Manzanita.

The camp host did not clean the restrooms daily. They were not kept up the way they used to be.

My site was site number 7 and it was directly in front of the restrooms and the garbage bins. It smelled horrible. Manzanita is a nice campground, and it was great to be near the creek. It was also near the highway, but the car noise did not bother me. Also, there are very few sites, so if you would like to get a site, you probably need to make your reservation very early. Definitely stay away from site number seven though because there was a constant disgusting smell. Manzanita is nice because it is so closely located to the town of Sedona. While we were in Sedona, we went hiking to Chicken Point. The campsite had a nice fire ring and a picnic table.

Manzanita is great camp site near the river you’ll have the advantage of walking distance with great spots to relax and have some fun. I won’t recommend space 6 or 7 since they are very close to the restrooms.
It’s very Close to slide rock ( 5 min drive) and to town ( 15 min drive )
Staff was helpful and friendly, we would have like to be able to listen to some music ( not an amplified) but just as a background but is not allowed.

It’s a beautiful place and my second time there.
However this time around led me to decide to never come back.
First of all the rating for level 2 was instated the day we arrived. So we had no pre warning and came with firewood. Also the official rule for level 2 does not apply to a campground that has all of the standard facilities. So that was frustrating. To make matters worse it rained the whole night.
But what really made our experience forgettable was the “Karen” that harassed us two days in a row about playing live music. When we checked in they told us no amplified music but live music ( guitar, jimbai,tambourine, singing ) is ok.

The lady working there had a very unfriendly attitude and clearly showed she didn’t like us.

Not the right people who should be running a campground

Camp Hosts, Korey, his wife Anna and Kim, another camp host made my first experience camping in Manzanita a pleasure 😁🏕
My rental car needed a jump start, Korey came to the rescue even when he was "off duty" !
I stayed in #12 . Oak Creek was right next to my campsite. Bathrooms were always clean 👍
Follow the "Creek trail" to a pool area. Bring your floaties! It's refreshing, the pool. 6/16-20/24 was my stay.🏕🤠😍 I'm going to return ASAP!!!

We loved our camping spot. We had a quiet camping spot among the trees and next to the river. Our two toddlers were able to play well there. Friendly camping host. No showers but there were toilets and we could take drinking water.

Very good camp ground, easy to find. As it's close to the river, it's actually quite cold and shaded, so this can be both a pro and a con, depending on your season.

Manzanita campground is a small, well-maintained campground. The surrounding area is absolutely stunning with many access points to Oak Creek, which is well stocked with fish. The primary negative is the small campsites and very limited parking space and the campsite borders on some sites were not obvious. Camp hosts were always available and resolved issues in a timely manner.

I know this was a tent campground, but I expected the parking spot to be part of the tent site. We had a camper van and were basically given a parking spot that was so small we couldn’t even open the back doors. We ended up leaving and going to a nearby dispersed campsite because we couldn’t stay at Manzanita. Some of the sites were good - just not 12-15.

Cody and Anna (the hosts) were super friendly, took care of wood delivery, and kept the bathrooms immaculate! The campsite is small and the sites are on top of each other, but that's what you get for creekside campsite. The fishing was excellent. It was stocked on Thursday. The road is close, but traffic dies down around 10. I didn't enjoy the guy who set up his tent literally 2 feet from mine then snored all night. (They did have 3 giant tents, and 2 cars for 3 guys and 5 boys for a little tiny site.) I like this campground for its lovely creek access but the FS is trying to squeeze out as much money as they can by putting the sites so close together.