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
sandeep n
VerifiedNovember 1, 2020 • Stayed at: 050, Loop: BEAR
bathrooms have flushable toilets! Site was clean. Very close to city in case you want to pick some last minute stuff but you can still feel the peace and quietness of the forest. It has Bear proof dump station so you don't have to worry about leftovers. NO bearproof lockers.
Thanks and a Big shout-out to the Host maintain this site!
Robert N
VerifiedNovember 1, 2020 • Stayed at: 065, Loop: MOUN
The Campground was beautiful and spacious. The space was clean and groomed. Some noise from Houston Mesa Road was my only complaint.
Rita D
VerifiedOctober 30, 2020 • Stayed at: 048, Loop: BEAR
We had a great time, the site was fantastic and the hostess was super friendly
Dennis M
VerifiedOctober 30, 2020 • Stayed at: 005, Loop: ELK
Very nice campground. Sites are well spaced, large, and lots of shade. Facilities are clean and well maintained and the staff is very nice. The only downside is moderate traffic noise due to proximity to road. It does quiet down at night. This is the price you pay for being 10 minutes outside of town.
Rita D
VerifiedOctober 30, 2020 • Stayed at: 048, Loop: BEAR
We had a great time, the site was fantastic and the hostess was super friendly
Dennis M
VerifiedOctober 30, 2020 • Stayed at: 005, Loop: ELK
Very nice campground. Sites are well spaced, large, and lots of shade. Facilities are clean and well maintained and the staff is very nice. The only downside is moderate traffic noise due to proximity to road. It does quiet down at night. This is the price you pay for being 10 minutes outside of town.
Char C
October 29, 2020
The camp site was good and the host was good and friendly. Am so disappointed that you have opened up the horse camp area to people without horses. I had a family of two camped right behind my site with about 6 small children and they kept running over to my horse pen and screamed the whole time. People with horses have kids too, but they are taught to behave around horses. I use to come up quite often years back but the trail system has really gotten back because they have let the ATVers in and they are tearing up the trails and the forest. So sad.
Char C
October 29, 2020
The camp site was good and the host was good and friendly. Am so disappointed that you have opened up the horse camp area to people without horses. I had a family of two camped right behind my site with about 6 small children and they kept running over to my horse pen and screamed the whole time. People with horses have kids too, but they are taught to behave around horses. I use to come up quite often years back but the trail system has really gotten back because they have let the ATVers in and they are tearing up the trails and the forest. So sad.
Michelle H
VerifiedOctober 27, 2020 • Stayed at: 072, Loop: MOUN
Nice sites with lots of privacy. Facilities super clean.
Thelma C
VerifiedOctober 27, 2020 • Stayed at: 066, Loop: MOUN
Area was beautiful!! Restrooms couldn’t of been cleaner. They didn’t have soap, but hand sanitizer outside. The hostess was very polite. We had some wild Havelina visit the campsite, but scattered once they heard us. The only thing that bothered me was the road noise. Very loud and started early. With that said, I’d stay there again.
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
