About Houston Mesa
Number of accommodations: 60
Nearby Activities & Attractions
Hiking
Horseback Riding
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Open year round
This campground is open year round, providing flexibility for your stay.
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Reviews (762)
What Guests Are Saying
Houston Mesa Campground is praised for its clean facilities, spacious sites, and friendly camp hosts, offering a peaceful camping experience with abundant vegetation for privacy. While the location is convenient with easy access to amenities, some guests noted significant road noise from the nearby highway and occasional maintenance issues like closed showers. Overall, many campers enjoyed their stay and appreciated the campground's natural beauty and cleanliness.
What Guests Are Saying
Houston Mesa Campground is praised for its clean facilities, spacious sites, and friendly camp hosts, offering a peaceful camping experience with abundant vegetation for privacy. While the location is convenient with easy access to amenities, some guests noted significant road noise from the nearby highway and occasional maintenance issues like closed showers. Overall, many campers enjoyed their stay and appreciated the campground's natural beauty and cleanliness.
Review Summary
Emily S
VerifiedJune 9, 2025 • Stayed at: 070, Loop: MOUN
Nice little campsite. We had 2 smaller tents, but anything larger may be hard to fit. Not much shade so it did get a little hot in the afternoon. Bathrooms were decent. A little bummed that we could not have a fire due to fire restrictions and this was not noted in our emails.
Emily S
VerifiedJune 9, 2025 • Stayed at: 070, Loop: MOUN
Nice little campsite. We had 2 smaller tents, but anything larger may be hard to fit. Not much shade so it did get a little hot in the afternoon. Bathrooms were decent. A little bummed that we could not have a fire due to fire restrictions and this was not noted in our emails.
Zaira B
VerifiedJune 8, 2025 • Stayed at: 051, Loop: BEAR
This was first camping experience in which we were not greeted by our host. Also we had a huge party camp next to us who also made a lot of noise throughout the night. There was no host around to supervise the amount of campers in one spot. So due to noise and amount of people next to us, can only rank the experience as fair.
Zaira B
VerifiedJune 8, 2025 • Stayed at: 051, Loop: BEAR
This was first camping experience in which we were not greeted by our host. Also we had a huge party camp next to us who also made a lot of noise throughout the night. There was no host around to supervise the amount of campers in one spot. So due to noise and amount of people next to us, can only rank the experience as fair.
Paula P
VerifiedJune 5, 2025 • Stayed at: 047, Loop: BEAR
This campground is poorly maintained. Showers are not available any more. One of the 2 toilets was out of service. and the one working toilet ran out of TP three times while we were there for 2 nights. And the water pressure in the sink was non existent.
Every morning we were awakened by small planes overhead. The noise continued all day. And the road noise was 24/7.
It was nice to return home to the peace and quiet.
p.s. our site #47 was a nice spot, I must say.
Paula P
VerifiedJune 5, 2025 • Stayed at: 047, Loop: BEAR
This campground is poorly maintained. Showers are not available any more. One of the 2 toilets was out of service. and the one working toilet ran out of TP three times while we were there for 2 nights. And the water pressure in the sink was non existent.
Every morning we were awakened by small planes overhead. The noise continued all day. And the road noise was 24/7.
It was nice to return home to the peace and quiet.
p.s. our site #47 was a nice spot, I must say.
Harold O
VerifiedMay 26, 2025 • Stayed at: 027, Loop: ELK
It was a handicap spot but not close to bathroom or water, or garbage. Sunny during noon hours. We were disappointed showers are no longer available.
Harold O
VerifiedMay 26, 2025 • Stayed at: 027, Loop: ELK
It was a handicap spot but not close to bathroom or water, or garbage. Sunny during noon hours. We were disappointed showers are no longer available.
Nancy G
VerifiedMay 25, 2025 • Stayed at: 049, Loop: BEAR
Exelente lugar tranquilo y sobre todo baños muy limpios
Nancy G
VerifiedMay 25, 2025 • Stayed at: 049, Loop: BEAR
Exelente lugar tranquilo y sobre todo baños muy limpios
Location Houston Mesa
Address:
2100 Houston Mesa Rd
Payson, AZ, 85541
United States
From Payson, Arizona, go north for 1 mile to the junction of Highway 87 (Beeline Highway) and Forest Road 199 (Houston Mesa Road). Turn right (east) onto Forest Road 199 for .10 miles. The campground is on the north side of Houston Mesa Road.
The campground is accessible via Highway 87 (Beeline Highway), which is located approximately 1 mile south of the junction with Houston Mesa Road.
Latitude & Longitude: 34.27 / -111.314
Elevation: 1546 feet
Policies & Rules
Arrival & departure
Check in time
2PM
Check out time
11AM
General
- Extra vehicle charge of $8 per night is required. Fee can be bundled with online reservation or purchased on-site at fee machine.
- No firewood sales available at campground. Plan to purchase ahead of time.
- Fireworks are always prohibited on National Forest Land.
- For first come first serve sites, you must physically arrive at the campground to see if the campsite is available. There is no guarantee this site will be available to purchase upon your arrival.
- Campers who reserve sites 7 - 18 in Horse Camp (Mule Loop) are required to have horses or mules present. You do not need to have any to use sites 2 - 6 and 19 - 30
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Last updated: June 4, 2026
