Cave Creek Regional Park offers a clean and quiet family campground set among Saguaro cactus, Mesquite trees and cholla cactus. The park is about 27 miles north of Phoenix and includes 2,922 acres with a visitor center, several hiking trails, equestrian trails, and various programs through the year.
The campground has 59 campsites, all with electricity and water. Campsites 1-38 are larger campsites and also have paved parking pads. Campsites 30-55 (and E, F, G, H) are smaller and have gravel parking pads. Sites 10 and 20 have horse corrals. Each campsite also has a table, fire ring and grill. Campground amenities include flush toilets, hot showers, a picnic area and dump station. Cell service is good.
Outdoor recreation includes hiking, mountain biking, picnicking, photography, and horseback riding. Wildlife viewing is also popular here.
You might also like Usery Mountain Regional Park, White Tank Mountain Regional Park, Lake Pleasant Regional Park, McDowell Mountain Regional Park and also Lost Dutchman State Park.
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Dates of stay: Nov. 27 – Dec. 7, 2019,
$32.50/night
As with all the Maricopa Regional Parks, the sites are huge and well-kept. Our stay spanned the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, and even though the campgrounds were full, our neighbors were quiet and dark. However, the park abuts a residential area, and a barking dog as well as construction equipment back-up alarms interfered with some daytime peacefulness. The restrooms were clean and spacious, and the showers had good hot water, although the push-button didn’t last for very long at all, requiring a push almost every 10 seconds. There are many good trails, though to access them from the campground, you’ll need to start on the Cave Mine Trail or walk along the road each time, a two-mile roundtrip. Be sure to look for the Michelin Man, a segmented saguaro, along the Slate Trail 🙂 There is an active horse riding rental facility in the park, open every day. The Visitor Center has snacks/drinks, gifts, and a live animal display of snakes, a Gila monster, and a variety of spiders and scorpions. We attended the monthly feeding presentation, which was interesting and informative (check park website for listing of ranger-led activities.) The park’s north border is the south border for its sister park, Spur Cross Ranch, and can be accessed by a very long hike or a short drive. The camping fee/pass will cover entrance at Spur Cross, and it is a beautiful area for a hike. The town of Cave Creek is nearby and has all amenities. Verizon cell coverage was very strong, and there was plenty of OATV.
Critters spotted: great horned owl, ruby-crowned kinglet
Going to have to look for the ‘Michelin Man’ next time I’m out at Cave Creek!