Houston Mesa Campground

Nice campground that I’m sure fills a need. But it’s $29 a night and it’s lacking in several essentials. For starters, there is no soap in the bathrooms. So you cannot properly wash your hands. There’s also no hand sanitizer. There’s no place to fill or to dump. And yes, it’s super close to busy roads so you’ll hear a noise. They charge $29 a night, which is quite steep for lacking in amenities found in most other campgrounds (and their shower house was closed for the season too). I camped here in January, and for comparison, I camped at Navajo national Monument the week prior. Their campground is FREE, and it has heated bathrooms with soap.

Beautiful campground with sites that are spread out. There was some traffic noise until about 10 pm. We slept well. Picnic tables, and fire rings. Bathrooms, but no showers were open. No hookups for $29. Very small sites, and very large sites available. Lots of tent campers were here. I was afraid they would be noisy, but I couldn't hear them.

Good size spots, nice bench to sit, lots of pine trees for shade, very close to the highway, you can hear the traffic all night and small planes flying over the campground.

I dont know how to rate the other categories at a campground. Right now we are the only people in the Horse camp. We love it! We didn't get very far on horse, the 1 trail leading out from camp was one of the rockiest trails I've been on.

It's pretty noisy due to the road right behind our site, not great for solar, but very close to town. The sites are nicely separated and have lots of trees. We had to use starlink and were able to use it. The campground is less than 2 miles from town, but cell service is ok for calls, but not streaming, internet etc. Only has water at community spigots, no dump station, and no electricity. Has plenty of restrooms, but we did not use them since we are self-contained.

We had a two night stay and had to leave early because a large group of other tent campers did not follow the rules. Stayed up past 1AM being very loud. I am not exaggerating when saying they were YELLING throughout the night. Quiet hours are 10pm-6am. Especially in the tent only section, it's VERY hard to block out screaming. The next night I told the camp host (who was very sweet and did her best) about the situation. To her credit, she apologized and said she'd immediately go talk to them. The next day, they started at it around 7am -- it was past quiet hours, so OK. Then by 9AM they were playing music VERY loud. Every tent site in the camp could hear. Unfortunately, the Camp Host is way at the front of the campground, so she didn't know. I walked up there and told her about the situation. She again apologized and said she'd go talk to them right away. They turned the music off for about 15 minutes and then started up again. It's my understanding that the hosts make very little / are volunteers, so I didn't want to bother her again. It's just SO disappointing to drive all that day to spend time in nature only to have it be ruined by some inconsiderate yahoos. Two stars for the efforts of the Camp Host and the fact that when we walked around the park, the non-tent exclusive areas seemed very quiet / people who were minding the rules. Maybe if we try it again, we'll just stay on that side.

Wonderful campground. Very well maintained and managed. Beautiful area with shade trees and 20 degrees cooler than Tucson & Phoenix! Friendly staff and I especially enjoyed my conversations with fellow campers. 🙂

A very well maintained campground. There are a few camper-ready loops with numerous sites. Some are pull through, some are back in. There's also a loop of tent only sites. Only complaint is the closeness to the highway, but it quiets right down at night.