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
Karen W
January 28, 2023
This is our 3rd visit to Painted Petroglyph. We camp in a van. The sites are huge. The sunset is gorgeous. We love this place. You get a discount if you have the Senior National Park pass.
Francine P
January 23, 2023
Host was awesome , let me know he was there if i needed anything🦋
The petroglyphs such a Special place 2 visit & definitely the campground
Spending tyme with a Dark sky 💜🧡💚
Francine P
January 23, 2023
Host was awesome , let me know he was there if i needed anything🦋
The petroglyphs such a Special place 2 visit & definitely the campground
Spending tyme with a Dark sky 💜🧡💚
John G
January 15, 2023
Campground was clean. There was a lot of space in the campsites that were reservations only. Some of the first come sites were small, Van or tent size. Petroglyphs were interesting and the information was interesting. Will stop there again.
Ann D
January 15, 2023
Nice clean campground
John G
January 15, 2023
Campground was clean. There was a lot of space in the campsites that were reservations only. Some of the first come sites were small, Van or tent size. Petroglyphs were interesting and the information was interesting. Will stop there again.
Ann D
January 15, 2023
Nice clean campground
Virginia W
January 10, 2023
The campground is great. The reservation system is terrible!
Virginia W
January 10, 2023
The campground is great. The reservation system is terrible!
Virginia W
January 8, 2023
The campground is great. We have stayed before. However, don't bother to make a reservation! The campground host does not pay any attention to the reservations. People camp where ever they want weather the site is by reservation only or not. The site we reserved was taken by someone without a reservation. We went to another site then had to move. Thank goodness the woman on the phone at Recreation.gov was so understanding! It was very frustrating and stressful. We would like to camp again this spring but don't think making a reservation would be any help. The campground host is useless!
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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