About Upper Arcadia
Upper Arcadia sits along Swift Trail in southeastern Arizona, providing an escape from desert heat and a pleasant place to take in the high desert scenery in spring and fall. Visitors enjoy hiking, camping, birding and picnicking. The campground lies along the Swift Trail Scenic Drive, which takes visitors from the Sonoran Desert at 2,900 feet to alpine meadows and forest on the 9,000+ foot ridges of the Pinaleño Range. Because of its diverse habitat, the area is well-known for birding and wildlife watching. The Swift Trail provides access to a number of hiking, horseback riding and mountain biking trails, along with several other campgrounds that invite you for an afternoon picnic. A trip up to Riggs Lake, stocked with trout by Arizona Game & Fish, or to the Columbine Visitors Center could make a worth-while day trip as well. The Arcadia Trail 328 starts at the Upper Arcadia Campground…
- Fees: This site has a $25 per night fee and a $5 per vehicle per night fee. Your check-out through recreation.gov will only include the…
- Season: Year-round
- Managed by: Coronado National Forest, FS
- Where: 8 mi southwest of Swift Trail Junction, AZ · 32.64944, -109.81861
Things to do:
Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)
Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: May–Oct (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Dec–Feb.
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Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arcadia | Hiking | 0.1 mi | 4.9 mi |
| Round the Mountain | Hiking | 0.5 mi | 15.1 mi |
| Noon Creek Ridge | Hiking | 0.5 mi | 2.5 mi |
| Upper Turkey Flat East | ATV road | 0.9 mi | 0.6 mi |
| Upper Turkey Flat | ATV road | 1.1 mi | 0.5 mi |
| Ladybug | Hiking | 1.1 mi | 5.4 mi |
Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.
Good to know
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Class 2 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Propane: 13.7 mi
Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.Camps nearby
- Lower Twilight Group Site 0.5 mi
- Shannon Campground 2.3 mi
- Snow Flat Dispersed Camping Area 2.7 mi
- Treasure Park – Group Use Areas 3.1 mi
- Treasure Park - East 3.2 mi
- Upper Hospital Flat Group Site 3.4 mi