Dairy Springs Campground Coconino National Forest Recreation Arizona

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3 Comments on “Dairy Springs”

1. Jason Howard says:

   Jul 27 2015 at 9:43 am

   We stayed one night in site #13. It’s a lot more open than the picture would make it seem. We arrived and set up at about 3pm and the sun beat down on us until about 4pm, when it finally ducked behind the trees and things started cooling off. The site is close to a restroom, so we had some foot traffic, but the other campers were polite and passed quietly. The restrooms closest to us had an overpowering ammonia smell – I’m not squeamish about pit toilets, but I don’t like having my nose hairs burned off. The well water tasted fine, but had a slight brownish tint. Some of the other sites on the west end of the campground looked much nicer. Unfortunately these are first come, first served only. Firewood is available from the campground host. Kindling was a bit sparse at site #13, but there was some dead fall over by the amphitheater and we carried a few sticks back with us. A couple of trails start at or near the campground and the Arizona Trail passes through the area, so this is a pretty nice place to take a stroll in the woods. We didn’t have any trouble with mosquitoes at the camp site, although we did get eaten alive when we went down around Mormon Lake in the morning.

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2. Sewards says:

   Jun 23 2023 at 2:55 pm

   My family stayed for 4 nights at campsite #12. It was a beautiful area, safe for the kids to roam a bit without getting into other campers sites. The hosts were very friendly and helpful. They cleaned the bathrooms daily. The host had both firewood and ice available on site. There is water available, but we didn’t drink it as we had brought our own water, but didn’t have a smell to it or look bad as I did use it to clean our dishes, etc. There are several trailheads near the back of the campsite which were all very family friendly trails. Overall a positive experience that I would recommend.

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3. Jalyn Thomas says:

   May 27 2025 at 11:08 am

   Me and my parents stayed at dairy springs for memorial weekend, on Friday (5/23/25) Darren Banks the camp ground host comes up the campsite and stands at the end of the campsite staring at my mom it made her feel uneasy, he never said a word until my dog (who is part pit bull and just happens to look like a pittie) started to bark at him. Darren Banks decided at that point to tell my mom he was concerned for her safety and that the dog is only barking cause it doesn’t feel safe. My dog is a very anxious and protective dog and the whole weekend only barked at him any time he was by the camp site. He came back later that night asking us to leave because the dog was “scaring the guest” (my dad went around before this and asked the guests if she was bothering them and they all said no she was just being a dog) so at this point we asked to speak to the park rangers and Darren Banks and his boss told us they will not be calling them but we have been warned about her barking. On Saturday (5/25/25) Darren Banks would drive past the camp site very slowly and would take about 10 minutes to clean each bathroom just to try and get my dog to react more than barking. We did end up talking to the park rangers that night and asked if a dog barking is against the rules they said no they only require the dogs to be on a leash at all times.mt dog was never off leash at any point all weekend. Darren Banks would drive past us about 20+ times a day and kept telling us to calm our dog while he just stood at the end of the campsite looking at us. We did inform him that we talked to the park rangers and they said there is nothing wrong with our dog barking and he then told us “it doesn’t matter what the park rangers say it matters what I say” which is not true since Dairy springs is a national forest the park rangers run the campground. He would keep driving past us all weekend it slowed down on Sunday after the park rangers talked to him but he did end up cleaning a campsite that’s across from us and was never used (my guess to try and irritate my dog). I just wantbto say we will not be coming back as long as he is the campground host he doesn’t like certain breeds and it shows, since we were informed that he had no issue with another dog who was off leash and tried to attack him and there was other dogs barking all weekend he only had an issue with mine. We were also informed he had told someone that they would be kicked out if they ran their generator that they needed to use a medical device over night and he told them it didn’t matter what it was needed for if he heard it at midnight they would get kicked out. There was other people with generators and they were never told anything. He picks people he wants to be rude to and gets offended when you don’t back down. He also never introduced himself to us we had to ask for his name and then he gave an attitude and said ” oh now you want to be social.” If you decide to stay at dairy springs just be cautious about the campground host and if you have a dog that gets a bad reputation be careful he will most likely have it out for you. Needless to say I am very disappointed about this since I have been coming here since I was a kid and never had issues with dogs barking before.

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