Reviews

For McDowell Mountain Regional Park: We have stayed at this park numerous times and highly recommend it for folks who want a desert camping experience with well maintained amenities. There are lovely vistas, beautiful sunsets and fun mt bike trails. The sites are spacious, the restrooms with showers are clean, and the staff are friendly and helpful. Water and electricity are at the campsite and there is a dump station. Verizon service is not reliable here.

Posted May 14, 2024 by Sally M from Capitola, CA. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For McDowell Mountain Regional Park: Great place. Beautiful views!!! We stayed in the primitive camps. Spots are super clean and well kept! A lot of trailheads in the area. Not the best for RTT (rooftop tent) owners. All spots have paved parking then the campground. We lucked out with a level parking spot and just set up there!

Posted Jun 05, 2021 by Adam from PHX. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For McDowell Mountain Regional Park: McDowell Mountain is a phenomenal park, as are all Maricopa County parks. This particular one is popular for its bicycle offerings. It's a stunning park and the views from camp never disappoint. There's a cute little playground in the campground for the wee ones as well as lots of trails to chose from. It's consistent with the other Maricopa parks in that the partial hookups were reliable and the restrooms and showers always clean. The camp hosts are top-notch and turn the sites around quickly for the next occupant with their efficient system of cleaning and raking. Like many other visitors, we pieced together our 12-night stay at 3 different campsites due to the nature of the reservation system. It tends to work out since we need to dump tanks from time-to-time anyway so we simply timed that activity with move days. The dump station was often very busy but everyone is always friendly and it just turns into a social event since most of us are doing the same thing by dumping on "move" days. All 3 of the sites we stayed in (10, 11, and 26) were level and easy to navigate with plenty of room to unhook the truck and unload the sidecar from the toy hauler. They were typically too short to park the front in front of the trailer so it got parked off to the side. Verizon cell signal was frustrating without having our signal booster installed yet. Just enough connection to make us think we could use it but really we just spent the whole time trying unsuccessfully to connect. I suspect with the booster running we would have been fine to keep working without that frustration. The nearby town of Fountain Hills is known for its fountain that spouts on the hour. It was once the tallest in the world and you can see it from many places in the park.  Non-park tip: We found the nearby town, Fountain Hills, to be crowded and unpleasant, and the residents notably snobby. There are no laundromats, only laundry services so you'll need to look elsewhere to do the wash. We chose the Spin Doctor in Mesa and it was the best laundromat I've ever been in, and I've been in lots all over the country in my travels. 

Posted Jul 03, 2020 by Val Weston from Carson City, NV. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For McDowell Mountain Regional Park: This is a fabulous county park particularly if you are into mountain biking. Lots of trails for hiking and biking as well as a competitive mountain biking track. Sites are spacious, some are more level than others. Facilities are well designed and clean. Camp hosts do a great job keeping this place nice. Poor cell service and non existent over the air tv. Also a bit of drive for shopping in Fountain Hills. Closest laundromat was 40+ min away. We would definitely return, just plan your trips to town.

Posted Jan 30, 2019 by OffIsland from New England . This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For McDowell Mountain Regional Park: The hosts are great here. They keep it up nice.

Posted Jun 07, 2014 by Mitchell from MT. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.