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Camping & Cabins

Cabin Rental Program

Portal Bunkhouse

The "Rooms with a View" cabin rental program offers a unique opportunity for adventurous folks who enjoy spending time in wild places but prefer a roof over their head. 

Developed Campground

Developed campground at Molino Basin

Amenities at developed sites include toilets, picnic tables, and sometimes even bear boxes or lamp posts. Scroll down to see all campgrounds in the Coronado National Forest or search by the mountain range under Recreation Regions.

Dispersed Camping

Backpacking

There are dozens of beautiful developed campgrounds, but you can also camp for free in dispersed or undeveloped areas of the forest. 

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Arcadia Campground

Site Open
Hiking
When early settlers ventured up Mount Graham, the Arcadia area was usually as far as they got on the first day. A little later in the history of the Pinaleno Mountains, Arcadia was the site of one of…

Bear Wallow #333

Hiking
For travelers along the Crest Trail, and for visitors to Rustler Park looking for a scenic way to spend a day, here’s a system of trails that leads to a number of interesting features including…

Bog Springs Campground

Site Open
Hiking Outdoor Science and Learning Horse Riding and Camping Picnicking
Bog Springs offers some exceptional scenery, either right from your campsite or a short walk away. Many visitors unfamiliar with Arizona will be surprised by the high grasslands that climb the slopes…

Canelo Ranger Residence

Site Open
Biking Hiking Outdoor Science and Learning
The Canelo Ranger Residence is a single-story, two-bedroom bungalow at the base of the Canelo Hills, approximately 15 miles southeast of Sonoita, Arizona. The building, also known as the Canelo "Big…

Cochise Stronghold Campground

Hiking
This campground is in a magnificent, rugged canyon that served the famous Chiricahua Apache leader, Cochise, as a refuge against his enemies. As you enter the East Stronghold Canyon, you pass in the…

Columbine Corrals Campground

Site Open
Hiking Horse Riding and Camping
This campground, nestled in mixed-conifer forest at 9,440 feet, has six sites with picnic tables and fire pits. There are vault toilets, bear-proof trash cans, and public corrals. There is also…

Cunningham Campground

Site Open
Horse Riding and Camping
Located high in the Pinaleno Mountains in an open, grassy stand of aspen and fir, this campground was constructed to provide a more primitive camping experience than most forest campgrounds.…

General Hitchcock Campground

Site Open
Hiking Biking
This small, sheltered campground is tucked away just off the Catalina Highway, along the rocky streambed that forms the floor of upper Bear Canyon. Campsites are nestled under a canopy of ponderosa…

Gordon Hirabayashi Campground

Site Closed
Horse Riding and Camping Hiking
This site is also known as Prison Camp. The site was a Federal Honor Camp beginning in 1937 to house federal prisoners supplying labor to build a road for access into the Santa Catalina Mountains.…

Herb Martyr Campground

Site Open
Horse Riding and Camping Hiking Outdoor Science and Learning Biking Picnicking
This small streamside campground is located on the banks of Cave Creek at the end of a the road that leads into Cave Creek Canyon. Nearby is a small dam built in 1935 that has since filled in with…