[Az-Geocaching] Camping on the Rim?

[Lisa G.]

Thanks everyone.

Upon further review, we decided that one of the "just off the road" 
sites probably isn't good with kids, at least not until we've gone a few 
times and got our camping mojo back.  This is our first time camping out 
of our little Corolla and with 4 of us, it's going to be tight as it 
is.  Don't need to have to bring potty supplies (something we'd have to 
go buy, anyway).  We're going to hit up Upper Tonto campground (down at 
the bottom of the rim, east of Payson) for Friday night at least, as 
we've been there before, it's a little closer and we won't have a lot of 
time after our drive up from the valley before it gets dark.  Saturday 
we'll go up, do some caching, and check out Rock Crossing or Kehl 
Springs as possibilities to camp at Saturday (yes I know Kehl Springs 
doesn't have potable water available :) ).

-Lisa "PoledraDog"

Daniel Anderson wrote:
> The Coconino people are turning into communists and are preparing to 
> close down access to a lot of their turf. We are struggling to find 
> places for the Boy Scouts up there as a result. Apache-Sitgreaves is 
> much easier to deal with if you're needing large group stuff or just 
> have questions. There are a ton of places to just "go" with no 
> reservation required. Some of the camp grounds at the lakes even have 
> toilets, great for taking the family! One of our favorite family ones 
> is the Aspen campground at Woods Canyon Lake. When I go by myself I'm 
> one of those you see just off the road (well, a bit farther off than 
> "just"). Love the area though.
>
> Daniel T
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Lisa G. <lisasjunk at buppas.com 
> <mailto:lisasjunk at buppas.com>> wrote:
>
>     I apologize if this is considered off-topic; please feel free to
>     reply privately to prevent cluttering other people's inboxes.
>
>     We've gone on several geocaching expeditions up on the Mogollon
>     Rim.  We take Highway 87 north out of Payson, through
>     Pine/Strawberry, and take the Rim Road/Forest Rd. 300 turnoff.
>      While up there we've seen people camping off of the forest
>     service roads up there.  There's a small creek up there that runs
>     (sometimes; I'm assuming only when it's rained or the snow is
>     melting).  I'm not talking about a designated camping area (we've
>     seen those, too).  The area I'm talking about would be just across
>     the forest road from this cache:
>     http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCWN3P&Submit6=Go
>     <http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCWN3P&Submit6=Go>
>     (GCWN3P if the link didn't work).
>
>     Does anyone know where I'm talking about?  If so, do you know
>     how/where I would find out what I need to be able to legally camp
>     there in terms of permits, etc.?  I know just because I saw other
>     people doing it doesn't mean it was ok.  Also would like to know
>     how to find out what fire bans may be in place.  I tried doing
>     some Google searches, but could only seem to find information
>     about specific campgrounds.
>
>     Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Just took a look at my
>     cache log and it's been nearly 2 years since I logged a find.
>      Very, very sad.  I want to get the kids up to do some caching and
>     camping this summer.
>
>     Thanks,
>     -Lisa "PoledraDog"
>
>
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