Painted Rock Petroglyph Site & Campground

Quick and pleasant little detour for spending the night when traveling I-8. The campground is large, quiet and dark. Big enough for any size rig and has ADA sites as well. There is a bathroom, dumpsters and each site has a picnic table and fire ring. AT&T signal was strong. . Petroglyphs site is right beside the camping area. We have a National Park Pass so the camping was $6.00 and Petroglyphs were free. Otherwise, it would be $8.00 and $2.00. I read some reviews saying reservations can be made for this campground but we just showed up and arrived at dusk. There were maybe 10 other campers.

My heart dropped as I could see, from a mile away, glittering rigs in the distance. I was prepared to turn back but pushed on. Turns out the campground might have been at 25% capacity which surprised me but shouldn’t have. Even if it had been more heavily occupied the sites are large and spread out.
Grounds look to be well maintained and drive in was uneventful.

We got here around 4PM with 4 others in the whole CG. During the wee hours another 5 entered but left that morning.
Only 3 Pit toilets I can see; one in the main CG, one in the group area along with one by the day use.
Compared to Petroglyph National Monument in NM this is paltry.
Might be better in the spring with wild flowers.
Hosts pleasant said this is their second year. Both were immunized but contracted covid from a family gathering where they didn’t know some people were not immunized. A month later wife was still unable to smell. Just a side note
No shade anywhere.

Arrived on a Monday in April around noon. 60 spots. We were literally the only ones there other than the camp host. After driving by 59 empty spots, we settled at a site.

The pit toilets are spotless. Hand sanitizer and toilet paper are included. It’s walking distance to the petroglyph site which is at the front of the park.

The camp hosts came by after a couple of hours to introduce themselves. Very friendly and welcoming! They told us the campground hadn’t seen more than 40 spots taken out of the 60. This is as about as close to guaranteed as you can get for first come first served.

Each site has a fire ring and picnic table. AT&T service varied between 3 bars of 3g, 1 bar of LTE to no bars. That was with the WeBoost booster. We saw some reviews about flies.... we didn’t encounter many to be a problem.

Easy access off I-8. Maybe 15 min off the highway. Great spot for a night between SD and Tucson.

We stayed here one night to break up a long drive from Yuma to Tucson. This is a no reservations campground. The sites here are spread out nicely, easy to access gravel road in campground. The petroglyph site was within a very short walking distance from our campsite and super cool to see! No hookups, but did have a garage dumpster, which was nice. The stars are amazing at night! Would definitely stay here again.