US Forest Service · Arizona
Ponderosa (Az) in Arizona. Ringed marker is this site; the other dots are the 327 public campsites we map in Arizona.
Named for the towering pines under which it sits, Ponderosa Campground is tucked in the rolling forests of northern Arizona. As one of the largest forest in the country, the Tonto National Forest is one of the most-visited urban forests in the United States, boasting about 5.8 million visitors annually. Its boundaries are Phoenix to the south, the Mogollon Rim to the north and the San Carlos and Fort Apache Indian reservations to the east.
Motocamp routes the vehicle you are actually in and picks up the road surface on the way. Download the state and it keeps working with no signal.
Start a 14-day trialSource: Recreation.gov, dated 2026-05-22, fetched 2026-09-07. Official listing.