About Sharp Creek
Number of accommodations: 20
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Reviews (170)
What Guests Are Saying
Sharp Creek Campground is highly praised for its beautiful location, spacious and clean campsites, and well-maintained facilities, including clean restrooms and ample water access. Camp hosts are generally friendly and attentive, contributing to a peaceful camping experience. While some guests noted occasional noise from the highway and issues with cleanliness, the overall sentiment reflects a strong desire to return to this serene and enjoyable campground.
What Guests Are Saying
Sharp Creek Campground is highly praised for its beautiful location, spacious and clean campsites, and well-maintained facilities, including clean restrooms and ample water access. Camp hosts are generally friendly and attentive, contributing to a peaceful camping experience. While some guests noted occasional noise from the highway and issues with cleanliness, the overall sentiment reflects a strong desire to return to this serene and enjoyable campground.
Review Summary
Kelsey R
VerifiedDecember 31, 2020 • Stayed at: 019, Loop: Juniper
Campground hosts were super friendly and patient with our kiddos asking tons of questions. Clean, quiet spot close to vault toilets. Centrally located to different activities. Will definitely return.
Donna R
VerifiedNovember 8, 2020 • Stayed at: 024, Loop: Juniper
Very nice campground and well maintained. Campsites were perfectly spaced apart and the camp hosts were very accomodating.
Michele S
VerifiedOctober 25, 2020 • Stayed at: 020, Loop: Juniper
The campground is located in a beautiful wooded area. The campground hosts keep it so clean! Bathrooms are pit toilets, which isn't the best but they keep it clean and even have hand sanitizers located outside. The campsites are huge and very private...we loved campsite 24! You can hear the hum of the highway but other than that, it's great.
lacey a
VerifiedOctober 23, 2020 • Stayed at: 008, Loop: Oak
Sharp Creek was fabulous. Our experience reserving through Recreation.gov was highly unsatisfactory however. You charged us two $8 reservation fees for one reservation on two contiguous nights. I complained about it over the phone, in a message on the site and your company clearly doesn't care. Shame on you recreation.gov for taking advantage systemically of people who have no other options to reserve National Forest campgrounds and to show no regard for such an error and no effort to fix it. Just shame on you.
John M
VerifiedOctober 23, 2020 • Stayed at: 011, Loop: Oak
A little warm this year because I went earlier. Lots of empty sites. Pushed my hiking and biking to the limit, found the Christopher Creek Spring. My bike got to ride a lot of the trails I went on.
Ignacio C
VerifiedOctober 19, 2020 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: Pine
Sharp creek is and always has been our family’s favorite place to stay for over 10 years the camp host our beyond helpful and amazing
Ignacio C
VerifiedOctober 19, 2020 • Stayed at: 028, Loop: Juniper
We love sharp creek but I’ve always felt that at the end of juniper loop should be a small playground it’s unused space and it would add a lot for children
Matthew H
VerifiedOctober 6, 2020 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: Pine
This was the perfect area for us to escape the Phoenix valley and spend time in the woods. Site was clean and spacious.
Renee H
VerifiedOctober 4, 2020 • Stayed at: 020, Loop: Juniper
We have camped at this site for years. Bathrooms are always clean; hosts are very friendly. There is highway noise but it settles down. There were bugling elk and coyotes yipping at night. First time we had a bear in the campsite.
My only complaint is that previously no one had or used generators. There were several generators this visit and some were used the greater part of the day.
Josie S
VerifiedOctober 4, 2020 • Stayed at: 018, Loop: Oak
Had a wonderful time. Unfortunately got in later than had planned due to traffic. Nice clear tent area, not extremely close compared to other sites. We were at O18. We found the camp hosts to be very friendly...hubby said almost makes him want to be a camp host. We will be back, love the area.
Location Sharp Creek
Address:
1009 East Highway 260
Payson, AZ, 85541
United States
This facility is located 23 miles northeast of Payson, Arizona, approximately 1.5 miles east of Christopher Creek. From Payson, take Highway 260 east for 23 miles. The campground is on the south side of Highway 260.
Latitude & Longitude: 34.2997 / -110.998
Elevation: 1810 feet
Policies & Rules
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Extra vehicle charge of $8 per night is required if applicable. Fee can be bundled with online reservation or purchased on-site at fee machine. |
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No off-highway vehicles allowed off the main campground road. |
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No firewood sales available at campground. Plan to purchase ahead of time. |
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For First-Come, First-Served 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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Don't Move Firewood: Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood near your destination and burning it on-site. For more information visit dontmovefirewood.org. |
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Check in time is 2:00pm and check out time is 11:00am. |
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Quiet Hours are 10:00pm through 6:00am. |
