BURRO CREEK REC AREA, Wikieup,AZ

Burro Creek Rec Area, 
Wikieup, AZ 

RUN BY:  State of Arizona

LOCATION:  34.538063 -113.450788

Last Visit: 4/3/2018

UTILITIES:  None

COST:  $7

DISCOUNTS: none 

OUR RATING (1-5): Category I. Score 4

NOTES:  This is one of those places out miles from anywhere and anything. We would probably have missed it if one of our full-timing friends hadn’t mentioned it. If you look at an Arizona map you will see that Wikieup is the only thing listed between Wickenburg and I-40. Look for Burro Creek on the map. The campground is just off the highway on Burro Creek. If you love the desert you are going to love this place.

Environment:  Desert

Amenities:  None

Dump:  No

Public Water: Yes 

Toilets: Yes (Pit)

Showers:  No

Laundry:  No

Phone Service: None 

Nearest Propane: Wickenburg, AZ to the south or Kingman to the north. Both quite a long distance.

Location: Turn west (left) off of US-93 about half way between Merritt Pass and I-40, a short distance south of the town of Wikieup. It is marked.

Proximity to shopping:  Nothing close.

Camping Population:  Mixed. Most travelers and full-timers

Sites:  Nice.

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RATING KEY:    category - score 

Categories:  I - established campgrounds where one might spend a vacation or several days

                    II -  boondocking, dry camping where there are no designated sites and no amenities but

                               one might choose to stay for more than a night.

                    III - over-night areas 

You must remember that we are scoring 1 thru 5 according to things which are important to us: the environment, cost, amenities, location, safety, camping population, site, phone service 

* There are people who are not full-timers and van-dwellers by choice. We try hard not to be demeaning or assume that they are bad people but sadly, as you find in the poorer parts of a city, there seems to be more crime. Many call these people van-dwellers. That isn’t really accurate even though they do often live in vans. We know quite a few van-dwellers who have good incomes, are full-timers by choice and prefer a van to other types of vehicles. To try to show some respect for people who have a difficult lot in life, I’m calling them ‘residential campers’.  It is only when you get a high proportion of residential campers in an area that you find an increase in petty theft, etc.