Tent Camping near Apache Junction, Arizona

Gateway To The Petrified Forest RV Resort

31 RV Sites, 7 Tent Sites

Gateway to the Petrified Forest RV Resort in Holbrook, Arizona, offers 31 full-hookup pull-through RV sites and seven tent sites with 30 and 50-amp service, sized for rigs to 45 feet, 22 miles from Petrified Forest National Park. Every RV site is pull-through — the right configuration for a park-touring stop on the Route 66 and I-40 corridor. Thirty-one pull-through sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 45 feet, with water-and-electric pull-through options also available. Seven tent sites cover dry camping. A general store handles supplies, and a community fire pit anchors the evenings. The gravel lots are sized for rigs of most configurations. Pets are welcome. On-site facilities are practical rather than extensive — this is a national park base rather than a destination resort, and guests spend their days out in the painted desert country. The community fire pit and shaded picnic areas cover the campground socializing that suits a park-visitor property. The distances are what matter here. Petrified Forest National Park is 22 miles, the Painted Desert 42 miles, and Winslow — where you can stand on the corner and visit the La Posada museum and restaurant — is 41 miles, all on the historic Route 66 alignment. Holbrook itself carries genuine Wild West character in the architecture and streets around the park entrance, which makes it more than a waypoint. The resort operates on the I-40 corridor year-round. Spring and fall deliver the most comfortable conditions for walking the petrified forest and painted desert, and those shoulder seasons carry the heaviest demand. Reserve ahead for March through May and September through October.

from $28/night