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Yavapai Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · AZ · 34.60244, -112.54049
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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 — Yavapai Campground · Prescott National Forest · AZ
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 000374J (Yavapai), 50 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 Yavapai Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,860 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Yavapai CampgroundNIFC · AirNow
Checking active fires & air quality…
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 Yavapai 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
- @Mail2 mi
- FFuel4 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- RxPharmacy4 mi
- MMechanic4 mi
- LLaundry4 mi
- +Urgent care4 mi
- HHardware5 mi
- EVEV fast charger5 mi
- WWater5 mi
- OOutfitter6 mi
- DDump31 mi
- ShShower32 mi
- AAir-up41 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 4 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 — Yavapai Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,860 ft
Ground slope
12.6% · noticeable
Nearest rail line
~6.1 mi · main line
State
AZ
Coordinates
34.60244, -112.54049
Cost
Fee · priced on the land manager's own page (recreation.gov, read 2026-09-18)
Nearby & resupply — around Yavapai Campground · Prescott National Forest · AZ (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureGranite Basin Lake (water) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- USGS NHDno named surface water within 1 mi
- Nearest townIron Springs · ~2.2 mi
- Nearest rail line~6.1 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~5.0 mi
- FuelFuel · ~4.0 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesNatural Grocers · ~4.0 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~4.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicPolara Health Integrated Care Clinic · ~4.5 mi
- HardwareHarbor Freight · ~7.1 mi
EV charging — from Yavapai Campground · Prescott National Forest · AZ — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger4.8 mi straight-line E — FINDLAY BUICK GMC, PRESCOTT, AZ · EV Connect · CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach6 within 25 mi · 18 within 50 · 115 within 100 · 166 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)6.1 mi — Findlay Hyundai Prescott, Prescott
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO48.9 mi — La Quinta Grand Canyon (Williams, AZ), Williams
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)5.6 mi — Hilton Garden Inn - Prescott · Blink 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 346355 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Yavapai Campground · Prescott National Forest · AZ — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletYavapai Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletCayuse Equestrian Trailhead · ~0.5 mi NE · USFS
- RestroomWekuvde Picnic Ground · ~0.8 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMetate Trailhead · ~1.0 mi NW · USFS
Coming out here — Yavapai Campground · Prescott National Forest · AZ
- Surface water mapped nearby: Granite Basin Lake (water). That is wash water at best, and nobody has checked it for you — a creek can be dry and a tank can be mud. Filter or boil anything you drink. USGS maps no named surface water within 1 mi of the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022).
- Ground slope around the pin: about 12.6% — noticeable. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (10 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.
- Rail line mapped ~6.1 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. That is the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026), which records that a line is there and what class of track it is. Whether anything runs on it, how often, and at what hour, it does not say, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin in the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). That file holds the divided, limited-access highways only — a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not be in 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 Yavapai Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Yavapai Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Alto Pit OHV Day Use/Campground~1.4 mi · fee
- Alto Pit Ohv Campground~1.7 mi · fee
- Fdr373-Thumb Butte Loop Designated Disp.~4.2 mi
- Fdr 51 Potts Creek Rd Designated Disp.~5.2 mi
The unit that manages Yavapai Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Yavapai Campground are set by Prescott National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Yavapai Campground
Fee note
$18-$24 a night by site type and season per the Recreation.gov page, read 18 Sep 2026: https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/251964
Reserve
https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/251964
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) | Fee 2026-09-18: $18-$24 per night, by site type and season (Recreation.gov rates table). Source: https://www.recreation.gov/api/camps/campgrounds/251964/rates (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 Yavapai 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 — Yavapai Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Off-grid communication →All field notes →