Yavapai Campground
The managing agency’s description mentions a closure. Read it below and confirm before you drive out.
The numbers that decide it
- Longest rig
- 40 ft
- Sites
- 21
- Electric hookups
- Yes
- Pull-through sites
- No
- Paved access
- Yes
- Accessible sites
- 6
- Driveway grade
- Slight
- Bear boxes
- Not published
- Campfires
- Yes
- Shade
- Yes
- Group sites
- 2
Site-level detail from Recreation.gov, checked 2026-08-05. Where a field says “not published”, the agency has not published it — it does not mean zero. See it on Recreation.gov
Yavapai Campground
This 22-site campground is located in the Granite Basin Recreation Area amidst granite boulders in mixed pinyon-juniper and ponderosa pines. It is convenient to Granite Basin Lake, Granite Mountain Wilderness, and five day-use sites with picnic facilities and trail access. Yavapai Campground photos on Flickr Granite Basin Recreation Area Brochure (1.54 MB) Note: This site closes following especially heavy snow and when the roads are too icy. If you plan to visit and want to make sure it is open, please contact the Bradshaw Ranger Station: 928-443-8000. When the office is closed, please check the right-hand column under "Alerts and Warnings" to see if there are weather-related closures, and follow the link to see if this site is closed or on a reduced schedule. Facilities • 21 campsites with picnic tables, fire pits, and grills • Drinking water • Composting toilets • Garbage service RVs: • Maximum vehicle length is 40-feet • No RV hook-ups • Drinking water is available for use on site, but not for filling RV water tanks
Before you go
Season
April 1 - October 31
Reservations
First-come, first-served
Fees
$18 for campsite • $36 for double campsite • $5 for extra vehicle
Restrictions
Check-in after 2:00 p.m./Check-out by 12:00 noon • Quiet hours between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. • Campfires in developed fire pits only • Fireworks are prohibited • Dogs must be on leash (6’ maximum) • OHV/ATV use prohibited in the campground • Maximum length of stay: 14 days in 30-day period on the Prescott National Forest including stays at dispersed recreation sites.
Scenic drives that pass close
Make it a night on a better road
Byway plans the drive in — real stops, real weather, nothing invented.