South Ruby Campground

I arrived the afternoon of Monday, Memorial day. By then the campground was nearly empty but it was obviousit had been a big weekend because the dumpster was overflowing with stinking bags of trash. Thankfully I was not camping anywhere near this spot.
The campground gives good access to the National Wildlife refuge. In the dawn hours you can hear the sandhill cranes from camp.

Comfortable camping, clean restrooms. Fishing a 3 minute drive away. The bass did not disappoint and the teens didn't want to pack up for the night - "just one more"! Convenient fish cleaning station across the street. Check out the excellent interpretive signs at Fort Ruby just 15 minutes to the South, Cave Creek just 5 minutes north and the hot springs a 30-minute bumpy 4-wheel drive across the valley. SUP is magical when the marshes open up for paddles on June 15th. Early morning is best - the sun can be punishing as the summer heats up.

Wonderful campground

We have been going to S Ruby Campground for 40 years. We love Ruby Valley and we always meet the most wonderful people! Care of the campground and facilities is usually very good to excellent. The Host/Manager usually varies from very social to very quiet, however, they have always stopped by to welcome new campers and check if "all is good". We were there 7/19 - 7/27/2024 and never once had a hello or conversation with the Host/Manager. Not even a wave at the fish cleaning station. We cleaned the trash out our fire pit - had never seen that situation before. The common dumpster has been moved very close to a site and upon our arrival it was already overflowing. Not sure what the schedule is, but with increased visitation, it needs to improve. The bathrooms were "ok", they were cleaned only one time during our stay. TP was stocked, but the floor and then flies got bad. The sheet for accounting of cleaning on the doors was blank??? We had never seen that before. We will always visit this campground, as Ruby Valley is our favorite place however, this year was a bit of a disappointment re campground/restroom maintenance.

Great campground. Was there midweek late July and it was mostly empty. Nice sites on the upper loop with some shade from the pines. Dragonflies in the camp at sunset & few mosquitoes. Wetlands are full of wildlife with beautiful views of the mountains. Restrooms spotless. Camp host friendly and helpful!

very nice campground.

Beautiful area, and a very clean and quiet campground. 5th time here, and it is one of my favorites.

Campgrounds & toilets were clean.

The campground had space between the campsites and there was shade too. There was water readily accessible and the restrooms were clean.

It was a little surprising to get there and discover that the water had not been checked and was not drinkable. This was not an issue for us, but might have been for others. It would have been nice to have it indicated on the website. It was tested and verified safe within a few days.
No campground manager was another surprise.
Because it was windy, the reserved site signs that were put on the posts did not stay there, and blew all over the campground. Again, this wasn't an issue for us, but could have led to some ugly confrontations.
We love South Ruby Campground, but these were a couple of issues we encountered this time that we have not seen in our previous stays.
Restrooms and campground were extremely clean.
We will definitely return again!