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
Kaitlyn R
March 21, 2023
The sites are huge! This was a very nice, quiet campground, and the petroglyphs were really cool. Glad we found this place!
Azhar H
March 13, 2023
Peaceful, quiet place to get away, especially at night. Great stargazing. I was there too early in the year to see chuckwallas but the rocks are supposed to be crawling with them.
Campground is geared to RVs and trailers. Tent campers: it's totally do-able, but be aware you will be setting up in larger gravel. Reservable sites are clearly marked to differentiate from "first come first served." Clean sites, good spacing. I rode a standard motorcycle in. The monument road has a few dips and ruts here and there but go slow and you'll be fine.
Vault toilets were clean. Dumpster available. No water. You must bring your own - Gila Bend is like 25 mi away
No camp host when I was there in March 2023. Seems there are spots for 2.
Azhar H
March 13, 2023
Peaceful, quiet place to get away, especially at night. Great stargazing. I was there too early in the year to see chuckwallas but the rocks are supposed to be crawling with them.
Campground is geared to RVs and trailers. Tent campers: it's totally do-able, but be aware you will be setting up in larger gravel. Reservable sites are clearly marked to differentiate from "first come first served." Clean sites, good spacing. I rode a standard motorcycle in. The monument road has a few dips and ruts here and there but go slow and you'll be fine.
Vault toilets were clean. Dumpster available. No water. You must bring your own - Gila Bend is like 25 mi away
No camp host when I was there in March 2023. Seems there are spots for 2.
jimmy M
March 11, 2023
Great place to stop for the night. Make sure you show up during daylight hours and it’s not easy to find where the loops are when you first get there. The map on the board should have a big x that says you are here. Maybe I missed it. Loved the condition of the facility and learned a lot about petroglyphs!
Randall C
March 11, 2023
The campground is great with large spaces and beautiful scenery.
jimmy M
March 11, 2023
Great place to stop for the night. Make sure you show up during daylight hours and it’s not easy to find where the loops are when you first get there. The map on the board should have a big x that says you are here. Maybe I missed it. Loved the condition of the facility and learned a lot about petroglyphs!
Randall C
March 11, 2023
The campground is great with large spaces and beautiful scenery.
Bennett G
March 9, 2023
Bennett G
March 9, 2023
Bennett G
March 9, 2023
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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