Promontory Pit Road Campground
This is an unimproved designated dispersed camp area within the Rim Lakes Recreation Area located on an unnumbered road on the north side of the junction of Forest Roads 300 and 34 There are no services offered at this location and visitors must camp within the numbered sites. This is a Pack-it-in / Pack-it-out area. Bring out everything you bring in with you. Be good stewards of your public lands and leave the area looking better than how you found it.
More like this: first-come in Arizona
Season & status
| Status | Open |
| Forest | Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest |
Weather by month
Getting there
Latitude: 34.37996111/Longitude: -110.983675
| Coordinates | 34.3800° N, 110.9837° W · Directions ↗ |
Fire nearby
- PrescribedD2 Vincent Rx
5 mi from the campground · 2,258 acres
- PrescribedD2 Dye Rx
6 mi from the campground · 5,246 acres
- PrescribedD2 Sinkhole Rx
8 mi from the campground · 875 acres
- PrescribedTillman Rx
8 mi from the campground
Distance is to the reported incident point, not the fire edge. Call the managing office before you drive.
Supplies & services
| Dump station | Dump station ↗ | 4.3 mi |
Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors. Call ahead; hours change seasonally.
Explore
Worth a stop
- 1.2 miTwo-O-Eight Trailhead ↗Trailhead
- 1.9 miMerganser Trailhead ↗Trailhead
- 3.6 miRocky Point Picnic Site ↗Day use
- 7.6 mi
- 7.9 miWillow Springs Lake Fishing And Boating Site ↗Fishing site
Trails nearby
- 0.1 miMogollon Rim Snowmobile B1.5 mi trail · snowmobile, snowshoe, ski
- 0.8 miMogollon Rim Snowmobile A ↗8.5 mi trail · snowmobile, snowshoe, ski
- 0.9 miCarr Lake ↗5.6 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
- 1 miDye Snowmobile Loop ↗19.4 mi trail · snowmobile, snowshoe, ski
- 1.3 miTwo-O-Eight0.2 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
- 1.3 miBear Canyon Lake1.6 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
Trailheads within three miles
- 1.2 miTwo-o-eight Trailhead ↗Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest
- 1.9 miMerganser Trailhead ↗Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest
- 2.1 miMallard Trailhead ↗Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest
- 2.9 miDrew Trailhead ↗Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest
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
Tonto National Forest begins about 0.4 miles away, and it is the closest of these.
- 0.4 miTonto National Forest ↗National Forest · Forest Service · 2,966,417 acres
- 9.1 miHellsgate Wilderness ↗Wilderness · Forest Service · 37,457 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.
Other campgrounds nearby
On the National Register nearby
- Promontory Butte Lookout ComplexStructure · Beaver Park · 1.9 mi
- Diamond Point Lookout CabinBuilding · Tonto Village · 13.5 mi
Guidebooks for Arizona
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- Best Backpacking Trips in Utah, Arizona, and New MexicoMike White and Douglas Lorain, 2016Find at Bookshop.org
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Reference
Questions people ask
Do I need a reservation at Promontory Pit Road Campground?
No. Promontory Pit Road Campground is first-come, first-served. Sites are taken on arrival and paid at the fee station.
Source: Forest Service
Is Promontory Pit Road Campground open right now?
Open as of Oct 16, 2026.
Source: Forest Service status
What if Promontory Pit Road Campground is full?
The nearest public campgrounds are FR 169 Campground (1.6 mi, first-come), Bear Canyon Lake and Camping Area (2.1 mi, first-come), and FR 195 Campground (2.6 mi, first-come).
Source: Campgrounds nearby