RODEO GROUNDS CG, Wickenburg, AZ

RODEO GROUND CAMPGROUND

RUN BY:   City of Wickenburg

LOCATION:  Wickenburg, AZ 

Last Visited: 3/30/2018

UTILITIES:  NONE

COST:  $8

DISCOUNTS:  N/A 

OUR RATING (1-5): I – score 4

NOTES:  Some city campgrounds are hidden treasures, and this is one. The campground is just across the road from the rodeo grounds, so this place is filled when there is an event going on. Wickenburg is the home office of the US Senior Rodeo Association, so this is a cowboy, rodeo town. The campground sits on the side of a hill looking down over the town. Very pleasant place to stay.

Environment:  Desert

Amenities:  None

Dump:  At Fast Mart – 1115 W Wickenburg Way

Public Water:  Yes

Toilets: Yes

Showers:  No

Laundry:  No 

Phone Service: 4G3 (Verizon)

Nearest Propane: Fast Mart – 76 Station.  1115 W Wickenburg Way 

Location:  On E Wickenburg Way (US-60 east) El Recreo Dr turns north.  El Recreo merges with Constellation Rd a short distance up.  Continue on to the Campground across the road from the Rodeo Grounds. 

Proximity to shopping: On the edge of town. Everything you need.

Camping Population:   Most of us were from out-of-state. Going to be lots of cowboys if you would happen to get a site during an event across the road. 

Sites:  Roomy and most seem fairly level or easy to level. 

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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.