About Houston Mesa
Number of accommodations: 60
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Open year round
This campground is open year round, providing flexibility for your stay.
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Reviews (374)
What Guests Are Saying
Houston Mesa campground offers spacious and clean sites, with friendly and helpful hosts. The location is convenient, providing easy access to nearby amenities and a beautiful natural setting. However, some visitors noted issues with road noise, limited bathroom facilities, and the absence of showers, which impacted their overall experience.
What Guests Are Saying
Houston Mesa campground offers spacious and clean sites, with friendly and helpful hosts. The location is convenient, providing easy access to nearby amenities and a beautiful natural setting. However, some visitors noted issues with road noise, limited bathroom facilities, and the absence of showers, which impacted their overall experience.
Review Summary
Susan S
VerifiedJuly 20, 2025 • Stayed at: 072, Loop: MOUN
Great hosts, very helpful. Nice close quick get away from the valley heat. About 15 degrees cooler. Clean bathrooms.
Rob F
VerifiedJuly 7, 2025 • Stayed at: 023, Loop: ELK
Super clean private spaces. Easily a favorite park for me.
Matthew L
VerifiedJuly 7, 2025 • Stayed at: 040, Loop: BEAR
This was a well kept site, however I wouldn’t pick this site again:
Too close to the road, rude / loud neighbors, and swarmed by ants everywhere.
Michelle L
VerifiedJuly 3, 2025 • Stayed at: 018, Loop: ELK
Nice clean campground would definitely come back here.
Roy C
VerifiedJuly 1, 2025 • Stayed at: 063, Loop: MOUN
This is a great little campground in Payson. We went in June, so it was a little warm during the day but Payson cools off at night. There is a little road noise from Houston Mesa Road. Otherwise, good sized camp sites, clean restrooms with running water, and friendly hosts.
Sandy M
VerifiedJune 29, 2025 • Stayed at: 007, Loop: MULE
We really enjoyed our stay at Houston Mesa! The sites are nicely wooded and everything is clean. Our ride out od camp was great....there are more trails than we realized. . It was difficult hauling water to the horses, but we improvised with our muck bucket on a cart and it worked well...so I recommend planning for that...it is wise to pick a campsite near the bathrooms so that you can access the water spigot more easily.
Sasha F
VerifiedJune 24, 2025 • Stayed at: 058, Loop: MOUN
What an absolute Gem of a campsite! We absolutely loved our trip up and plan on going back. The space was easy to find, clean, and quiet. We rode our bikes around the site and took the nature tour. So awesome to learn more about our indigenous land and the eco system that it provides. I am thankful to all the staff there that’s helps maintain the land and people.
Suresh M
VerifiedJune 10, 2025 • Stayed at: 043, Loop: BEAR
Awesome!!
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.
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.
Latitude & Longitude: 34.27 / -111.314
Elevation: 1546 feet
Policies & Rules
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| General |
Extra vehicle charge of $8 per night is required. Fee can be bundled with online reservation or purchased on-site at fee machine. |
| General |
No firewood sales available at campground. Plan to purchase ahead of time. |
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Check in time is 2:00pm and check out time is 11:00am. Quiet Hours are from 10:00pm to 6:00am. |
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Fireworks are always prohibited on National Forest Land. |
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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. |
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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 |
