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 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!
Uri P
January 3, 2023
Clean. Thank You :)
Uri P
January 3, 2023
Clean. Thank You :)
Richard P
January 2, 2023
Quiet lots of space
Richard P
January 2, 2023
Quiet lots of space
Donna D
December 18, 2022
An out of the way campground with beautiful sunsets and sunrises. Extremely quiet. The spaces are quite spacious and not too close together. Loved the peacefulness. There are trails and roads to venture on and explore while your here. I highly recommend if your looking for a little peace and quiet.
Donna D
December 18, 2022
An out of the way campground with beautiful sunsets and sunrises. Extremely quiet. The spaces are quite spacious and not too close together. Loved the peacefulness. There are trails and roads to venture on and explore while your here. I highly recommend if your looking for a little peace and quiet.
Lance S
December 15, 2022
No one was at the campground. High fuel prices certainly were part of the problem, however no good spaces were available unless you made a reservation and committed to a prepaid period of time. This campground has in the past had many 1-5 night campers and due to only small and poor sites being available few campers stayed for more than a night or two with some driving in and leaving the same day.
Mark C
December 15, 2022
Quiet. Large, open sites. Very helpful host.
Lance S
December 15, 2022
No one was at the campground. High fuel prices certainly were part of the problem, however no good spaces were available unless you made a reservation and committed to a prepaid period of time. This campground has in the past had many 1-5 night campers and due to only small and poor sites being available few campers stayed for more than a night or two with some driving in and leaving the same day.
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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