Jacob Lake Campground

Shaded forest camping minutes from Jacob Lake Inn

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Fredonia, AZ

About

Jacob Lake Campground is a Kaibab National Forest campground on Highway 67 in Jacob Lake, about a 40-mile drive to the North Rim entrance. It's the practical, budget-friendly alternative to booking a room, and with a 4.4 rating from 356 reviews, it's clearly a favorite for people road-tripping through. Sites sit under ponderosa pine cover, restrooms are cleaned and trash collected daily, and camp hosts keep an eye on things.

What to Expect

Group sites are arranged around a central ramada with a shared fire pit and benches rather than fully separated individual spots — reviewers note it works well for groups traveling together.
No dump station on-site; RVers can pay to dump at nearby Kaibab Camper Village down the road.
Jacob Lake Inn's store, bakery, and restaurant are just across the highway for supplies, coffee, and their well-known cookies.
A small day-use fee applies even if you're just stopping to use the restroom, so budget a few dollars if you're not staying overnight.

It's a straightforward, well-run base camp for exploring the North Rim without the lodge-booking scramble — reserve ahead for summer weekends, since Jacob Lake fills up fast in peak season.

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4.4

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Pat Keeney

in the last week

Very clean restrooms. Price per night $30. $15 with senior access pass.

Hank Stites

a week ago

It is 116 degrees in Scottsdale. It is 69 here in Jacob Lake. Don't bring food. Eat over at the lodge. They make the best cookies in Arizona and the food is always delicious, especially the soups. There's gas at the Chevron. The bathrooms are so clean at the campground. The sites are so well kept. I saw a Kane County Deputy patrol through several times. Great guy. I left my rack and bike unlocked. The campground is close to the road, so there is some noise from traffic. It didn't bother me a bit. You're close to Kanab, the North Rim, Page, Coyote Buttes North, Coyote Buttes South, White Pocket and so many more great places to visit. Enjoy!

darrell phillips

a month ago

While traveling through we were ahead of schedule for our reservations at North Rim so we stayed here for 3 days..loved it..great host ..clean vault toilet and very quiet while we were there.

Donald M Butler

a month ago

Clean cool quiet

Vincent Sheridan

a month ago

The campsite has a paved entrance with (dusty) gravel paths to the loops. There are very clean, accessible vault toilets that are lit at night in various places within the park and large trash dumpsters. There are spigots for potable water near the restrooms. The sites are of various sizes and depths but it appears few if any are level. Our site (#34) easily fit our 40 foot Class A but required eight inches of cribbing under the front tires to achieve level. Some of the sites looked great for tent camping. Sunlight for solar is limited due to the trees. StarLink functions without buffering but again, the trees do cause obstruction. Traffic through the campground is slowed by some serious speed bumps. They don’t seem to affect pickup trucks much but they’ll tip a fridge in an RV if not careful. Make sure everything is secure as it doesn’t matter how slow you go, it’s akin to rolling off a curb. Highway noise is present throughout the day but it isn’t intrusive. It goes away at night and is replaced with sounds of the forest. The pine smell was amazing. This campground has no hookups (unless you’re the host). Bring your own water in as the spigots are not intended to fill RV tanks. For power, you’ll need a generator as recharging from solar is pretty hit and miss. There is no dump station so you’ll need to make other arrangements. The overall campground is very clean and well tended. The hosts were friendly and quite visible. The ground squirrels are numerous and just as friendly. They didn’t chew anything that we owned which is good but they do like to climb on things. Don’t leave food or trash outside as I suspect they’ll pilfer anything edible or usable in their burrows. Although there’s quite a bit of dispersed campsites in the area and a FHU RV Park nearby, I’d stay here again as my first choice.