Dead Horse Ranch State Park

We stayed here March 10-14, 2018. Our first time in the Cottonwood/Sedona area. I will be back to this park someday despite the 2 errors I made. I will never book Site 95 again, as was horribly unlevel front to back. The reservation website may have mentioned it, but I was probably super happy to get a site at this really busy campgr... more

It was mid-Winter and I had convinced her to join me on a journey to wherever and for as long as she’d like in my Volkswagen Bus, about two years and three and a half months before a cultural revolution would hashtag Vanlife the Southwest into a big ol’ VW resurgence. Back then, it felt like we were the only ones stupid enough to driv... more

One of the nicer state parks, clean and consistent. As with all parks, location is everything...the park was booked and didn't have a choice of many spots. I chose site 73 which was across from bath house and not the best site...look for an outside spot along the loops, roomier than inside spots...didn't get out and around but you are ... more

We stayed two nights, but not consecutively. First was when we arrived in the area before heading out to dry camp and the second was after dry camping to dump and refill. Our first stay was in the loop at the top of the hill and if given an option I wouldn’t choose to stay there again. Although it is close to the hiking trail, which ... more

I would not recommend staying here to anyone. Very rude Very close sites. Really no privacy, nothing to do In Cottonwood. The person that sits at the check in window (elderly white haired) came running out of building yelling at my husband one afternoon after we had checked in and had our orange check in tag hanging on mirror in plain... more

Arrived mid week without reservations but they were very helpful & found us a nice place. Was only going to stay 2 days but park was so nice & it is close to everything in Cottonwood we ended up stay an extra 12 days which required a move, but no biggie. Camp Host are very diligent about keeping everything neat & tidy. If you want qui... more

This is a great area and three days was not enough. We’ll be back to see more. The campground is nice and the bathrooms are adequate. Some space between sites with a little privacy. Site had water and electricity and a dump on the way in/out of the park. I would probably avoid Quail loop. Sites are very close and lots of low ha... more

We enjoyed this park thoroughly and will be returning for two weeks in November. You can see Jerome from many of the sites. It is a large park with a couple of small lakes and good hiking within the park. The nice thing about it's location is that you are around a 1/2 hour drive from Sedona and all the great hiking there. It is right n... more

Great location, nice hiking in and adjacent to the park. Some sites are a little close together for a state park and we were there during spring break so there were a lot of families and the associated noise.

We have friends in the area to visit, so this park is always a nice place to stay when visiting.

We stayed here in the Fall, and promised ourselves that we'd return. While we stayed in the actual campground for a couple of nights, we prefer the overflow campground. While there are no hookups, there is a lot of room, and it's a bit quieter. The bathrooms are cleaner and the showers bigger, as well. You can walk to downtown and th... more