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
CHRISTIAN M
VerifiedSeptember 29, 2020 • Stayed at: 024, Loop: ELK
campsites well layed out and private, easy to back into and quiet that night. Enjoyed it, thanks
CHRISTIAN M
VerifiedSeptember 29, 2020 • Stayed at: 024, Loop: ELK
campsites well layed out and private, easy to back into and quiet that night. Enjoyed it, thanks
Jessica R
VerifiedSeptember 27, 2020 • Stayed at: 045, Loop: BEAR
It would have been perfect except for being close to the highway. It was a bit a noisy at night. Once we got some ear plugs to drown out the noise it was a great experience
Justin P
VerifiedSeptember 27, 2020 • Stayed at: 064, Loop: MOUN
Clean and well maintained. The big issue was its location to a local highway with traffic noises will into the evening.
Jessica R
VerifiedSeptember 27, 2020 • Stayed at: 045, Loop: BEAR
It would have been perfect except for being close to the highway. It was a bit a noisy at night. Once we got some ear plugs to drown out the noise it was a great experience
Justin P
VerifiedSeptember 27, 2020 • Stayed at: 064, Loop: MOUN
Clean and well maintained. The big issue was its location to a local highway with traffic noises will into the evening.
Michael B
VerifiedSeptember 23, 2020 • Stayed at: 048, Loop: BEAR
Friendly camp host, enough space between sites, lots of tall pine trees. Easy to hear noise from other campers as with any campground. Great location close to hiking and fishing.
Michael B
VerifiedSeptember 23, 2020 • Stayed at: 048, Loop: BEAR
Friendly camp host, enough space between sites, lots of tall pine trees. Easy to hear noise from other campers as with any campground. Great location close to hiking and fishing.
Cindy H
VerifiedSeptember 22, 2020 • Stayed at: 048, Loop: BEAR
Mon - Thurs the campground is nice, but on the weekend it's a free-for-all party. Hundreds of people screaming & playing loud music & letting their dogs bark for hours. Both weekends I was there same situation. The 20 person party (during this Covid time) across from us yelled the F-word constantly until 4 a.m. I bet they yelled F_ _k 200 times while they partied around their campfire. It felt very unsafe...appears there are a lot of people doing heavy drinking. People come up to Houston Mesa Camp from Phoenix to gather in large numbers and do heavy partying. NOT a family friendly place on Fri, Sat and Sun.
Cindy H
VerifiedSeptember 22, 2020 • Stayed at: 048, Loop: BEAR
Mon - Thurs the campground is nice, but on the weekend it's a free-for-all party. Hundreds of people screaming & playing loud music & letting their dogs bark for hours. Both weekends I was there same situation. The 20 person party (during this Covid time) across from us yelled the F-word constantly until 4 a.m. I bet they yelled F_ _k 200 times while they partied around their campfire. It felt very unsafe...appears there are a lot of people doing heavy drinking. People come up to Houston Mesa Camp from Phoenix to gather in large numbers and do heavy partying. NOT a family friendly place on Fri, Sat and Sun.
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 3, 2026
