Lone Tree

Directions & Road Info:
This campground is located off of AZ-95 just North of Lake Havasu City, AZ. The road in this campground is hard packed dirt and gravel.

About this Campground/Campsites Here:
This camping area offers hiking, HOV activities, sporadic fire rings, and free camping with a 14 night stay limit. It's located right off AZ-95 and is very easy to spot from the road. There's an upper and a lower level where you can camp here. The upper level is the easiest to get to and the most well maintained while the lower level is less popular but more private.

Pros:
For being a free BLM campground that is managed by a camp host this campground is completely free for 14 nights! We also love that it's so close to Lake Havasu City where there are a ton of things to do and see. We also love the beautiful view of the surrounding desert mountains and that they have enforced quiet hours from 10pm-6am. The road noise may be loud during the day but at night it's completely quiet.

Cons:
There is only 1 con we could think of while here - the road noise during the day can be VERY loud along with HOV users driving all around. If you're looking for a really quiet spot that might not be it.

Things Every Camper Needs:
We found potable water and a dump station 11 miles away at Lake havasu State Park for $15, there's a Walmart 5.1 miles away, a landfill where you can throw up to 300lbs of trash away for just $6, and the post office in town does offer general delivery.

This is a nice area close to route 95. Some road traffic - but not bad. Close to town.
About a dozen campers here - host was nice.

• Host had a dog run out and great me (off leash) - my dog (from inside the bus) was reacting. I explained my dog was a little dominant. He said his was the same - needed to assert dominance but played nicely. Returning to bus, their dog followed me a bit - the wife came out and I stopped - waiting for their dog to go back to them - and my dog settle - she said “He’s a service dog” - and sure enough it had a faded Service Dog best. But this was no service dog - at best it was an emotional support dog. A service dog would not be running over to people and follow other people. Nor would it be dominating or reactive to other dogs. So many people try to pass their dog off as a legitimate Service Dog - and that is not right. All pets are pretty much emotional support animals, but not a service dog - with specific training to help someone. Shame. Other than that, nice place - areas of trash were sad to see. I wish people would take their trash out with them.

We arrived early afternoon and had no trouble finding a spot that was level. There were around 60 rv's, tents, campers, 5th wheels, and van conversations. There is a Site Host. I don't know if you need to sign in anywhere, as we did not, the site host waved as we past. The stay limit is 14 days. I have spent my time here walking, collecting rocks, and doing some light hiking.

This is an excellent location to stay and head into Lake Havasu City.
Even with the wind blowing at 12 mph there isn't any dust. I'd recommend if you're going to be walking or hiking to have appropriate hiking shoes as it is very rocky and the sloops are steep, but worth doing.

Arrived here at about 1:00 pm on a Saturday. Plenty of spots although there were 20-25 other RVs already there. A dozen others came while we were there for the night, and there is an overflow lot on the left if your rig can handle minor off roading and a slope downward to that lot. Our tiny house can’t do anything too crazy, but we made it in and to a rather level spot for the night, and we were able to pull out in the morning without any issues. There was a small party with a big bonfire going throuout the evening and into the early morning in the upper part of the lot. The beautiful sunset and sunrise made up for the fact that we collected a few handlfulls of glass near our rig once we got there and setup. All and all good place for a stop on your way through.

Got here late at night just to find a place to sleep for the night as i was driving stright thru from California to Flagstaff. It was easy to get too and lots of space. I was able to find a spot away from others then set up a tent for the night. The highway is not far and you may hear the occasional big rig drive thru but it was not bad at all in terms of noise.

EDIT: added a drone shot for big picture.
We had strong winds that were rocking out pop up camper. We planned on just passing through and spent only one night. Arrived at sunset and about 20 other campers, cars and RVs, but plenty of space.

Close to the Lake, California, Oatman, and freeways.

Gravel everywhere and lots of fire pits set up from previous people, some with wood.

We did hear some generator noise, but they all turned off around 9pm.

Waking up is beautiful desert views with mountains!

As a side note, Oatman is really a fun old west town and has wild burros all over the place.