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
Jonathan S
VerifiedOctober 3, 2022 • Stayed at: 070, Loop: MOUN
good for into camping only. If you are an experienced camper go somewhere else. Plane noise, and traffic noise can be heard anywhere in the campground. This becomes too much of a negative to overlook any positive.
Jonathan S
VerifiedOctober 3, 2022 • Stayed at: 070, Loop: MOUN
good for into camping only. If you are an experienced camper go somewhere else. Plane noise, and traffic noise can be heard anywhere in the campground. This becomes too much of a negative to overlook any positive.
Rob A
VerifiedOctober 1, 2022 • Stayed at: 021, Loop: ELK
Nice, no hassle.
Rob A
VerifiedOctober 1, 2022 • Stayed at: 021, Loop: ELK
Nice, no hassle.
Amanda V
VerifiedSeptember 29, 2022 • Stayed at: 041, Loop: BEAR
This is probably my favorite place to go camping...it's a great place to escape the city, but still be close to everything you could need (especially flushing toilets)!
Amanda V
VerifiedSeptember 29, 2022 • Stayed at: 041, Loop: BEAR
This is probably my favorite place to go camping...it's a great place to escape the city, but still be close to everything you could need (especially flushing toilets)!
Leslie L
VerifiedSeptember 12, 2022 • Stayed at: 048, Loop: BEAR
Nice place to camp. Showers were clean. Excellent camp attendant. He was very helpful.
Albert R
VerifiedSeptember 12, 2022 • Stayed at: 059, Loop: MOUN
First time camping here and it was great. I love the trees around the campsites and how the campsites are situated. Very close to town somif you're missing something you can go to Walmart or other stores quickly. Campsite has amenities, free water, free restrooms, $3 min for showers. The only downside was a few restrooms and showers were down. Apart from that really good place to camp.
Albert R
VerifiedSeptember 12, 2022 • Stayed at: 059, Loop: MOUN
First time camping here and it was great. I love the trees around the campsites and how the campsites are situated. Very close to town somif you're missing something you can go to Walmart or other stores quickly. Campsite has amenities, free water, free restrooms, $3 min for showers. The only downside was a few restrooms and showers were down. Apart from that really good place to camp.
Leslie L
VerifiedSeptember 12, 2022 • Stayed at: 048, Loop: BEAR
Nice place to camp. Showers were clean. Excellent camp attendant. He was very helpful.
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
