Lost Dutchman State Park Campground

This park is beautiful. The office staff super nice and helpful. We had wonderful stay on our cross country RV trip. Food store 10 minutes from camp plus gas and lots of stores. Frys grocery store nice and big but their pharmacy,,,, well don’t have an ex sent there you won’t get it filled!
What you can’t control are who your neighbors will be. Most great but some loud, noisy have friends over , tonight new RV has none stop loud barking dogs. I love dogs we have 2 ours are trained and don’t bark.
People drive cars pretty fast through park so if you have a child be careful.
I would definitely come back here but we live 2700 miles away !!
Beautiful Superstition Mtn!! Also the sites are made so you have to throw your power and water under the RV in order to set up to create privacy or your “ fun” space faces the road. Not sure how this was planned out!
Lots wildlife. Coyotes howling at night, bats, chipmunks, bunnies ...

Where do you start with Lost Dutchman? Camping at the base of Superstition Mountain with views of the entire valley. Hiking dozens of trails in such a peaceful place. The campgrounds being as clean as any place I have ever stayed and the staff just being fantastic. Probably the best $25 I have ever spent on a place to stay. We cannot wait to go back!

We stayed here April 3-April 9 and it was HOT! We were not in an electric site, so it was miserable during the day since we’re not heat people. The big downside is the generator hours are only from 8a-10a & 5p-7p. Everyone with a generator was running them the full two-hours twice a day.

Since it was so hot, we would get up at 6a to hike and then try to be back during the generator hours.

Our site was well separated from the adjacent sites. Since we were in a trailer we did not use the public restrooms.

There are several hiking trails from the campground or a short drive away. There is also a very short mountain bike look around the outskirts of the campground. There are always rattlesnakes in this area. I have been to this campground before and both this time and the last, when out hiking have come across rattlesnakes.

We drove out Apache Trail road as far as it was open. It has been closed indefinitely due to a major fire and then downpour a couple of years ago. The drive is beautiful, especially if you make it to the end, which becomes a dirt road passable by a passenger car.

We stayed here for 5 nights in site 35 with our 40’ 5th wheel towing a 20’ trailer. This site is private and huge 100’ but no hook ups, which wasn’t a problem. The problem was, you’re only allowed to use your generator from 8-10am and 5-7pm, so plan accordingly. There’s a ranger that drives around to make sure everyone is following the rules. I can’t say anything about the restrooms snd showers, didn’t need them. I would definitely come back.

This place is just amazing. We just spent three days here with our 2 young kids during the pandemic and it was magical. The sunset views of the mountains are world class and the sites are large and spacious. Was very hard to leave. We will be back for sure. Only negative was low cell reception but I was able to take a couple work calls standing on the truck.

As stated before, it’s very difficult to get a spot here. We had hoped to camp here but ended up booking a dry site on the other side of Phoenix. After some camper issues we were desperate to find a site with 30 amp hook ups. A quick call had us in the last 30 amp spot for the only night available.

We’re so happy we ended up here. Amazing views and hikes. There were some fun activists for the kids at the Goldfield Mines lest than a mile down the road. Our site (and most) had easy pull through access with water and electric. For the $35/night, you really can’t beat this place. We wish we could’ve stayed longer!

Some state and federal campgrounds are hard to reserve due to their popularity. Lost Dutchman is one of those with its proximity so close to PHX. After 3 years of trying to get a site some 60 to 90 days before hand, I finally got lucky this year and got one.

While they do have some sites with power and water, I think I liked our dry camp site better as we were on the outside loop against the Superstitions with no one behind us. Our site was close to a trail which did bring people close to our site, but not a big deal.
We still had a lot of privacy, probably more than most sites.

The check in process was very good. Marty, one of the volunteers and a retired Navy Captain welcomed us, checked us in, and directed us to our site. Every staff member we met were very friendly.

The park has a modest but well stocked gift shop. They sell maps, but please don’t open or unfold them before you buy them, as there are signs posted to such and they are not timid about telling you not to,

They have a double station dump facility as you enter and leave the campground with both flush out water and potable water. Each campground site has a nice metal picnic table and fire ring. The park rangers are also sticklers for keeping your wheels on the pavement at your site and for observing generator hours. There are potable water spigots throughout the campground, and they do have recycling!

This was our second year visiting Lost Dutchman and visiting our daughter who lives in Phoenix. During COVID restrictions, no campground visitors were allowed. During our stay, this restriction was lifted, and so we invited our adult daughter and her boyfriend to join us at the campsite for dinner one evening. Upon their arrival at the entry gate, they were met by a surly woman, who with some kind of attitude told them that there were to be no more than two cars and 10 people at a campsite; there were only two of them in one car. And they were also told that they had to be gone by 8 pm. When my daughter arrived, she was upset and told us that she was sorry she had come. So much for having a nice quiet dinner, campfire, and sunset with the old folks. I wish I knew her name, but maybe if she is tired or doesn’t like her job, she should go home or look for something else to do. We will not be back. By the way, Usery Mountain Regional Park nearby is beautiful with nice friendly staff.

We were in a dry camping spot which is more spacious we felt than the powered spots. Gorgeous views. We biked around the park, outside the park was more dangerous roads not meant for bikes. Went hiking in the morning, different options and levels.

Yes, you can hear the train whistle from the little cute ghost town close by. Not a big deal. We went and walked around the town, cute with food and shopping options.

We did a horseback ride with OK Corral and that was very pretty, a trail ride.

Nice and well kept. Had filtered water to fill water jugs and recycling bins.

Note, you can't make reservations for the
same day. It's first come first serve. You can make reservations more than two days out. We nabbed the last spot on the day we were there.

We stayed one night. Would stay again.