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Black Canyon

Black CanyonAnother cool getaway destination from the Valley heat.Black Canyon is up on the Mogollon Rim past Payson. It is a scenic alternate...

Willow Springs Lake

Willow Springs LakeThis is one of the “”Rim” lakes up on the Mogollon Rim. Take Route 260 east from Payson and the turnoff to the...

Wildfires Burn Bigfoot Homes

Wildfires Burn Bigfoot Homes by Mitch WaiteThe biggest wildfire in the history of Arizona, the Wallow Fire, started on 29 May, 2011. As of 27 June,...

Pleasant Valley hub page

Listed below are campgrounds found in the Pleasant Valley district of the Tonto National Forest. Most of these campgrounds lie between 5000 and...

Canyon Creek campgrounds

In June of 2002, the Rodeo-Chediski forest fire burned nearly half a million acres during its three week reign of terror up, down and across the...

Colcord Ridge campground

This campground is designed with large RV’s in mind, as it is near AZ288 (aka Forest road 512), and features generously proportioned...

Upper Canyon Creek and Airplane Flat campgrounds

These two campgrounds are five miles east of AZ288 on forest road 33. Both survived the 2002 Rodeo Chediski fire nicely, even if the surrounding...

Valentine Ridge campground

Valentine Ridge campground sits upon its namesake in the Canyon Creek area of the Tonto National Forest, on of four campgrounds that dot this area....