U.S. Forest Service · Kaibab National Forest · Arizona

Jacob Lake Group Campground & Picnic Site

Jacob Lake Picnic Site is located in the Jacob Lake Group Campground, 44 miles north of the Grand Canyon. The Jacob Lake area offers excellent opportunities for hiking, sightseeing, and wildlife viewing. The site is located 30 miles south and east of Fredonia at the intersection of US 89A and AZ 67. "Jacob Lake Campground" Images Album

First-come, first-served

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Jacob Lake Group Campground & Picnic Site
Photo from the area. brewbooks from near Seattle, USA (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Jacob Lake Group Campground & Picnic Site30°40°50°60°70°80°January: 1.71 inches of precipitation, 5.4 inches of snowFebruary: 1.92 inches of precipitation, 5.8 inches of snowMarch: 1.40 inches of precipitation, 1.8 inches of snowApril: 0.88 inches of precipitation, 1.8 inches of snowMay: 0.59 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowJune: 0.29 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowJuly: 1.25 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowAugust: 1.42 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowSeptember: 1.62 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowOctober: 1.51 inches of precipitation, 0.2 inches of snowNovember: 0.97 inches of precipitation, 1.8 inches of snowDecember: 1.37 inches of precipitation, 5.3 inches of snowJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 37.2°F averageFebruary: 40.9°F averageMarch: 47.4°F averageApril: 53.3°F averageMay: 61.7°F averageJune: 71.1°F averageJuly: 77.4°F averageAugust: 75.5°F averageSeptember: 68.4°F averageOctober: 56.9°F averageNovember: 45.3°F averageDecember: 36.6°F average0 in2 in4 in6 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Kanab, 28 miles from the campground at 4,900 feet, station USC00424508 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 15 inches a year. The dotted line is average snowfall, about 22 inches a year on the same inches scale.

Getting there

Coordinates36.7121° N, 112.2164° W · Directions ↗

Supplies & services

Outdoor gearWillow Canyon Outdoor ↗28.6 mi
Dump stationDump station ↗35.7 mi

Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors. Call ahead; hours change seasonally.

Limited data for this unit

No site-by-site records, no amenities, no fee schedule or directions in the Recreation.gov record. What is here comes from the agency's own listing. The rest lives there.

Checked nightly. Modules appear as soon as the record fills in.

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Trails nearby

Forest Service trail data →
  • 0.1 mi
    North Timp Snowmobile Trail ↗
    42.3 mi trail · snowmobile, snowshoe, ski
  • 0.2 mi
    Kai-Vav-Wi Nature Trail
    0.8 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 0.2 mi
    Ceballos
    2.5 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 2.6 mi
    Jacob Canyon ↗
    5.4 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike

Trail and trailhead records are the Forest Service's. Distances are straight-line to the nearer trail end. Trail conditions are not tracked here.

Public land it sits in

On Wilderness Atlas →

Vermilion Cliffs begins about 10.9 miles away, and it is the closest of these.

  • 10.9 mi
    Vermilion Cliffs ↗
    National Conservation Lands unit · Bureau of Land Management · 293,904 acres

Each unit is published as a centre point and an acreage rather than a boundary, so this section stands it in for a circle of the same area. Whether a campground is inside, and how far it is from one it is outside, are both approximate.

On the National Register nearby

On Register Atlas →

Guidebooks for Arizona

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  • Camping Arizona
    Bruce Grubbs, 2021
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  • Best Tent Camping: Arizona
    Kirstin Olmon Phillips and Kelly Phillips, 2019
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  • Best Backpacking Trips in Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico
    Mike White and Douglas Lorain, 2016
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Reference

Questions people ask

Do I need a reservation at Jacob Lake Group Campground & Picnic Site?

No. Jacob Lake Group Campground & Picnic Site is first-come, first-served. Sites are taken on arrival and paid at the fee station.

Source: Forest Service recreation page for this forest

Is there cell service at Jacob Lake Group Campground & Picnic Site?

FCC coverage maps show Verizon 4G LTE, AT&T 4G LTE, and T-Mobile 4G LTE at the campground point. Terrain changes that from one site to the next.

Source: FCC Broadband Map

What if Jacob Lake Group Campground & Picnic Site is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Jacob Lake Recreation Area (0.9 mi), Demotte (21.3 mi), and Stateline Campground (22.4 mi, first-come).

Source: Campgrounds nearby