Cave Creek Regional Park Campgrounds

Cave Creek Regional Campground Review Very nice campground—super clean and well maintained. The staff is friendly and welcoming, and the location is convenient to the Cave Creek and Carefree areas of the Phoenix metro. The children’s play structure has been removed. The showers and restroom facilities are clean and well kept. Sites offer power and water hookups, and there are a couple of dump stations available on-site. We would definitely stay here again.

We are enjoying our first visit to the Campground so far. The sites are very nice. The bathrooms are clean and conveniently located. I love that there are so many fellow dog lovers here. Most everyone seems to be respectful and cleans up after their dogs. Beautiful views of the mountains. We have great TV reception and 5G phone connection.

The campground is great. Sites are well spaced out giving you lots of room for activities. It was quiet and clean throughout. I did not use bathrooms as I have one in my trailer. There’s a horse camp and a nice playground a short drive away.

So, I don’t get it? This is a municipal campground, and funded by the local taxpayers, just like the local swimming pools. If you go to a swimming pool, the showers are cleaned daily and are generally spotless. So why are showers in campgrounds so, unfailingly, gross? There are dead bugs and spiders on the floor that suggest it’s been days since the showers were properly cleaned. Why can’t a municipally owned campground be just as clean as a swimming pool or community recreation center? In fact, all it would take is a quick daily rinse with a hose to wash things down the drain. Are the staff really that complacent? And I have this experience throughout the state and in many other states too. Could it be that campgrounds aren’t generally frequented by locals, in which case, if they were, they would be alarmed with how their taxes were being spent? Or mis-spent! But don’t locals also use this campground on weekends to enjoy the scenic outdoors and hiking trails here? I suspect the locals do, but probably not the affluent, politically connected folks who would then put extreme influence on the local municipalities to clean it up…so as not to harm their community image. Guess the local camping folk are just plain poor, and not politically connected.

First, the good. The sites here are well spaced, paved, and level. There is a gravel patio area separated from the paved rv slot, with a generous picnic table. The bath houses are clean and have private showers. The overall park setting is excellent, and it just screams Arizona in every way. If that were the end of the story, this would be a five star park. HOWEVER, two problems take it down to three. There's no sewer hookups which, under normal circumstances, although not preferable, would have been tolerable due to the well maintained bath house. BUT, when I used the shower, I found that it was the push button variety with no temperature adjustment. Which ALSO would have been tolerable, except the only temp you get is WHITE HOT! It was legit painful, so much so that I could barely get through my shower and didn't dare let my children use it. Okay, so maybe I'm just a whimp. But still - does anyone want a boiling hot shower when it's 100 freaking Arizona degrees outside? Really? Come on guys, put in some adjustable faucets, or at least ones that don't allow scalding. It's unsafe, and you're wasting energy.

Great place to come and stay. They have a awesome trail system, with lots of trails. The grounds are super clean and neat. The staff are helpful and keep up the place. The spots are spacious and tidy. We will be back to stay and recommend it. Your right down the street from Cave Creek, the old west town with lots of food and drinks all over the main strip, tons of shopping at the stores there as well.

We loved this very quiet campground. The only thing that would make it better would be full hook-ups. There was 50 amp power and water, but no sewer hook-up. Sani-dump was available. We had site 32 for a week and site 30 for a week. Both were very nice back-in sites, but 32 was the best in the park. No near neighbors, beautiful mountain views. Our sites were clean and raked and most would easily handle our 36' fifth wheel. Rangers were helpful and had guided bird walks. Hiking trails were nice with lovely views. We had decent phone signal - good enough to stream on our hotspot with AT&T. The nearby towns of Cave Creek & Carefree were interesting to visit too. Maricopa County Parks offer the best RV camping in the greater Phoenix area in our opinion. But they aren't resorts. They are places to enjoy the natural beauty of the area and the great outdoors.