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
Virginia W
January 9, 2024
we visit a few times a year, it is quiet and the sites are nicely spread out. just keep in mind this is a dry campground.
Mary Ann S
January 6, 2024
No first come first serve sites were available. All were reserve on line and you better hope you have cell reception. I much prefer not using rec.gov for making a reservation, the old system worked much better. Rec.gov made more money on my reservation than the BLM did…..that just is not right. The map does not show where the bathrooms are either.
Mary Ann S
January 6, 2024
No first come first serve sites were available. All were reserve on line and you better hope you have cell reception. I much prefer not using rec.gov for making a reservation, the old system worked much better. Rec.gov made more money on my reservation than the BLM did…..that just is not right. The map does not show where the bathrooms are either.
Jose F
January 5, 2024
Quiet campground with plenty of space between sites. Excellent for rv's with solar. Campsites and surrounding area are kept very clean.
Jose F
January 5, 2024
Quiet campground with plenty of space between sites. Excellent for rv's with solar. Campsites and surrounding area are kept very clean.
William R
January 4, 2024
This is a place for quiet! In early December only one other camper. Weather was pleasant. Petryoglyphs are small but interesting. Vault toilet.
William R
January 4, 2024
This is a place for quiet! In early December only one other camper. Weather was pleasant. Petryoglyphs are small but interesting. Vault toilet.
PHILIP C
January 2, 2024
Dedicated road leading to site entrance are clearly marked. Each much-larger-than-normal gravel site has a picnic table and fire pit. Must capture one of the most surreal panoramic evening sunset horizons. Petroglyphs are densely clustered in one particular section; can be overwhelming in one instant. Vaulted toilets are CLEAN. Cellular signal level ranges from limited to almost none. No shortage of ants/flies. No camp host or any Ranger in sight, so yes, you and 5 other neighbors are solely responsible for all UFO negotiations.
PHILIP C
January 2, 2024
Dedicated road leading to site entrance are clearly marked. Each much-larger-than-normal gravel site has a picnic table and fire pit. Must capture one of the most surreal panoramic evening sunset horizons. Petroglyphs are densely clustered in one particular section; can be overwhelming in one instant. Vaulted toilets are CLEAN. Cellular signal level ranges from limited to almost none. No shortage of ants/flies. No camp host or any Ranger in sight, so yes, you and 5 other neighbors are solely responsible for all UFO negotiations.
Marilyn L
December 28, 2023
Spent two nights over Winter Solstice. Got up at dawn to watch sunrise hit the petroglyphs. Only ones there. Campground less than 1/3 full. Felt safe and vault toilets were clean. Many flies all over, I'm sure that varies with season. Road in was a paved 2-lane, only gravel in campground.
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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