mi · 2 within 50 · 11 within 100 · 173 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)53.5 mi — Holbrook, AZ, Holbrook
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO73.7 mi — Walmart 1328 (Winslow, AZ), Winslow
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)3.3 mi — CHARLIE CLARKS C.C. CHARGING 2, 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 aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Quality Inn Pinetop - Tesla Destination, Pinetop, 2.3 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
Level 2, restricted access — Hampton Inn & Suites Show Low-Pinetop, Show Low, 5.9 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 207916 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Lakeside Campground · Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests · AZ — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomBig Springs · ~1.5 mi SE · USFS
- RestroomScott Reservoir Boat Launch · ~1.6 mi NE · USFS
- Portable toiletScott Reservoir · ~1.7 mi NE · USFS
- RestroomBlue Ridge #1 · ~2.2 mi E · USFS
Open Lakeside Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Lakeside Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Scott Reservoir Campground~1.7 mi
- Fool Hollow Lake Recreation Area Campground~9.3 mi
- Brown Creek Campground~11.0 mi
- Sitgreaves National Forest~11.5 mi
The unit that manages Lakeside Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Lakeside Campground are set by Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Lakeside 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 Lakeside 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 — Lakeside Campground
Camping near a reservoir →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Picking a spot →All field notes →
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