About Playground Group
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Reviews (17)
What Guests Are Saying
Playground Group is an ideal family camping destination, offering ample space for outdoor activities and proximity to scenic hiking trails and wildlife viewing. The campground features a spacious cooking area with multiple tables and grills, ensuring a comfortable experience for large groups. While access for trailers can be challenging due to narrow pathways, the overall cleanliness and friendly camp hosts contribute to a memorable stay.
What Guests Are Saying
Playground Group is an ideal family camping destination, offering ample space for outdoor activities and proximity to scenic hiking trails and wildlife viewing. The campground features a spacious cooking area with multiple tables and grills, ensuring a comfortable experience for large groups. While access for trailers can be challenging due to narrow pathways, the overall cleanliness and friendly camp hosts contribute to a memorable stay.
Review Summary
Steven Fuller
January 28, 2026
I did a lip sync video for my tik tok account steven.fuller78. Check out my page please and follow. Shameless promotion .sorry..there are alit of spots to camp here but if you want a good spot, its a great idea to come early in the week if you can, no bathrooms except the ones you dig ..please cart out your trash and look at the fire hazard level before starting a bonfire
Mando & Amber Hernandez
October 27, 2025
Beautiful place to visit, live, camp, hike, explore the beauty of nature it's scenery and its wildlife. I live close to downtown prescott in the park avenue area and we see deer and other wildlife daily. The animals are pretty tame for being wild we have deer that will come and eat right from our hands and let's pet them. Love living here it's beautiful.
Edmund Green
October 10, 2025
Great views. Peaceful Saturday morning hike
Henry Davis
September 28, 2025
If you knew to the area or just haven’t done it yet there’s also the Butte loop go out to take the main road. Keep on the main road all the way it’ll take you out copper basin Road but halfway there is the lookout down skull Valley and Yarnell area. Beautiful scenery. Wouldn’t do it in the snow go check it out takes about an hour and a half take your time site to see.
Bret A
July 21, 2025
Perfect spot for a family camping trip. We’ve been reserving the campground for almost 40 years and plan to continue. There’s plenty of room for the grandkids to play outdoor sports and many hikes and walks right from the campground.
Mingus Lake and the Lookout are a short drive or a nice walk away.
The meadow next to the campground provides views of various wildlife.
Jose A
May 19, 2025
It was a great location that our club loved. Camping in the trees, with a fire ring and benches in the shade, worked out great! We had about 25 vehicles arrive for our camping car show. The parking area was tight for anyone trailering their vehicles there. Dropping off and turning around was a challenge with how narrow the access was. Maybe next year, we can explore nearby staging areas for trailers. Thank you for a great experience!
David P
September 2, 2024
We loved our experience at this group campground. Plenty of room for tents and a nice large cooking eating area with 12 tables and 3 BBQ grills. We will likely come back again!
Tamela H
August 25, 2024
Great camp spot. Easy to get to but you feel away from it all. Camp hosts were super friendly. We had everything we needed.
jeff b
May 19, 2024
Was a great campground, very clean. Great venue for making fun memories!
Michelle Lamport
May 2, 2024
I absolutely adore the drive up through this area! My fiance and I have to go up this way about once a month and it's always such a beautiful drive. Especially when the mountains are snow peaked! Didn't get such beautiful pictures this time but that's primarily because I was taking pictures of the courthouse and not the mountains and scenery LOL
Location Playground Group
Address:
Prescott National Forest
Camp Verde, AZ, 86322
United States
Take State Highway 89A (seven miles southwest of Jerome or 13 miles east of Prescott Valley) to Forest Road 104. Travel on Forest Road 104 for two miles to Playground Group Campground.
Latitude & Longitude: 34.6983 / -112.136
Elevation: 2292 feet
Policies & Rules
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Maximum stay limit is 14 days within 30 consecutive days in Prescott National Forest including stays at dispersed sites. |
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Drinking water is not available at this Site. Drinking water can be obtained at the Mingus Picnic Site. |
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This is a high elevation facility; please use caution when traveling from lower elevations |
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This region has frequent thunderstorms from mid-June through mid-September, Be Prepared and know the weather. |
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Pets are welcome but must be on a 6 foot leash or in a cage and never unattended. |
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Quite hours between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. |
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OHV/ATV use is prohibitied in the campground |
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Fireworks, including sparklers, are prohibited at all times on National Forest Lands. |
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Fire restrictions may be imposed due to dry conditions, at which time smoking, wood and charcoal fires may be prohibited. |
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Don't Move Firewood: Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood near your destination and burning it on-site. For more information visit dontmovefirewood.org. |
