About Cholla Campground
Number of accommodations: 59
Campground Amenities
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Pet Friendly
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Dump Station
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Playground
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
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Reviews (255)
What Guests Are Saying
Cholla Campground offers a pleasant camping experience with friendly and helpful hosts, clean facilities, and beautiful views of Roosevelt Lake. Many visitors enjoyed the well-maintained grounds, ample hiking trails, and family-friendly amenities like playgrounds. While some noted issues with shower temperatures and limited water access, the overall atmosphere is peaceful and enjoyable, making it a popular choice for return visits.
What Guests Are Saying
Cholla Campground offers a pleasant camping experience with friendly and helpful hosts, clean facilities, and beautiful views of Roosevelt Lake. Many visitors enjoyed the well-maintained grounds, ample hiking trails, and family-friendly amenities like playgrounds. While some noted issues with shower temperatures and limited water access, the overall atmosphere is peaceful and enjoyable, making it a popular choice for return visits.
Review Summary
Rick K
VerifiedDecember 5, 2021 • Stayed at: 57, Loop: BUCKHORN
The campgrounds were kept nice but to fish was really bad. You had to climb down a steep rocky cliff to get to the water. They need to put in access for people to get to the water
james m
VerifiedNovember 26, 2021 • Stayed at: 19, Loop: TEDDYBEAR
Nice campground. This is our winter go to campground. Close to water and fishing. (Lake was very low this last time). We spend at least three hours fishing each morning. My wife caught three good size catfish bottom fishing from shore.
It has one of the best prices we have found. It is $12.50 a night with a senior pass. Good cell/internet service. Just turn off and on airplane mode to re-establish internet when phone drops to 3G. There are playgrounds for the kids and hiking trails. The odd number sites can be reserved in the winter. There are some full time people staying in even number sites.
Lots of sun and clear sky's so solar works great. We have a 4kw generator but hardly ever run it because batteries charge up by 1 pm each day with 400 watts of solar.
Not a problem for us because we are self contained but if you don't know the place you should know that only the restroom/shower buildings at the entrance to the loops are working each time we are there. (Don't understand why people clog the restrooms and dump with diapers and underwear. They have waist dumpsters.) Dump opened back up the Monday we were there.
Emily B
VerifiedNovember 21, 2021 • Stayed at: 67, Loop: BUCKHORN
The camp host was fantastic, but even as a Solar expert, he couldn’t fix the outdated and broken solar. For a campground that prides itself on being all solar, it was a huge disappointment. And, beware: no solar means NO HOT SHOWERS or lights in the bathrooms (at least in the Buckhorn Loop.) I’d love to return, but I’d like a discount next time for the extra I’ll spend on buying my own solar shower bag.
Cody S
VerifiedNovember 20, 2021 • Stayed at: 167, Loop: CANE
Nice place. Bathroom was clean and tidy garbage areas. Don’t care for all the RVs and the running generators. Would like to see Cholla separate out tent camping in one loop and noisy RVs in another loop
Mark L
VerifiedNovember 19, 2021 • Stayed at: 61, Loop: BUCKHORN
Dump station clogged and closed!!!
Robert B
VerifiedNovember 15, 2021 • Stayed at: 173, Loop: CANE
Spot was a double but small no way it’s a double
Jan E
VerifiedNovember 12, 2021 • Stayed at: 13, Loop: TEDDYBEAR
Beautiful, great campground, good access to water
Yuliana G
VerifiedAugust 11, 2021 • Stayed at: 177, Loop: CANE
Park helper was great!.
alexandra s
VerifiedMay 2, 2021 • Stayed at: 55, Loop: BUCKHORN
campsite was very clean and spread out from other sites. we loved that it had a shaded area with the picnic table under it. it was a little bit of a hike down to the water but it was secluded which was nice. the water area doesn’t have a beach are so take your chairs, drinks, and umbrella with you because there is NO SHADE down there.
the bathrooms are closed which is why i didn’t give this a 5 star review. the porta potty is near the actual restroom building it wasn’t to terribly icky just inconvenient. bring toilet paper!!!
Kevin H
VerifiedMay 2, 2021 • Stayed at: 169, Loop: CANE
Crowded. Campsites very close to others. Site attracts large groups and rowdy crowds. Nice to be at the lake, but probably won't come back here!
Location Cholla Campground
Address:
28079 N. Az Hwy 188
Roosevelt, AZ, 85545
United States
Cholla Campground is 5 miles north of Roosevelt Dam. From Mesa: Take State Hwy. 87/Beeline Highway north for about 60 miles to its junction with State Hwy. 188. Turn right and follow State Hwy. 188 south for 28 miles to the site. From the Globe area: Take State Hwy. 188 north for 30 miles to its junction with State Hwy. 188. Continue on State Hwy. 188 across the bridge for 6 miles to the site.
Latitude & Longitude: 33.7315 / -111.204
Elevation: 670 feet
Policies & Rules
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| General |
Maximum stay limit is 14 days within 30 consecutive days on the Tonto National Forest including dispersed areas. Check in time is 2:00pm and check out time is 11:00am. Quiet Hours are from 10:00pm to 6:00am.During June, July, and August temperatures reach well over 100° and many RV air conditioners cannot keep up. Maximum trailer length is 32'. Extra (second) vehicle charge of $8 per night is required. An RV towing a car counts as one vehicle and a vehicle pulling a trailer counts as one vehicle. There is a maximum of two vehicles at a single family campsite and four vehicles at a double family campsite. An RV towing a car counts as one vehicle and a vehicle pulling a trailer counts as one vehicle. Fee can be bundled with online reservation or purchased on-site at fee machine. Maximum of 2 vehicles per single campsite and 4 for double campsites.Boat ramps are usable when water elevations are higher then 2,110 feet.Fireworks are always prohibited on National Forest Land. |