Peppersauce Campground,

S Mt Lemmon Rd, Oracle, AZ 85623, United States

"Used to love this campground for its peaceful atmosphere. Unfortunately our last trip here was not peaceful at all. The traffic through the camp was outrageous and at all hours of the day and night and if it wasn't the traffic through the camp it was off road vehicles (nearby rentals)traveling through the canyon which echoes loudly staring at sunrise past sunset."

"Restrooms need help...road Can be muddy, there is traffic through the camp due to a school camp on tje other side. Pluses are a nice creek, BIG trees and a great variety of winter birds! We tented, and the night birds, like Western Screen Owls, and Night Hawks was AWESOME! I was there for the birds. I would NOT bring anything but a tent or small camper. Don't come in a large motor home. There are water pumps near the outhouses. No showers or hand washing other than the pump. Some campsites are level, most are not. I'm not sure of the number of sites... maybe 10? There are a couple group sites for tenting. School groups and clubs come fairly often on weekends. There are "dry" camp spots on the other side of the road, but no water or outhouses there. Just a few pull outs along the creek. Rainy weather can be questionable for travel in and out of the area.!"

"Beautiful, peaceful, so many trees and lots of shade. Some sites are impossible to reach without 4 wheel drive but many shady areas near the bathrooms and water are relatively easy to reach. You may scrape rocks in a super low car like ours. The fee is $15 per night and they have water spigots, a bathroom, concrete picnic tables, bear boxes, and a fire pit with adjustable grill. The road gets a bit threatening in the last 2 miles or so before the campground. You shouldn't go any further however, unless you have 4WD or a good truck, the road beyond this campsite is not maintained much and is "drive at your own risk". Across Mt. Lemmon Rd. is a trailhead for an ATV trail marked "Rice Peak 7 (miles)" much closer than the other hiking trails, that we hiked along for a bit and it was stunning, and we saw many lovely secluded sites for camping back there which I assume are free dispersed camping areas with no amenities, and we also found a trickle of snowmelt forming a tiny creek in the riverbed while hiking there, a cool creepy cave in the wall, and lots of neat rocks. Lots of birds and little animal sounds at night shows you the life of the forest. Neat bugs too!"

"The campground was closed due to health concerns therefore no running water. Because we only planned on staying one night it wasn't a problem. Always good to get out and go camping."

"Spent a few hours here hanging out in the shade. At least it was cooler than Tucson and Phoenix. Not a big campground, but it was clean when we were there. Also not crowded. We will be back again."