-This campground is located at the bed of a natural mountain canyon next to the unincorporated city of Gisela, AZ.
-Tonto Creek is 200ft away, the creek is roughly 20ft wide at its widest with several places to swim, the water level is 7ft-15ft deep depending on the season
-Fishing is allowed with a license of course, you can expect Small Mouth Bass, Rainbow T
-This campground is located at the bed of a natural mountain canyon next to the unincorporated city of Gisela, AZ.
-Tonto Creek is 200ft away, the creek is roughly 20ft wide at its widest with several places to swim, the water level is 7ft-15ft deep depending on the season
-Fishing is allowed with a license of course, you can expect Small Mouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Catfish and Sunfish
-The camp is located in the wash, just outside city limits
-Small Italian bee-hive on property for local pollination and land betterment that is behind a small fenced enclosure
-The property has been trimmed recently, the soil is mostly sand and can be leveled easily for your tent
-There are numerous trees on the lot, mostly Mesquite trees.
-A fire ring has been built, make sure its a legal burn day!
-Payson is 15 minutes away
-Natural land bridge in Payson
-Great scenic hiking
- Check in: After 2PM
- Check out: Before 12PM
- Cancellation policy: Moderate
- On arrival: Go straight to camp
- Minimum nights: 1 night
- Accepts bookings: 12 months out Weeknight discount: 40% off
Activities
Offered on the Host's property or nearby.
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We arrived after dark and it was hard to see where to go, but the owner is in the process of putting up signs and solar lights. Very private and pretty. We were just a little family of three with one tent; a larger party would have to be more adventurous going off road to find a larger clearing. Couldn't beat it for the price though! Close to a cute, friendly country store and not far from Payson.
Found this site "Hipcamp" & thought we would give it a try since the site was extremely user friendly. The camp we chose had great pics & we received lots of friendly auto response texts from the host. When we arrived we had a very difficult time finding the location. We tried calling the host several times & had no service even though you have to drive through a neighborhood to get to the "campsite". When we finally arrived we were very dissapointed... apparently this time of year (Oct 5th) the water in the creek is very low & does not move...it was green, swampy & smelly. The mosquitoes & ants along with lack of shade & horrible smell left us with no choice but to turn around & drive 30 minutes north to Payson & we found a last minute camp site in upper Tonto creek. We are out $30 .....never again Hipcamp.
We didn't stay. It was right next to a bunch of houses that were a bit on the shady side.I didn't trust leaving my vehicle there to camp where it was decent. I ended up just driving an hour further too the mountains and camping at the national Park for free.
Yards from public land. All roads even in “town” are dirt and gravel. No one in this village (of 530 ) that we asked has ever heard of this person, Roman, or the road he said the site was on. He never showed up, and one old guy said it’s a scam. If we hadn’t had a 4x4 truck we couldn’t have navigated the road to what looked like the site. His photos are aerial, and don’t show the abandoned house nearby. Didn’t feel safe. Very fishy.
- Property
- The Tonto Shores Adventure!
- State
- Arizona
- Country
- United States
- $15/night
- 1 Site
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I'm terribly sorry about the creek levels, as the creek is fed from rain and snowfall it is hard to predict it's level; I had been up last week and the river was great. Also the lack of cell phone coverage if your not with Verizon can be disappointing and I will make sure to mention that in the posting. Please enjoy the refund I provided and again I apologise about the inconveniences.