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Gordon Hirabayashi Campground

US Forest Service · Arizona

Gordon Hirabayashi Campground in Arizona. Ringed marker is this site; the other dots are the 327 public campsites we map in Arizona.

This site is also known as Prison Camp. The site was a Federal Honor Camp beginning in 1937 to house federal prisoners supplying labor to build a road for access into the Santa Catalina Mountains. Prisoners had been convicted of federal crimes ranging from immigration law violations to tax evasion to bank robbery. During World War II, many of the prisoners of this camp were conscientious objectors whose religions prohibited them from serving in the military. Some were Japanese Americans protesting the Japanese American Relocation, the largest forced removal and incarceration in U.S.

What we know about it

Managed by
US Forest Service
Fee
$20–$40/night
Booking
first-come, first-served
Dogs
Allowed on a leash (USFS policy)
Number of sites
40
Coordinates
32.33917, -110.71694

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Source: US Forest Service, dated 2026-08-06, fetched 2026-09-07. Official listing.

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