Camp ObserverShowers Point Group Site
Camp site features
Across 3 camp sites:
- Picnic table: all 3 sites
- Pets allowed: all 3 sites
- ADA accessible: 1 of 3 sites
- Group sites: all 3 sites
- Largest party: 25 people
Directions
From Tucson, Arizona, go northeast on Catalina Highway approximately 30 miles from Tucson until just before Milepost 20. Turn left on Organization Ridge Road and travel 1.2 miles to Showers Point.
Stay Limit
Check in from 2 PM, check out by 11 AM.
Reviews
Yoganand K
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Reviewed 5 days ago
Showers Point Group Site #1
Tucked beneath towering ponderosa pines, this site feels like a proper mountain escape — the kind of spot where you look up and just see canopy for days.
What we loved:
- The whole site was clearly well cared for, and yes, that includes the bathrooms (a genuinely underrated pro for a group campground!)
- The tent pad was wonderfully flat, no midnight rolling downhill, no rock-dodging at 2am.
- Our camp host was amazing! Checked in with us when we arrived. Firewood was available for purchase right from them!
- Water access at both the picnic tables and the bathrooms
- Trash was well maintained, with a bear box for trash near the bathrooms
- We spotted deer wandering nearby, a lovely bonus for the kids
- Speaking of kids: ours had an absolute blast. Plenty of room to run around and explore safely
- Nighttime and early morning temps were gorgeous! Crisp, cool mountain air that made for great sleeping weather
- We visited the first week of August and got rained on our first night, with midday temps in the low 80s. Woke up as if nothing happened!
Worth knowing before you book:
- The bathroom sits a little too close for comfort to the tent pad, not a dealbreaker.
- The picnic tables, covered under a ramada, are a hike from the fire ring and tent pad, and downhill to boot. We ended up not using them. Also, there was no electric outlet at this site.
- Parking is a genuine trek from the site itself, so pack light or make peace with extra trips hauling gear. You can temporarily park near the accessible path if you want to roll things to the campsite.
- You're close enough to the highway that road noise drifts in, not overwhelming, but present enough to notice, especially at quieter moments and with loud motorcycles and cars.
- Cell service was choppy.
- The access road transitions from a dirt/off-road stretch off the highway back to pavement near the campground itself, nothing that requires special clearance, just a heads up.
Rachel M
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Reviewed a month ago
Beautiful site, with an amazing backdrop. We had my brother's celebration of life at Showers Pointe and the serenity of the mountains and stream made for a perfect place to honor his memory.
Michelle T
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Reviewed a month ago
We stayed in campground #2. I understand that it rains. I have stayed at other campgrounds through out AZ, that has poured, but has never flooded the way it did there. Our ramada completely flooded, we got about 1 foot of water. Our tent areas were flooded, so all of our belongings were wet we ended up sleeping in the truck. It wasn't just us. It was also our neighbors. Campground 1 and 3. They should make sure to close it down when they know a bad storm is coming and fully refund you.
Kylie W
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Reviewed 2 months ago
Site was very clean and camp host very friendly.
Davis H
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Reviewed 2 months ago
Carl was great recreation.gov was less then not helpful at all. The number attached to emails is a deadline. The email confirmation lacked key information. They appear to have no customer service avenues or really anyone on the ground. You basically get what you pay for which is fine but like many things it could pretty easily be better with some effort from recreation.gov
ernesto S
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Reviewed 2 months ago
A wonderful get away from Tucson. The campsite host and area are really nice and incredible. Easy access to nearby trails. Love the access to tables, ramada, fire ring.
