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.
Rates, Sites & Availability
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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
Linda C
VerifiedJanuary 24, 2020 • Stayed at: 065, Loop: MOUN
Beautiful place to camp! Wonderful camp hosts.
Kepler R
VerifiedJanuary 24, 2020 • Stayed at: 046, Loop: BEAR
This was an AWESOME campground. Extremely well kept and clean. The bathrooms were the cleanest bathrooms I have ever seen at a campground. Water was always nearby and convenient as well.
Michael Q
VerifiedJanuary 18, 2020 • Stayed at: 047, Loop: BEAR
We have camped at Houston Mesa Campgrounds every year for the past four years, so I would say it's one of our favorite campgrounds. Camp sites are spacious and clean. Camp hosts are very friendly and helpful. Restrooms are well kept and we like that this campground has showers. Good location. Close to Payson, so if you forget something you basically go around the corner. Also close to many attractions like Tonto Natural Bridge and the rim lakes. Just remember to lock up your food and pick up scraps around your site because you will have visitors at night. We had javalina come through our site but they did not stay long being we put all our food away.
Michael Q
VerifiedJanuary 18, 2020 • Stayed at: 047, Loop: BEAR
We have camped at Houston Mesa Campgrounds every year for the past four years, so I would say it's one of our favorite campgrounds. Camp sites are spacious and clean. Camp hosts are very friendly and helpful. Restrooms are well kept and we like that this campground has showers. Good location. Close to Payson, so if you forget something you basically go around the corner. Also close to many attractions like Tonto Natural Bridge and the rim lakes. Just remember to lock up your food and pick up scraps around your site because you will have visitors at night. We had javalina come through our site but they did not stay long being we put all our food away.
Tom A
VerifiedJanuary 17, 2020 • Stayed at: 057, Loop: BEAR
great camping location in the late spring and fall with lots of things to do nearby.
Nicole C
VerifiedJanuary 17, 2020 • Stayed at: 071, Loop: MOUN
Great campsite, close enough to the city, with all the amenities, but still enough of the getting away feeling!
Tom A
VerifiedJanuary 17, 2020 • Stayed at: 057, Loop: BEAR
great camping location in the late spring and fall with lots of things to do nearby.
Nicole C
VerifiedJanuary 17, 2020 • Stayed at: 071, Loop: MOUN
Great campsite, close enough to the city, with all the amenities, but still enough of the getting away feeling!
Rosie H
VerifiedJanuary 16, 2020 • Stayed at: 059, Loop: MOUN
We had 2 Honda generators stolen in the middle of the night that we had chained together in place. Police came in the morning and a report was made. Generators were never recovered.
Lonnie S
VerifiedJanuary 16, 2020 • Stayed at: 066, Loop: MOUN
The nosiest camping ever what a waste off money car traffic noises are all night long. Never 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 3, 2026
