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
Michael G
VerifiedAugust 19, 2024 • Stayed at: 041, Loop: BEAR
Quiet some nights, depends on nearby street traffic. During the day it's peaceful, too close to walking trails. But still worth the trip.
April M
VerifiedAugust 7, 2024 • Stayed at: 041, Loop: BEAR
This was a great place to camp! It was clean and quiet in the tent only loop. Will come back again!
Georgiana K
VerifiedJuly 9, 2024 • Stayed at: 024, Loop: ELK
First time at Houston Mesa Campground. Beautiful campground and clean bathrooms, not to mention flushable bathroom with running water sinks are a plus for my bougie kids! Before we left we book our next camping trip for Labor Day that’s how much we love Houston Mesa Campground.
Bobby S
VerifiedJune 5, 2024 • Stayed at: 045, Loop: BEAR
Bill is very nice camp host
Mike P
VerifiedJune 4, 2024 • Stayed at: 006, Loop: ELK
Houston Mesa Campground is a nice clean park, clean bathrooms, with lots of shade and large sites. Biggest complaint I have is the showers and dump station are CLOSED and have been for over a year I'm told, with NO immediate plans to open them. Why am I paying full price than if they are closed??? Part of the reason for coming here is the availability of a dump station, not to drive down the street to use one at a gas station. Nice park but let's get it together park service!
Jonatan M
VerifiedJune 3, 2024 • Stayed at: 045, Loop: BEAR
Very nice upkeeped campgrounds took the kids for there first camping trip up to payson they enjoyed the whole experience. Would recommend for first time campers
Lauren V
VerifiedJune 3, 2024 • Stayed at: 077, Loop: MOUN
Overall, this is a nice clean campground that is still quite close to town. Bathrooms scattered about were fairly clean with running water and sinks. Camp sites are well spaced for some privacy. Fire rings and picnic tables at each site.
Not all rules seemed to be enforced here. For example some campsites had more than the max number of people which increased noise and use of bathroom near us. People were also driving very fast through campground without repercussion.
Disappointing they still have showers “closed for the season.” It appears these will never be open again. Also dump site is closed for no apparent reason. Good news is you can dump at the gas station across the street.
Overall, I would recommend for people wanting to be close to town but I will probably chose another site next time as I don’t think the price reflects the lack of available amenities.
barbara c
VerifiedMay 31, 2024 • Stayed at: 078, Loop: MOUN
We LOVED our stay at Houston Mesa! I’ve camped there with horses in the past, which was great, although the trails in the area were fairly limited. This time we took our 4x4’s and were so happy to find lots of great dirt roads to explore along the base of the Rim, up Houston Mesa Rd. and then on the west side of the highway as well. The camp hosts were great and the camp was immaculate! We can’t wait to go back! Perfect temps too for mid May.
Kandace F
VerifiedMay 30, 2024 • Stayed at: 010, Loop: MULE
The camp host was friendly and fun. He kept an eye on things without being intrusive. He gave us great information. It was a very nice experience and we will definitely be back to the horse section of the camp again.
James B
VerifiedMay 18, 2024 • Stayed at: 060, Loop: MOUN
Excellent
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. |
| General |
Check in time is 2:00pm and check out time is 11:00am. Quiet Hours are from 10:00pm to 6:00am. |
| General |
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 |
