Campground Fee Increases to be Implemented

Changes Effective October 1, 2019

PHOENIX, August 22, 2019—For Immediate Release. The USDA Forest Service, Tonto National Forest will increase campground fees beginning October 1, 2019. These fee changes were approved by the Arizona Recreation Resource Advisory Council in 2015 after a series of public meetings and other opportunities to provide public feedback. Results from these public meeting showed that ninety-five percent (95%) of Tonto visitors did not want a reduction in recreation services and understood the need to increase some fees in order to continue to provide recreational opportunities at one of the most visited national forests in the country.

The following campgrounds will start charging the new fees on Tuesday, October 1, 2019.

Location Campground Current Fee (per vehicle) New Fee October 1, 2019 Interagency Senior/Access Pass Discount Fee
Cave Creek
Ranger District
Riverside
Campground
$10 $16 $8
Cave Creek
Ranger District
CCC
Campground
$10 $16 $8
Cave Creek
Ranger District
Mesquite
Campground
$10 $16 $8
Cave Creek
Ranger District
Horeseshoe
Campground
$10 $16 $8
Globe Ranger District Timber Camp Campground $10 $16 $8
Mesa Ranger District Tortilla
Campground
$12 $20 $10
Tonto Basin Ranger
District (Apache Lake)
Burnt Corral
Campground
$12 $20 single
$40 double
$10 single
$20 double
Tonto Basin Ranger
District (Roosevelt Lake)
Cholla
Campground
$20 $25 single
$50 double
$12.50 single
$25 double
Tonto Basin Ranger
District (Roosevelt Lake)
Schoolhouse
Campground
$12 $20 single
$40 double
$10 single
$20 double
Tonto Basin Ranger District (Roosevelt Lake) Windy Hill
Campground
$20 $25 single
$50 double
$12.50 single
$25 double
Tonto Basin Ranger
District
Frazier Horse
Camp
$10 $16 single
$32 double
$8 single
$16 double
Pleasant Valley
Ranger District
Haigler Creek
Campground
$10 $16 $8

Visit the Sustainable Recreation Page on the Tonto website for detailed information regarding the change in fees.

The Tonto retains ninety-five percent (95%) of the recreation fees it collects to manage developed recreation sites. On the Tonto National Forest, recreation fee revenue is used to maintain bathrooms and showers, water systems, parking lots, boat launches, fishing piers, picnic grounds and campground maintenance and management, the Navigational Aids buoy program on Bartlett, Horseshoe, Saguaro, Canyon, Apache and Roosevelt lakes, trash collection, and visitor safety.

These changes are being implemented to assist the Tonto National Forest in maintaining the level of service provided at its developed campgrounds. Interagency Senior and Access Pass holders receive a 50% discount at campgrounds managed by the USDA Forest Service.