Free Camp Guide
Aerial view of Chevelon Crossing Campground

Arizona Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest

Chevelon Crossing Campground

Free to campSet campsiteNo waterToilet
Free to camp Two separate records both say there is no charge to camp here.

About this place

Chevelon Crossing is a canyon with some history to it. The Civilian Conservation Corps built the campground in the 1930s, and it sits along Chevelon Creek.

There is no water at this site.

There is a vault toilet.

The facts

Cost
Free to camp
Drinking water
No, bring your own
Toilet
Yes
Type
Specific campsite
When it’s open
January to December
Managed by
Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest

Rules and restrictions

Nobody collects trash here. Everything you bring in has to come out with you again.

Leave the place tidier than you found it.

Getting there

Coordinates 34.591106, -110.787756

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What is near here

This is a good base for somewhere people travel a long way to see.

Every distance on this page is the driving distance. A short distance can still take a long time. The road may be closed for the season, covered in snow, or washed out. Many of these roads are dirt. Plan your route before you leave home. Out here there is often no phone signal to look it up on the way.

Nearest town and supplies

Heber-Overgaard is big enough that you’d normally expect fuel and somewhere to buy food. Nobody from here has been to check, so don’t count on it if you’re running low.

Have you been here?

Fees and access change, and the records do not always keep up. If you have been, tell us what you found.

Add road notes for this site

The thing we cannot get from any government record is what the drive in is actually like. If you have done it, this is the most useful thing you can leave behind. We read everything before it appears, and we print a first name with it if you give one.

Where this information comes from

The description on this page is ours. The facts in it, and the fee and facility details below it, come from the Forest Service’s own records, read in August 2026; a second independent record also says there is no fee.