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
Harold G
VerifiedJanuary 12, 2021 • Stayed at: 069, Loop: MOUN
The site was nice enough and the volunteer that helped us was great, but paying $10 to use the dump station after already paying for the campsite is a bit excessive, and the lock on the dump cover was difficult to operate and could close if one wasn't ready to prop it open.
Harold G
VerifiedJanuary 12, 2021 • Stayed at: 069, Loop: MOUN
The site was nice enough and the volunteer that helped us was great, but paying $10 to use the dump station after already paying for the campsite is a bit excessive, and the lock on the dump cover was difficult to operate and could close if one wasn't ready to prop it open.
travis g
VerifiedJanuary 10, 2021 • Stayed at: 021, Loop: ELK
What a great place to camp and spend time with family! We had the wonderful opportunity to meet the Hosts of the campground upon arrival, Mr. Stoney and Mrs Judi. They were extremely pleasant, very welcoming, and available to us for anything that we needed. You could see the pride they take as Hosts as the campgrounds were very clean. We are already planning our next trips and looked at some of the other campsites on our walks, all of them were absolutely beautiful! The restrooms were always clean and available within a very short distance from our campground.
travis g
VerifiedJanuary 10, 2021 • Stayed at: 021, Loop: ELK
What a great place to camp and spend time with family! We had the wonderful opportunity to meet the Hosts of the campground upon arrival, Mr. Stoney and Mrs Judi. They were extremely pleasant, very welcoming, and available to us for anything that we needed. You could see the pride they take as Hosts as the campgrounds were very clean. We are already planning our next trips and looked at some of the other campsites on our walks, all of them were absolutely beautiful! The restrooms were always clean and available within a very short distance from our campground.
David L
VerifiedJanuary 9, 2021 • Stayed at: 059, Loop: MOUN
This is a great campground in a great area. The camp hosts are very nice and the hiking trails accessible from the campground are neat. Even though the campground is very close to Payson it feels like you are not close to any type of town. There were some javelina running through the campground at one point which was cool to see. The campground is not at all crowded in winter.
David L
VerifiedJanuary 9, 2021 • Stayed at: 059, Loop: MOUN
This is a great campground in a great area. The camp hosts are very nice and the hiking trails accessible from the campground are neat. Even though the campground is very close to Payson it feels like you are not close to any type of town. There were some javelina running through the campground at one point which was cool to see. The campground is not at all crowded in winter.
Britteny H
VerifiedDecember 26, 2020 • Stayed at: 067, Loop: MOUN
Love coming here! The camp hosts are so sweet and attentive. The bathrooms are always so nice and clean too!
Britteny H
VerifiedDecember 26, 2020 • Stayed at: 067, Loop: MOUN
Love coming here! The camp hosts are so sweet and attentive. The bathrooms are always so nice and clean too!
Sylvia M
VerifiedDecember 20, 2020 • Stayed at: 058, Loop: MOUN
The staff was super friend, the campsite was clean! My husband and I loved it!!!
Sylvia M
VerifiedDecember 20, 2020 • Stayed at: 058, Loop: MOUN
The staff was super friend, the campsite was clean! My husband and I loved it!!!
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
