White Horse Lake Campground — Hotel in Four Corners States

TLDR: Nice place, great scenery, cool activities, out in the middle of nowhere with gravel washboard roads. Temper your expectations based on its remote nature and you will be pleasantly surprised.

Nice facilities over all, well kept, and there is some great lake front scenery to relax in. There is plenty of opportunity to fish, and I did see multiple people catch some good sized fish. The Black Bear Snack Shack allows you a taste of home if you don't feel like cooking yourself, or if you have an urge to eat something sweet. They also rent out Kayaks and canoes to paddle around the lake with.

Each loop has multiple latrines and trash bins available. However, the hosts locked all but one of the latrines, not sure why, maybe because of potential smell. The latrine they left open was the furthest away from the site. Not a big deal if you are able to walk 30-40 yards. The trash bins were also closed, and we were instructed to place trash in the dumpsters. Which worked out fine for me. Just plan accordingly by bringing multiple trash bags.

Potable water is offered at each loop. The tent sites are quite nice with two gravels pads for your tent and a common area with a table. There are plenty of sightseeing opportunities you can hike/drive to near by.

The main complaint about the roads is true. There are two routes you can primarily take from the I-40, both are gravel roads. Plan accordingly, a vehicle with decent ground clearance, good off road tires, smaller trailers, etc. Otherwise you will have to go very slowly, its simple physics. After having gone both routes, the road from Williams is definitely poorer in quality. during the summer before the monsoons hit it's also dusty on these roads so cover your gear you don't want to get dirty, because it absolutely will.

This is the drawback of having a more secluded and off the beaten path camp ground. I really don't see the need for anyone to complain about it. Just recognize what you are getting into and plan accordingly. That sentiment basically sums up my entire review. If you go in expecting a lower level of features than larger, more expensive, and more accessible campgrounds then you will be very happy with what you do find. As a tent only campground easily 10/10, given the location and...

I have camped all over Arizona for the last 35 years but just got to White Horse Lake campground for the first time this past weekend. I primarily prefer dispersed or primitive camping but occasionally camp at designated/fee sites. I was very impressed with this campsite. The sites were not on top of each other which is not typical in my opinion. The campgrounds were clean and the bathrooms we clean and well stocked which important mostly for my wife and daughters. There were enough fresh water spigots around. The lake is pretty close (within walking distance) to any of the camp sites. There is a trail that goes around the entire lake. My family and I rode our mountain bikes around the lake on this trail. The trail was well marked for approximately 85% of the trail which mostly followed the shoreline. The part that wasn't marked well was in a rocky area but it was easy to stay on course although that portion was NOT ride-able.

Other pluses in the area is taking an 11 mile or so drive to Sycamore Point. This was like a mini grand canyon and had spectacular views. The road is NOT paved but able to be driven in a passenger care. We drove our Chrysler Pacifica mini van. Another close but must see is the Sycamore Falls area that is a mile or so out of camp headed back to the highway. Smaller canyons than Sycamore Point but equally gorgeous. We were not there while the "falls" were running but it was still worth the very short hike.

At the time of this writing, there is a snack shack business that operates near the lake. I spoke to the couple who operates it and they were really nice folks. The shack has ice cream, floats, shaved ice, burgers and hot dogs. They also have kayak and paddle board rentals.

All in all, I'll definitely visit this...

This was our first time to this beautiful campground and the park hosts are truly PHENOMENAL! Two caveats: The 18 miles of unpaved, washboard roads into the campground are not good if you have a 41-foot Class A Diesel pusher like us (see picture). We could only drive 5-9 miles per hour on these roads, which meant that we had a 2-hour drive on these washboard roads alone. Many parts of the road don't allow 2-way traffic, so we drove our rig 'white-knuckled' whenever there were any oncoming vehicles from the opposite direction. Also, there was SO MUCH dust being kicked around on this road that there was just no way of avoiding breathing it during this 2 hour drive from the I-40 to the campsite. The dust gets heavily caked over everything - inside your toad, your Rig, etc. It is really worth considering these washboard roads to your travel plans ahead of time. We were the only Class A Diesel Pusher in the campsite and we felt really dumb really. Secondly, we use AT&T cell service and that does not work out there (one bar of cell service). We have a cell booster on our Rig which bumped it up to one additional bar of cell service but when we ran into trouble with our Rig while camping, we had to borrow a Verizon 'jet pack' from the park hosts - which were very accommodating and understanding. All in all the park is beautiful and the park hosts are better than anywhere we have seen. Tent camping, trailer camping here is good but I would strongly re-consider if you have a 41-ft Class A Diesel Pusher that you 'baby' and clean every...