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Free-lance writer Tony Padegimas splits his time between Phoenix and his hammock somewhere in the wilderness. His book, Day and Overnight Hikes in the Tonto National Forest, is available from Menasha Ridge Press. E-mail at deepend@cox.net.

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Pleasant Valley hub page

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Listed below are campgrounds found in the Pleasant Valley district of the Tonto National Forest. Most of these campgrounds lie between 5000 and 7000...
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CCC Campground in Seven Springs

Back in the 30’s, the Civilian Conservation Corps didn’t build a campsite on this ground for recreational campers. They built one for...
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Camp safely index

Nature can be generous to those who venture into it with an informed sense of caution. On the other hand, Nature...
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Camp safely in rattlesnake country

No desert denizen has a more toxic reputation than the rattlesnake, which is alarmingly common throughout Arizona. Anyone who spends enough time...
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Camp safely in mountain lion country

Mountain lions are found throughout the western hemisphere, from Alaska to Argentina. While they have been driven...
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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...
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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 campsites....
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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 area...
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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....
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Estimating the weather for a campsite

Now that the state no longer feels like it is eight inches from the sun, we enter a brief season of the kind of unpredictable weather that the rest of...
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