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Burro Creek Campground

Wikieup, AZ
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Quick Stats

23
Sites

40ft x 20ft
Max Site Size

$$$$
Price

1988ft
Elevation

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Burro Creek Campground in Wikieup, AZ is a BLM campground located along a scenic stretch of highway. The sites are close together, but there is enough vegetation to create a sense of privacy. The campground is accessible for most vehicles, including sedans and 2WDs. It features newly built flush toilets, water spigots scattered throughout the site, and trash bins. The cell service is good for T-Mobile but is non-existent for AT&T and Verizon. The camp host is on-site and available for questions. The cost of camping is $14, or $7 for senior pass holders. This campground is a great place to feel like youre in a primitive campground, with a dump and water available. The dump station is clean, and there are two separate water hoses for cleaning your tank and filling your fresh water tank. The area boasts a stunning cactus garden, a nice little trail down to the creek, and a view of the Burro Creek bridge. Overall, Burro Creek Campground is a hidden gem in the desert for those who enjoy primitive camping.

Amenities

  • Wifi
  • Laundry
  • Pet Friendly
  • Cabins
  • Tenting
  • Buddy Sites
  • Trash Pickup
  • Water Hookup
  • Sewer Hookup
  • Fire Pits
  • Potable Water
  • Firewood Sold
  • Camp Store
  • Pull Thru Site
  • Toilets
  • Dump Station
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Activities

  • Hiking
  • Off-Roading
  • Kayaking
  • Canoeing
  • Photography

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Burro Creek Campground is located in a transition zone between the upper reaches of the scenic Sonoran Desert and lower reaches of the scenic Mojave Desert. The campground offers visitors a variety of scenery including saguaro-studded cliffs along steep canyon walls that contrast Burro Creek’s dense vegetation and flowing waters that form deep pools of water just adjacent to the campground. The campground features a Watchable Wildlife Exhibit and an Interpretive Desert Garden as well as access to Burro Creek via hiking trails from the campground. The creek offers opportunities for rockhounding, wading, and wildlife viewing especially for birding with a wide-array of raptors and other species of birds. Sites 7, 8, and 9 are best for bird watching. The campground offers visitors 23 individual campsites, 1 group site, and 2 day-use sites featuring shaded picnic tables, fire rings with grates, and grills at the group site and day-use area. Flush toilet facilities are provided at 2 different locations in the campground as well as 1 dump station. Although water hookups are not available at campsites, drinking water is provided a various locations throughout the campground. Wildlife is frequent in the campground and include occasional sightings of desert bighorn sheep on the cliffs above Burro Creek and a variety of birds including cactus wren, Gambel’s quail, Gila woodpecker, great horned owl, great blue heron, Vermilion flycatcher, and cliff swallow to name a few. Javelina, raccoons, coyotes, and foxes have been known to use the area as the creek serves an important role in the harsh desert environment.
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Phone

(928) 718-3700

Email

blm_az_kfoweb@blm.gov

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