Dead Horse Ranch State Park

I stopped off here on my way to Flagstaff to take the trailer for service.
Sites are clean and park is very well kept. You have awesome access to many trails in the park and the Verde River is also very accessible.
The dump station is very accessible, of course if your leaving while everyone else is leaving, then you will have to wait a bit. But that isn't a problem. Rangers are friendly and so are the camp hosts.
I would totally stay here again.
OH, and it was so quiet. No highway noise as you are well off the main roads.
I did not have to use the bathrooms here so I am unable to comment on that.
But that is one of the reasons why I got a camper with a bathroom...

1st visit to Dead Horse Ranch S.P. for a winter camping trip. The trees and vegetation was barren in Jan. Would be more colorful in spring or fall. We stayed in RedHawk Loop and was backed up to hillside. We were able to get several TV channels with the OEM antenna as well as cell service. Several campers had mtn bikes, utvs, or M/Cs to explore nearby sights. We spent time in Old Town Cottonwood & another day in Jerome. Recommend restaurants Tavern Inn, Nic's in OldTown.

The campground itself is awesome. Spacious.. lots of bushes and trees. My only complaint are the bathrooms.. The odor inside the bathroom was not pleasant and the showers were disgusting... I can take a shower pretty much anywhere was long is the water is hot.. the water is hot here but the showers are not clean at all... so if you have your own means of showering etc this is a great campground.

Tons of MTB trails all around the park and the rimrock. The park is on the Verde River and includes several fishing lagoons where no dogs are allowed. However dogs are allowed by the river and there are trails all over to explore and play in the water. The camp sites are a little more primitive than Lost Dutchman but clean and tidy. The tent camping is even more impressive with the best tent spot being 116. This park is at a higher elevation so it gets cooler; we camped here in late November 2021 and temps ranged about 39 - 75 during that time.

AT&T signal was pretty weak but was able to pull down 28Mbps down and 5Mbps up using the WeBoost.

In full disclosure, my favorite place to stay is a state park. Among other things, it's the difference between spacing sites and providing ancillary services to provide the best campground experience vs trying to maximize revenue from a given area, as is the practice private campgrounds. Our view out the back window was nothing but nature.

I don’t know what more you could want from a campground before giving it five stars. The spacing is good. The bathrooms are clean. The hosts are committed. Power to the entire campground went out one night and they fixed it ----during the night same night!!!!!! The park is large. There are beautiful hiking trails, some by ponds that are five star rated on the excellent All Trails app. There are horses. The smartest thing to do is to base here and explore the area, particularly Sedona, which is so popular and crowded. Great restaurants in Cottonwood. Don't miss the Verde railroad. Good cell service! Great value for money!

Five stars all the way.