Featured amenities
Pet Friendly
About Painted Rock Petroglyph Campground
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Open year round
This campground is open year round, providing flexibility for your stay.
Campground Amenities
Most popular amenities
Pet friendly
Pets and Policies
- Pet friendly
Reviews (386)
What Guests Are Saying
Painted Rock Petroglyph Campground offers spacious sites, stunning views, and a peaceful atmosphere, making it a great destination for campers, especially those with large rigs. Visitors appreciate the interesting petroglyphs, clean facilities, and helpful camp hosts. While some noted the need for improved restroom facilities and a more straightforward payment process, the overall experience is highly positive, highlighting the campground as a tranquil retreat worth revisiting.
What Guests Are Saying
Painted Rock Petroglyph Campground offers spacious sites, stunning views, and a peaceful atmosphere, making it a great destination for campers, especially those with large rigs. Visitors appreciate the interesting petroglyphs, clean facilities, and helpful camp hosts. While some noted the need for improved restroom facilities and a more straightforward payment process, the overall experience is highly positive, highlighting the campground as a tranquil retreat worth revisiting.
Review Summary
Dan R
April 3, 2024
Quiet, scenic place.
Ann P
March 24, 2024
The petroglyphs were incredible
The camping sites were large a fairly far away from other campers.
Very clean restrooms
Ann P
March 24, 2024
The petroglyphs were incredible
The camping sites were large a fairly far away from other campers.
Very clean restrooms
Eugene B
March 21, 2024
I made this a one-night plan stop to camp here for the first time and see what it was like. Everything is wonderful, the lights from Phoenix and Tucson on the horizon where very visible. I did shoot a time lapse of the night sky and the rise of the Milky Way there was another camper in the field of view of my camera that had an outside light on all night, he was the only one in the campground. All in all I enjoyed the petroglyphs and the night away from the interstate.
Eugene B
March 21, 2024
I made this a one-night plan stop to camp here for the first time and see what it was like. Everything is wonderful, the lights from Phoenix and Tucson on the horizon where very visible. I did shoot a time lapse of the night sky and the rise of the Milky Way there was another camper in the field of view of my camera that had an outside light on all night, he was the only one in the campground. All in all I enjoyed the petroglyphs and the night away from the interstate.
Jennifer C
March 19, 2024
Well spaced sites, beautiful desert, with a few Petroglyphs. There was some minor road noise by not enough to keep us awake. It is a good stopping point between Tucson or Phoenix and San Diego.
Jennifer C
March 19, 2024
Well spaced sites, beautiful desert, with a few Petroglyphs. There was some minor road noise by not enough to keep us awake. It is a good stopping point between Tucson or Phoenix and San Diego.
Jennifer B
March 8, 2024
The petroglyphs are cool to see. There is NO water, NO dump station, so as long as you have what you need, it's a fine place. I enjoyed my short stay. There are blm trails you can hike as far as you care to, seems a popular ohv site.
Jennifer B
March 8, 2024
The petroglyphs are cool to see. There is NO water, NO dump station, so as long as you have what you need, it's a fine place. I enjoyed my short stay. There are blm trails you can hike as far as you care to, seems a popular ohv site.
Dale O
March 4, 2024
Well worth the visit just to see the amazing collection of petroglyphs on Painted Rock.
Location & Directions for Painted Rock Petroglyph Campground
46101 Rocky Point Rd, Gila Bend, AZ 85337 United States
Elevation: 179 ft
Getting There
<p>Exit Interstate 8 at Painted Rock Dam Road/Exit 102, about 12.5 mi west of Gila Bend. Travel north on Painted Rocks Dam Road 10.7 mi to Rocky Point Road. Painted Rocks Petroglyph Site is 0.6 mi west of Painted Rock Dam Road on Rocky Point Road....
Exit Interstate 8 at Painted Rock Dam Road/Exit 102, about 12.5 mi west of Gila Bend. Travel north on Painted Rocks Dam Road 10.7 mi to Rocky Point Road. Painted Rocks Petroglyph Site is 0.6 mi west of Painted Rock Dam Road on Rocky Point Road.
Highway access
The campground is accessible via Interstate 8, with the nearest exit being Painted Rock Dam Road/Exit 102, approximately 12.5 miles east of the campground.
Policies & Rules
Safety & rules
- Take pictures only; do not disturb fragile features.
Utilities
- No water is available at the campground.
- No electrical hook-ups are provided at the campground.
- No dump station is available at the campground.
Accessibility
- Cell phone service is unreliable at the campground; plan accordingly.
Wildlife & food storage
- Do not approach or disturb wildlife for your safety.
Fires & fuel
- No firewood is available for sale; plan accordingly for campfires.
- Fire restrictions may apply; check for current rules before starting a fire.
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Last updated: October 7, 2026
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