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Reviews (330)
What Guests Are Saying
Potato Patch Campground is highly praised for its clean, well-maintained facilities and friendly camp hosts, who provide helpful information about local trails and sights. Many visitors enjoy the peaceful, beautiful setting surrounded by tall pines, making it a great escape from the valley heat. While some reviewers experienced noise issues and close campsite proximity, the overall sentiment is positive, with many campers expressing a desire to return.
What Guests Are Saying
Potato Patch Campground is highly praised for its clean, well-maintained facilities and friendly camp hosts, who provide helpful information about local trails and sights. Many visitors enjoy the peaceful, beautiful setting surrounded by tall pines, making it a great escape from the valley heat. While some reviewers experienced noise issues and close campsite proximity, the overall sentiment is positive, with many campers expressing a desire to return.
Review Summary
Holly L
VerifiedOctober 7, 2020 • Stayed at: A18, Loop: Loop A
Very clean, friendly area! My family enjoyed our time there!
Amanda M
VerifiedOctober 6, 2020 • Stayed at: A14, Loop: Loop A
Great place to stay with the whole family! The bathrooms were very clean. Cool hiking spot near the campground!
James A
VerifiedOctober 5, 2020 • Stayed at: A18, Loop: Loop A
This campground is beautiful and very clean.
The bathrooms did not smell at all considering the campground was full to capacity.
The hosts at this campground are two of the nicest hosts we have encountered, and we camp at least once a month so we meet a lot of hosts.
They are friendly, informative and were always sanitizing everything.
We will be back!!
Fred W
VerifiedOctober 5, 2020 • Stayed at: A17, Loop: Loop A
My wife and I have been to Potato Patch C.G. several times over the years and we enjoy it very much. The C.G. hosts Ken and Dodie (sp.?) keep the sites and bathrooms exceptionally clean. Also the Forrest Service maintains the Wood Chute and Trail #531 in very good condition and we enjoy hiking on them. We are always looking forward to camping there and wish that we could spend more than 14 days at one time there. Keep up the good work.
Thank you,
Fred and Emelia W.
Lea W
VerifiedOctober 5, 2020 • Stayed at: A19, Loop: Loop A
The camp hosts were friendly and maintained a beautiful site.
Eileen B
VerifiedOctober 2, 2020 • Stayed at: B03, Loop: Loop B
The Woodchute trail is very poorly marked. We walked for 6 hrs and were lost and out of water. We finally got a cell signal around 4pm and called 911. We were rescued by a Search and Rescue officer. It was sundown as he was driving us home and 8pm when we got back to the campground. If we hadn’t gotten a cell signal, we were very fearful of what would have happened.
Ari Victor C
VerifiedSeptember 29, 2020 • Stayed at: A20, Loop: Loop A
The campground is clean including the bathrooms
Its usually quiet, and you can see SOOO MANY stars. One of our favorite campgrounds.
David L
VerifiedSeptember 25, 2020 • Stayed at: A28, Loop: Loop A
We’ve been returning to Potato Patch for over 30 years and have enjoyed all the improvements. It’s always clean, well managed, reasonable rules. Spaces are a little closer than they were 30 years ago but still acceptable. Sites are level, tent areas are level and smooth. We have started at both the upper level that has electrical hookups as well as down below without services. The folks who host are AMAZING and we thoroughly enjoyed our conversations. The Woodchute Trail is a great hike that ends overlooking the Verde Valley and kids can ride their bicycles safely within the campground.
Joe P
VerifiedSeptember 24, 2020 • Stayed at: A13, Loop: Loop A
Beautiful campground, not far from Jerome, Az. At approximately 7,000 feet elevation, it was not too hot. Hosts were great, composting toilets were clear and odor free and the fellow campers were all friendly. Hiking was also very nice. There is a trail head in the campground that takes you to an overlook of the valley below with vistas toward Sedona. Definitely would recommend staying here.
Brett P
VerifiedSeptember 24, 2020 • Stayed at: B08, Loop: Loop B
Beautiful setting
Location Potato Patch Campground
Address:
Prescott National Forest
Camp Verde, AZ, 86322
United States
From Prescott, take U.S. Highway 89 north past Granite Dells, turn right on Hwy 89A and travel approximately 20 miles to the top of Mingus Mountain on steep, mountainous grade. Potato Patch Campground entrance will be to your left (across from the Summit Picnic Area) on Forest Road 106.
From the Verde Ranger Station in Camp Verde, travel approximately 20 miles northwest on Hwy 260 (toward Cottonwood). Turn left on Hwy 89A. Stay on Hwy 89A (watch for a second left turn), then follow the paved and winding mountain road through the town of Jerome and up to the summit on Mingus Mountain. This road is steep with tight hairpin turns and few pull-offs in Jerome or on the roadway. The turn-off to Potato Patch is on the right, across from the Summit Picnic Area.
Latitude & Longitude: 34.7094 / -112.154
Elevation: 2127 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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A Forest Service host is on site. |
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Access is limited to a combined vehicle length of 40 ft. |
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Interagency Senior and Access passes are honored for a 50% discount on overnight fees only. |
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All guests without a reservation (first-come, first-served) or a second vehicle must pay with exact change using the self-pay kiosk as soon as campsite is selected. |
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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 are between 10 pm and 6 am. |
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OHV/ATV use is prohibited 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. |
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Click here for more information on the Prescott National Forest. |
