National Forest Road 618 Loop | Wild Camping

March 22nd, 2024 by outstandingquotation54

Perfect stop off for one night. A little busy as we arrived but no issues.

February 4th, 2024 by psalm91

Stayed here one night just fine. There were several other vans here. Had the forest service recording everyones license plates when we woke up. Guess they really don’t want you to stay more than the 14 days! He was very nice.

December 10th, 2023 by http

stayed here last year for 4 nights in october. Was really busy. Not a soul here this time round.... except the cool owl outside.

June 13th, 2023 by sailgalene

Awesome spot. Nice relief after driving 10 hours from Tecorpia Sonora.

April 24th, 2023 by A sudden leap into boondocking

I'm actually parked at the little pull off area across the street. no room in the big lot. nice place fairly flat, many trails. getting harder to find places in the Coconino .. so crowded .. and with the new camping laws everyone is packed into the same 10 designated areas. such a shame they blocked off many of the good spots.

April 12th, 2023 by vanmountains

I agree with the previous comments. This is a great spot. Easy access. Most sites are flat with Rock fire rings. Delighted to stay for one night. Other spots available along this road.

January 15th, 2023 by ijdesalinas07

nice site. room for a few rigs comfortably. lots of open space to run around. National Forest area with 14 day camp limit. water & toilets are a short drive to nearest rest stop and gas just a short distance beyond that. this section is right next to a cattle grate and the road is fairly busy. car passing every 10-15 min ish. shooting noise nearby. none is bothersome to me but may be if you're looking for complete silence. at&t shows 3 bars lte and T-Mobile is at 1-2. Able to stream Netflix with some minor buffering.

December 28th, 2022 by Chris

Tons of space. Two bars for t-mobile and dog friendly, but no other amenities. Beautiful red dirt, our favorite. Very scenic to wake up to. First come first serve. Tons of places up the road if this fills up.

November 22nd, 2022 by dieselbeast.the.bus

Gorgeous and spacious site, room for tons of rigs. Convenient access to Oak Creek Village and Montezuma Well. I stayed here for multiple days because the weather is perfect, the scenery is great, and you meet lots of interesting people! Paved road goes all the way to the site. Verizon service is sometimes 2 bars and sometimes nonexistent.

October 28th, 2022 by jon.rankin

Good parking close to a very quiet road. Open fires are OK. space for about 7 vehicles, pretty flat. No other facilities at all. We arrived just before 6pm on a Friday evening in late October, and we took the last spot, so it is clearly popular. continue along the Forest Road to find more spots if this one is full.

April 20th, 2022 by viva.sabata1

Tons of places to camp along this road. High enough in elevation to escape the Phoenix heat.

Love our public lands - pack it in, pack it out, leave no trace!!!

March 31st, 2022 by mckennasmilesblog

Very good camping option right off the 17 highway. It’s a small space, when I was there there were 4 RV’s but I was able to find a space in the back somewhat removed for my tent. Get here early cause there’s not a lot of space, I’d say 6 or 7 spots in total. The only con was apparently there’s a ranger who gave a recent camper a warning ticket for camping on the grass. If your RV wheels are touching any “vegetation” the ranger freaks out. I didn’t see him on my stay here so I didn’t have problems. The people were really friendly and I made some friends :)

March 19th, 2022 by lyna_gravel

Wow! Awesome BLM! 7 sites! Fire pits, well leveled, place for big rigs, very clean and quiet! Cell coverage : 2 bars !

October 24th, 2021 by jjleehall

4-5 spots around a smallish gravel ring. Nice enough and very easy to access. Some brush provided a bit of privacy in the site I selected, but they are all pretty close to each other. I was only getting one bar with Verizon.

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April 21st, 2021 by siemprevagabundos

Ran from cold weather in Flagstaff, 2+ bars if t-mobile. Easy access from the interstate.

January 8th, 2021 by travelswithkevan

Fairly quiet spot. Several fire rings. We only had 1 bar Verizon at the site we selected. With cell booster it was okay.

July 24th, 2020 by Aud

Good road to go there. Free. No amenities. Trees to feel alone. Near the road so noise from the road. Bugs flying at night.

June 12th, 2020 by dan.ricciotti

Lots of flys (in June)! Great spot close to the Bell Trail. Easy access. 2-3 bars Verizon LTE. 5 Mbps down; 0.3 up.
Room for 4-5 rigs.

April 26th, 2020 by instagram.com/simplyusandabus

Great location. Easy in and out. Large vehicles no problem. There’s four or five fire rings (sites) in this loop. Noisy during the day as this site is right next to a cattle gate and there’s a lot of daytime traffic in and out of the area. Close to the Bell Trail and river area.

April 25th, 2019 by frugalnomadz

Not far off I17, very quiet, great place to camp for the night to hike to the "crack" tomorrow. We have T-mobile service here.

December 6th, 2018 by elise.tiessen

A nice quite spot right off the paved road. A couple small dirt loops and only fire pits. Nice view of the valley.

December 30th, 2017 by jgracia57

National Forest es un wild camp, muy tranquilo para pasar la noche, muy cercano al 17 freeway, no tiene ningun servicio

November 23rd, 2015 by BodesWell

gravel loop. quiet. pack in, pack out.