Castle Hot Springs Road

Note: this review is for the camping area on Castle Hot Springs Road at 33.858098, -112.320610. There are multiple places to camp on this road - make sure to scout appropriately.

We're torn on our review of this campsite. Overall, our stay here was peaceful: beautiful views, fast WiFi, and relatively quiet. We would camp here again if it wasn't for one thing - the hill to get in and out of the area.

The hill is extremely rutted and steep. We couldn't get up or down it without putting our truck into 4-wheel drive - and that's without the fifth wheel hitched up. We ultimately made it out with our RV, but I wouldn't attempt it again.

If you have a small rig and good 4x4, this spot would be great for you! We did have the area all to ourselves for two weeks because no one else would brave the hill.

As someone else said, basically a big turn around type area. Only 2 other rigs were there, and if we had stayed we would have been too close. Also got stared at coming in and out by a gentleman in a 5th wheel, as if he was the only one allowed to be there. Waved twice and he just stared in an unhappy way. Anyways drove down the the OVH area about 6 miles west. Lots of room there.

I was staying in Phoenix for several days at Lake Pleasant, Desert Tortoise Campground. My friends asked if I would stay a couple more days but Lake Pleasant was booked for some event so, I thought I would boondock the last two days of my trip.

My last day at Lake Pleasant was Friday, February 24th so, on Thursday, February 23rd I took a drive out to scout the area without my trailer since this was only a mile from the entrance to Lake Pleasant. Wow, to the left of the gate the road was badly tore up from 4 x 4 tires and water. Large wheel depressions my little Subaru would not make it to the back area. To the right was a little area with two fire rings very close to the road. I tried to continue farther to right past this area but the road turned very very muddy and was afraid I would get stuck. So, thought I would just stay at the little area at the beginning of the right turn.

Left Lake Pleasant at 11:30 am to move to the boondock location on Friday, February 24 when I see a large trailer there with several 4 x 4s parked around the trailer. When I pull up to the other fire ring. I see several men dressed in camo outfits drinking beer with big military type weapons around the camp. I walked the dogs quickly to pee and thought I move on to another location since, I could not go back deeper into back country without the possibility of getting stuck.